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26. Chicken is not the deal that it used to be so I don't buy

Mon Nov 10, 2014, 08:40 PM

Nov 2014

it as much as I used to. We have a grocery store that often offers thin steak (boneless or w/bone) at a decent price. I check for discounts when the date it about to expire and then freeze them in individual freezer bags. About every other month I may cook a roast in a crock pot. I use either ground turkey or hamburger when I make stew.

I prefer to buy smaller cuts of meat. I have several recipes where I can take a package of 3-4 small pieces of meat and end up with 3-4 lunches to take to work. If I use ground hamburger or turkey I can make a batch of soup that will create at least 7 servings. Roast beef will cover 5-6 meals easily.

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To all the meat eaters , how do you afford to eat it than a couple of times a week? [View all] scarystuffyo Nov 2014 OP

I write up a menu for the week and shop to the menu. Agnosticsherbet Nov 2014 #1

I don't write mine but scarystuffyo Nov 2014 #4

Milk is the travesty in my opinion yeoman6987 Nov 2014 #7

It's 3.99 here in CT scarystuffyo Nov 2014 #12

not everywhere - paid less than $3.50 in Daytona over the weekend DrDan Nov 2014 #18

Butter has gone thru the roof...nearly $5/lb. Frustratedlady Nov 2014 #100

I noticed that also scarystuffyo Nov 2014 #138

Beef at Publics is 12 dollars for 3 pounds yeoman6987 Nov 2014 #5

I check the sales and make a menu based on what is cheap that week csziggy Nov 2014 #133

Once or twice a month... Earth_First Nov 2014 #2

In the store I shop at they label it the family pack scarystuffyo Nov 2014 #10

Less quality cuts. Cook low and slow. Lochloosa Nov 2014 #3

+1. I also only buy meat that's in the discount bins that have dates about to expire riderinthestorm Nov 2014 #19

When I make things with hamburger Bettie Nov 2014 #57

Beef soup bones.... dixiegrrrrl Nov 2014 #69

I love Southern Women. And there food. Lochloosa Nov 2014 #73

I get grass fed beef Warpy Nov 2014 #80

I learned years ago that if you have a cheap piece of beef...like a Frustratedlady Nov 2014 #101

Wow! That's a great tip! Thanks, will try it! n/t RKP5637 Nov 2014 #151

Still going on 2deer/yr from last season & 45 dove so far this season. Eleanors38 Nov 2014 #120

You can keep the deer but I'll be glad to send you an address to ship the dove. Yummy... Lochloosa Nov 2014 #123

Ha! Those get the BBQ treatment, as well as breakfast w/grits. Eleanors38 Nov 2014 #126

Small portions of meat. bravenak Nov 2014 #6

Maybe fish is cheaper where you live but here it's very expensive scarystuffyo Nov 2014 #11

Yeah, sorry. bravenak Nov 2014 #15

That's pretty nice scarystuffyo Nov 2014 #17

You took my answer! bullwinkle428 Nov 2014 #74

Yep. Me too. bravenak Nov 2014 #84

Our butcher gives bulk discounts, and we've got a chest freeezer. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Nov 2014 #8

Very rarely eat steak. Xyzse Nov 2014 #9

I prepare my steaks in a way that would make some blush... ReverendDeuce Nov 2014 #29

Sounds pretty damn fine. Xyzse Nov 2014 #31

Nope... infrared! ReverendDeuce Nov 2014 #36

But but but but but... Xyzse Nov 2014 #59

It's a different type of grilling, no doubt... ReverendDeuce Nov 2014 #62

Ah, so it doesn't have the charcoal grill taste. Xyzse Nov 2014 #72

This is why they say there is no inflation. former9thward Nov 2014 #13

interesting , didn't know that scarystuffyo Nov 2014 #23

You got it! roamer65 Nov 2014 #46

The CPI includes food and energy Recursion Nov 2014 #83

No, I'm sorry they are not that "volatile". former9thward Nov 2014 #104

But the CPI U includes food and energy and is lower than 2% Recursion Nov 2014 #111

Buy it on the hoof. Our extended family (6 adults) buys and has processed kelly1mm Nov 2014 #14

You have the butcher cut it all up into steaks and hambuger for you? scarystuffyo Nov 2014 #22

Basically, yes. Since we buy the cow (this year we got a Free Martin - yummy) we know kelly1mm Nov 2014 #50

This is what my family did when I was a kid. It' a great system. Bluenorthwest Nov 2014 #124

Ours too... A HERETIC I AM Nov 2014 #145

We do this as well, for beef and pork. peacebird Nov 2014 #33

Yep, that's what I do too. Xithras Nov 2014 #49

Us too. It travels 50 miles in its life, max. My local farmer had a different type beef last yeart uppityperson Nov 2014 #52

My nephew shoots a couple deer (legally with a bow) postulater Nov 2014 #16

I don't know anyone that does that , I know people hunt here though scarystuffyo Nov 2014 #21

We do, on top of raising our own beef, chickens and hogs, GGJohn Nov 2014 #66

The biggest problem is land access; sounds like you may have that beat... Eleanors38 Nov 2014 #122

For me to start hunting I would have to go through all the courses first scarystuffyo Nov 2014 #139

You think of things never considered when hunting Eleanors38 Nov 2014 #148

Eastern Pennsylvania has an abundance of deer. Doctor Who Nov 2014 #39

When I ate meet I bought a 1/2 a steer gwheezie Nov 2014 #20

I don't eat much meat NV Whino Nov 2014 #24

$68? Where are you located? That's ridiculous... ReverendDeuce Nov 2014 #25

Connecticut scarystuffyo Nov 2014 #27

There are a few Aldi stores in CT... try them out! ReverendDeuce Nov 2014 #30

Great advice. Jamastiene Nov 2014 #108

yes aldi dembotoz Nov 2014 #128

Chicken is not the deal that it used to be so I don't buy avebury Nov 2014 #26

First, I don't by steaks. Skidmore Nov 2014 #28

Costco BlindTiresias Nov 2014 #32

It's not easy. Eggs, cheese, cottage cheese Faux pas Nov 2014 #34

I eat a lot more chicken. Been a long time since steak. roamer65 Nov 2014 #35

It is insane. malokvale77 Nov 2014 #37

Smart meat eaters marry the butcher's sibling Brother Buzz Nov 2014 #38

Hmmm, I need to look into that idea. Jamastiene Nov 2014 #109

I limit meat to once a week. 840high Nov 2014 #40

I use the money I save not avoiding gluten. notrightatall Nov 2014 #41

And processed foods JustAnotherGen Nov 2014 #67

small portions and leftovers raging moderate Nov 2014 #42

Coupons and manager's specials. GoCubsGo Nov 2014 #43

Roadkill LostInAnomie Nov 2014 #44

In many areas that's a perfectly legitimate way to get protein N/t A HERETIC I AM Nov 2014 #147

After a certain episode of Doc Martin featuring a roadkill diet, I think I'd pass Hekate Nov 2014 #163

Get a Freezer unit, buy in bulk on sale and useable markdown stuff. Get some freezer bags NorthCarolina Nov 2014 #45

May I ask what cut you got? MannyGoldstein Nov 2014 #47

New York strip steak what ever that meant? scarystuffyo Nov 2014 #89

Buy in quantity during off-times Iris Nov 2014 #48

I've also noticed that our local stores have great sales right before the end of the month. Frustratedlady Nov 2014 #103

I hadn't noticed that before. I'll definitely check into that. Thanks! n/t Iris Nov 2014 #114

After the crash, I saw that food would be priced too high fasttense Nov 2014 #51

In my local Safeway they have a "Manger's Special" bin. dballance Nov 2014 #53

I am stunned by grocery prices these days. grasswire Nov 2014 #54

Have a freezer, buy on sale Bettie Nov 2014 #55

We buy animals at auction at the county fair. Abnredleg Nov 2014 #56

Make each meat purchase last for several meals. Le Taz Hot Nov 2014 #58

Flat iron steaks are great, not tough at all and cheap. Phlem Nov 2014 #60

feed my wife and I meat almost every night for $3-5 of meat alc Nov 2014 #61

I eat very little beef these days . . . markpkessinger Nov 2014 #63

I don't eat beef Dorian Gray Nov 2014 #64

We raise and butcher our own cattle and chickens hogs, GGJohn Nov 2014 #65

It appears you live in cattle country somewhere out west. Jenoch Nov 2014 #153

You would be correct about living in cattle country out west. GGJohn Nov 2014 #154

You don't need to tell me where you live, Jenoch Nov 2014 #155

We live in AZ up around Flagstaff way. GGJohn Nov 2014 #157

Flagstaff explains why you can have both Jenoch Nov 2014 #164

I save a lot of money on food because I am a vegetarian. RebelOne Nov 2014 #68

I went to a country butcher they other day d_r Nov 2014 #70

We have beef once a week or so. The rest of the week, I roast a chicken and use that up, or just get Brickbat Nov 2014 #71

Hamburger! closeupready Nov 2014 #75

With beets at $3/lb what fucking difference does it make? HereSince1628 Nov 2014 #76

Hunting DustyJoe Nov 2014 #77

Where are you? Brickbat Nov 2014 #135

It still surprises me why so many think they MUST have meat for 2 meals a day. randome Nov 2014 #78

I believe it. Warpy Nov 2014 #79

We don't. Meat is an occasional thing for us. n/t eridani Nov 2014 #81

Cheap cuts, small portions. And I love my pressure cooker bhikkhu Nov 2014 #82

Living in Texas helps Major Nikon Nov 2014 #85

When I want steaks, I usually smoke a roast for several hours instead DisgustipatedinCA Nov 2014 #86

Eat at a Chinese Buffet PADemD Nov 2014 #87

Ck your market for the day they reduce the price to make room for the.new Historic NY Nov 2014 #88

A quarter of a beef at a time. n/t lumberjack_jeff Nov 2014 #90

I eat the Paleo lifestyle for my health AnalystInParadise Nov 2014 #91

does the average family eat steaks regularly ? JI7 Nov 2014 #92

When I was a little kid it was pretty regular for my mom to cook steaks scarystuffyo Nov 2014 #96

I have a union job customerserviceguy Nov 2014 #93

Pork -- even with the price increase -- is insanely cheap right now Algernon Moncrieff Nov 2014 #94

pork loin big hunk 2 bucks a pound on saie dembotoz Nov 2014 #130

How much steak did you serve each person? Silent3 Nov 2014 #95

The steaks really weren't that big scarystuffyo Nov 2014 #98

If they weren't that big, then they were well over $10/lb Silent3 Nov 2014 #117

I disagree. See this add from out local Publix. New Your Strip on sale for 9.99 lb from 15.99 Lochloosa Nov 2014 #131

Even at that not-on-sale price, you could provide each person with more than a pound of steak... Silent3 Nov 2014 #132

Super--and the nearest Publix is only 900 miles from me. Orrex Nov 2014 #149

My wife is entirely vegetarian now, I'm mostly vegetarian. hunter Nov 2014 #97

I still can't sort out why *most* people still eat meat. flvegan Nov 2014 #99

probably cuz it tastes good. Evoman Nov 2014 #105

It tastes good Prophet 451 Nov 2014 #159

No emotional response here. I am a vegetarian. RebelOne Nov 2014 #160

it tastes great Scout Nov 2014 #165

I generally buy on sale. SheilaT Nov 2014 #102

I can't afford it. laundry_queen Nov 2014 #106

You went to the wrong store or didn't buy it when it was on sale. Jamastiene Nov 2014 #107

we eat beef maybe once a month fizzgig Nov 2014 #110

I like it but eat it rarely: 3-4 times/year. I treat it like a guilty pleasure Populist_Prole Nov 2014 #112

Brisket is cheap, London broil is cheap. PeteSelman Nov 2014 #113

I buy it according to what's on sale. hobbit709 Nov 2014 #115

Ask the butcher for skirt steak. That's what restaurants use for fajitas. FSogol Nov 2014 #116

I harvest organic deer and turkey. ileus Nov 2014 #118

I raise my own. n/t oneshooter Nov 2014 #119

One roast, three meals spinbaby Nov 2014 #121

I don't. Orsino Nov 2014 #125

I had to give up red meat ten years ago DFW Nov 2014 #127

We have steak about 6 times a year. MissB Nov 2014 #129

My husband buys t-bones when on sale azmom Nov 2014 #134

Pork steak is my MMMMMM. I need to go on the Atkins diet B Calm Nov 2014 #136

try ribeye steaks Mosby Nov 2014 #137

Stater Bros. (n/t) Iggo Nov 2014 #140

Cheaper cuts, less red meat, smaller portions, meat substitutes NickB79 Nov 2014 #141

Like this: LWolf Nov 2014 #142

I only eat it a couple times a week. Rex Nov 2014 #143

Wait'll you get my age and your teeth are sensitive or worse (64) panader0 Nov 2014 #144

Beef prices are due to the drought. No rain, no grass. Pork is cheap. REP Nov 2014 #146

$68 is our entire monthly grocery bill for two adults. noamnety Nov 2014 #150

Frozen buffalo wings. :( nt ecstatic Nov 2014 #152

Restaurant Depot madville Nov 2014 #156

I only eat a little meat these days Prophet 451 Nov 2014 #158

I buy it through the restaurant :) sir pball Nov 2014 #161

Chicken. There's only two of us, so I buy the roast chicken at Costco usually. Then use the bones... Hekate Nov 2014 #162

Store had gr. round for $3.99/lb fadedrose Nov 2014 #166