SeaCat
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Wet to a local grocery store this morning. They were advertising a sale on meats, beef in particular. From the ads I saw the deals were pretty good.
When we showed up the bins were empty. The Steaks were gone, the Roasts were gone. The only bin that had anything in it was full. I had to look to see what had been left behind in the rush.
The bin was filled with nice looking Skirt Steaks. (One of the toughest cuts of meat on the cow. You buy one, bring it home and then use it to beat the hell out of your neighbors kids just to tenderize it.) I started looking at the Skirts and the store manager came over. He asked me if I knew anything about this cut of meat and he started smiling while telling me he could give me a special deal on them. Cool. I loaded up the cart then went over to the produce section.
I ended up paying $1.00 a pound for the meats. I ended up loading 30 pounds of Skirt Steaks into the back of the car.
When I arrived at home I started working. I tossed those things needed into the Blender and whipped up the marinades. Nice fresh marinades.
I split the meat into one pound sections and placed each section into it's own bag. Half the bags had Chimichurri while the other half of the bags had Jerk Sauce. All bags were vacuum sealed, labeled and tossed into the deep freeze. Cool, thirty meals for thirty dollars is quite the score for me.
I'm happy and looking forward to some good meals.
Cat
Another store had Anduili Sausage for $1.50 a pound, I picked up 20 pounds and froze it after splitting it into half pound sections.
When we showed up the bins were empty. The Steaks were gone, the Roasts were gone. The only bin that had anything in it was full. I had to look to see what had been left behind in the rush.
The bin was filled with nice looking Skirt Steaks. (One of the toughest cuts of meat on the cow. You buy one, bring it home and then use it to beat the hell out of your neighbors kids just to tenderize it.) I started looking at the Skirts and the store manager came over. He asked me if I knew anything about this cut of meat and he started smiling while telling me he could give me a special deal on them. Cool. I loaded up the cart then went over to the produce section.
I ended up paying $1.00 a pound for the meats. I ended up loading 30 pounds of Skirt Steaks into the back of the car.
When I arrived at home I started working. I tossed those things needed into the Blender and whipped up the marinades. Nice fresh marinades.
I split the meat into one pound sections and placed each section into it's own bag. Half the bags had Chimichurri while the other half of the bags had Jerk Sauce. All bags were vacuum sealed, labeled and tossed into the deep freeze. Cool, thirty meals for thirty dollars is quite the score for me.
I'm happy and looking forward to some good meals.
Cat
Another store had Anduili Sausage for $1.50 a pound, I picked up 20 pounds and froze it after splitting it into half pound sections.
So my beef is grass fed, my pork comes from a Chinese market (no one is as fussy about pork as a Chinese chef), and the price I pay per pound for the venison I shoot is truly silly. But I've been in your place, Cat, and I am in awe of your intelligent thrift. Eat on, my man, eat on!
