Finding and Cooking the Perfect Prime Rib for Christmas in Westchase
Standing rib roasts are on sale at Publix for $6.29 a pound through Christmas Eve.
Prime rib is a very expensive "company's coming" cut of meat, and typically it only goes on sale around the holidays. Publix has this cut of meat and many others on sale for the holidays. Other grocery stores and local butchers are also running specials. I like to buy Sheffield & Sons “Angus” standing rib roast which has large, traditional prime rib bones and a good grade of meat (USDA Angus Choice Beef). It is typically three to four pounds. (With tall college guys in my family, we usually think a pound per person, including a bone with each slice.) Select a roast that is "marbled" with bits of fat "speckled" in the center of the roast (ask their meat manager to help you select if you have a question). This "marble" will give the roast …
