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Reminder to cut your steaks before the holiday. (Cyst warning)
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Reminder to cut your steaks before the holiday. (Cyst warning)

Got a nasty surprise cyst cutting up a sirloin top round from Costco into picanha steaks. Good thing it was a two pack so dinner wasn’t spoiled for the fam. I meant to slice em last night but got a little lazy, shame on me!

I know cysts are totally normal (although rare) but it’s still a bit of a shock running into one sometimes.

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20 Comments

  2. Tall-Photograph-3999

    Bro no what the hell nah heck what no thank you no

  4. ted_cruz_is_hot_af

    One of the reasons I stopped buying any meat from Costco. Purest of trash.

  6. KennyWuKanYuen

    Could return it with that sweet Costco return policy.

  8. Ok-Environment-8868

    The thought of this has never even crossed my mind

  10. Alexdagreallygrate

    I worked in a restaurant for 4 years where we hand cut and ground our own meat for sausages. I saw this cyst shit all the time and it was no big deal. Obviously, we cut all of that shit out and a generous amount of meat surrounding it as well.

    If you’re cutting your own steaks for your own household, this will likely be a remotely rare, but not impossible occurrence. If you are constantly processing primal cuts as part of a business, you are intentionally cutting with an eye to look out for these sorts of imperfections so you can have the best product for the customer.

    Last aside: I think this has nothing to do with Costco or any particular supplier. These cysts just literally “happen” as a part of life and the meat business.

  11. Milton__Obote

    If you brought that back to Costco they would refund it, really good refund policy there.

  15. ROCCOfromTokyo

    I found one just like this in a slab of guanciale once. Never knew what it was so tossed the whole thing. Not a texture I wanna run into again

  18. pacificgrim

    I don’t cut my steaks before grilling them,😵

  19. whatdis321

    Everyone here talking about how nasty it is. Meanwhile, I’m here thinking about how you fucked up the cut. When you’re making “picanha” steaks, the initial cut should always be *with* the grain. So when the steaks are cooked, you’ll be slicing the cuts *against* the grain.

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