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winoweenie · 05-21-2003, 08:14 AM,

One of my daughters and her husband live in Carefree and their T.V. is done by satelite. Their dish went on the fritz and we got this frantic call yesterday asking if they could come down the mountain and watch it with us. We decided to get some cheese, tri-tip, nuts, etc. and drink some wine.Had 3 94s', Dehlinger, Beringer Aluvium, and Montelena Estate. Didn't make any tasting notes just that all were ageing as they should. The Ch. Montelena made an impression as my daughter actually stopped talking about the show long enough to remark she wanted to be served this wine from now on. LOL lil' girl. WW

Georgie · 05-21-2003, 05:24 PM,

Ok, if I don't ask I'll never know...what's tri-tip?

winoweenie · 05-21-2003, 07:20 PM,

Hey Georgie. Tri-Tip is a cut of beef that is perfect for grilling and BBQs'. Have no idea where it comes from but will find out and post. WW

Drew · 05-22-2003, 06:03 AM,

Georgie, WW's mispelling again....he's actually eating TRIPE, you know, cow's stomach! [img]http://www.wines.com/ubb2/biggrin.gif[/img] In reality a beef tri-tip roast is a boneless cut of meat from the bottom sirloin. It also is called "triangular" roast because of its shape.

Drew

hotwine · 05-22-2003, 07:26 AM,

Drew is right on, it's the bottom end of the sirloin butt. Think of it as a sirloin roast.

winoweenie · 05-22-2003, 07:55 AM,

Think of it as Delicious Grilled.ww

Innkeeper · 05-22-2003, 08:54 AM,

It is the essential ingredient in Santa Maria Barbeque, a Central Coast sensation. Goes great with Santa Maria Zin or Syrah.

wondersofwine · 05-22-2003, 09:20 AM,

I had proposed tri-tip as a possible entree for a church fundraising dinner (not as expensive as regular steaks) and some of the committee members were not familiar with the term. I said "Well, they serve it with gravy at Golden Corral." One committee member said she was not going to eat at Golden Corral just to try it. (Closed minds.)

Georgie · 05-22-2003, 03:43 PM,

Well, I was praying he wasn't talking about tripe. I worked for two summers as a meat wrapper at the A&P a thousand years ago when I was a teen. I remember sirloin tip roasts and something called a silver tip roast. Same thing? A lot of the names for cuts of meat have changed since those days. I imagine different parts of the country have different names as well. Thanks for the info.

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