On 3/5/2015 4:29 PM, Brooklyn1 wrote:
> notbob wrote:
>> jmcquown wrote:
>>
>>> couple of packages of cube (or is it cubed?) steaks. $6.79/lb!
>>
>> Yikes! And here I thought $3.95 lb was absurd. That was a cpl yrs
>> ago and I haven't bought a cube stk since. I can't even wrap my brain
>> around $7 lb for this cut.
>
> You're paying for labor, often more than for the meat. If you like
> cube steak one can buy their own cubing attachement for their
> household meat grinder or KA stand mixer, or simply buy a low cost
> hand crank model for occasional use:
> http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_no...s=meat%20cuber
> Best to cube meat yourself for the same reasons it's best to grind
> meat yourself, besides the major cost savings.
>
Uh... don't have a KA mixer and I use my grinder to grind, not to
tenderize. I could pound the steak with a meat mallet but I'd still
have to pay $6.79/lb and do the work myself. Why bother?
> Meat doesn't need to be expensive if you peruse the choices before
> deciding on dinner, then plan dinner around the bargains you find.
> This morning I happened to be in town to pick up an Rx so I stopped at
> the little Tops Market for milk, etc. and looking in the meat case
> spotted a bone-in pork loin roast, 4.73 pounds, manager's special
> marked down from $3.99/lb to $2.09/lb... cost me $9.88, I saved $8.99.
> it's a very nice roast, it's in the oven now... should be enough for
> three meals for two plus some for cats. The bones and bits will make
> a nice stock for cooking rice n' black beans. I find special
> discounted meat at the Tops Market all the time, and it's not past
> it's sell-by date either. Got six large red skinned spuds baking with
> the roast, just need to decide on a veggie, probably those French cut
> green beans again. Had to retrieve the label from my trash:
> http://i57.tinypic.com/2crvnue.jpg
>
>
Yeah, I also spotted some bottom round steaks, also $6.79/lb. Yet
another tough cut of meat. You got a deal on pork, nice. Pork isn't
that cheap around here.
This was a stock up trip for the freezer. I wasn't shopping for
something to cook for dinner.
Jill