Family on a steak pack means a count, not a sentimental photograph. Family Sirloin Steak Bundle – (8x6oz) is eight 6oz sirloins. Sirloin Steaks 6x 6oz is six. Rump Steak 8x 6oz is eight rumps. Family steak packs are for households that will cook steak several times before anyone gets bored. They are a poor gift for a couple who eat steak at birthdays.
Who should buy them
Four people who eat steak twice in a fortnight. Two people who eat steak three times a week. A freezer and a known cut. If that is you, the 8x is cheaper per steak than repeating 2x orders, and you stop running out on a Friday.
Who should not
One person with a small freezer. A household that wanted one Saturday steak. Anyone who will mix eight sirloins with eight other experiments and then lose them in frost. Shop steak for two instead. There is no prize for a family pack you do not cook.
Portion on arrival into 2x bags so a family pack behaves like several date nights. Label the cut and the month. Shop sirloin steaks if sirloin is the household cut; do not buy a family rump pack because it said family if nobody likes rump.
Children
Children often want smaller pieces. Slice a 6oz. Do not buy 4oz mystery steaks if we pack 6oz — slice them. A family pack is adult-sized steaks that can be shared, not a children’s menu.
Count the steak nights in the last month. If you can name four or more, a family pack is the right size. If you can name one, it is not. Family is a number of steaks, not a mood. Buy the number, cook the number, stop performing abundance in the freezer.
Match the pan to the pack: a wide pan for many pieces, a small pan for two steaks. Crowding is the quiet way to steam meat you paid to fry. Give it space, give it a rest, and the cook you meant will show up on the plate. That is as true of Who Family Steak Packs Are For as of any other pack we send out of the cutting room. Cook it like the cut it is, and it will earn the next click.
Defrost in the fridge on a tray, not in the sink, and dry the surface before it sees heat. Water on the surface is steam, and steam is why people say a good pack had no flavour. Salt, heat, rest: the old three still work. That is as true of Who Family Steak Packs Are For as of any other pack we send out of the cutting room. Cook it like the cut it is, and it will earn the next click.