mini review - omaha steaks order

hi guys! so because this post was easy to throw together, it's getting priority. anyway, last month we were doing some last minute christmas shopping, aka my dad is very difficult to shop for, and we decided to try some too! i'm calling this a mini review, because i don't know all the details about this order and i'm not a huge steak cuts connoisseur. (ribeye all the way!) firstly, i have no idea what the name of this bundle (or dad's) was, paul ordered these. i do recall this bundle being around $60 plus whatever the shipping charge was, but again i don't pay the credit card bills 😉.

ok details... details... if i recall, this shipped incredibly fast (once it was dispatched, was it from texas..? 🤔) and arrived on the promised/selected day. it was packaged similar to how i have it pictured below, sans showing our address, lol. it came in a very nice foam igloo, packed with dry ice (which was almost completely melted when we got it), and shrink wrapped.

i'm not sure if their 'signature seasoning' is included with every order, or just the bundle we got, but it's a cute mini bottle. the seasoning blend isn't something super amazing, but it is a nice touch. the meats themselves were frozen. so they definitely were not going to be bad by the time we got them. prior to them arriving (and negligence on my part for not reading the site), i was under the impression that they were raw/thawed, not frozen. but that's not a huge problem. our bundle included 4 of the following: apple tartlets, pork & beef franks, beef burgers, polynesian pork chops, and top sirloins (is that what those were..?).

1. apple tartlets -- omg, these were awesome. not anything special that you'd have to order from them, but they were super awesome out of the oven. there were huge chunks of sugar crystals on top, the crust was a little flaky, and warm apple goodness. yuuum.
2. franks -- paul really liked these, i thought they were pretty normal. granted, i've never been huge on hot dogs and only eat them on occasion.
3. burgers -- i'm not sure if it was because we were super hungry or what, but our first two were so delicious. they were a little small for the pack of 4 buns we bought (yes we found a 4 pack!!), but hey, whatever. the second two came out pretty good as well, but not as amazing as the first ones.
4. pork chops -- these weren't something to write home about, but they were in a really good and familiar asian sauce. my great grandmother used to make/use a sauce very similar to this, but i couldn't place what it was to even be able to ask her. i will say that this was a bit saltier than i would have liked, but not overly so. i also liked that these were boneless pork chops. my mom used to get bone-in ones all the time, and they were really annoying to cut around.
5. steaks -- these were ok, i'm more for a fattier steak, like ribeyes. but as i mentioned above, i don't really tend to try other cuts of steak much. it was good beef. 😊

would we order again? heck yes, but maybe not for everything we got in this bundle. ~Lindsay