Food Basics Sirloin Tip all grizzle!

[GatineauGirl]

I bought what I thought was a nice roast for our Sunday dinner. It was a sirloin tip roast, about $25, from Food Basics. What a mess the underside was! I didn't have a clue that it would be mostly grizzle because it looked good in the package....but was pretty disgusting, once I had it cooked. Needless to say, our Sunday dinner was ruined.

Does anyone know if I would stand a chance bringing this problem to Food Basics? I can't find the receipt or the packaging; of course, I expected the meat to be good. I just bought it a few days ago. I could bring the cooked grizzled mess back to the store, but that seems pretty disgusting too. Any thoughts on this matter would be most appreciated.

[jen104]

That's happened to me before but not at Food Basics. I bought what I thought was a nice roast at my local YIG, and when I got it home I was getting it ready and when I turned it upside down the entire bottom and middle was a huge chunk of fat. I trimmed if off, then looked at what I had left. There was MORE fat than meat. I was so upset I brought it right back to the store, just as it was. They kind of gave me a hard time when I wanted my money back but I was adamant and they finally gave in. We should return stuff like this, wasting our hard e

[super807]

While this won't help with the roast you made last month, something to keep in mind for future:

Different cuts of meat require different cooking methods. Cuts that have more connective tissue, like this one, need to be cooked at a low temperature for a longer period of time (often referred to as "low and slow"). This allows the connective tissue to dissolve, and usually leads to in a tender piece of meat. If a cut that needs the low and slow treatment is cooked at a higher temperature and not long enough for the connective tissue to melt, it will result in an unpleasant, tough piece of meat.

Here's a recipe I found through a google search for a sirloin tip roast that uses a lower cooking temperature http://bsinthekitchen.com/sirloin-tip-roast/