On Sun, 12 Jan 2020 18:22:05 -0500, Dave Smith
> wrote:

>On 2020-01-12 5:59 p.m., Je?us wrote:
>> On Fri, 10 Jan 2020 17:17:32 -0800 (PST), "
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> On Friday, January 10, 2020 at 4:49:56 PM UTC-6, Jeßus wrote:
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>>>> I still can't get past this 'used meat' description. It's weird.
>>>>
>>> My Kroger calls them "Manager Specials" and some stores just call them what
>>> they are, marked down meat.

Manager's special is what Tops Market labels meat that's about to
expire. I asked the butcher about it and I was told it's fine but
should be cooked that day or frozen. They
add a yellow label so it's easy to tell it's "used meat". Sometimes
it's a very good buy, half price. It's usually pork chops and spare
ribs, rarely beef and never poultry. I'm sure the beef that's about
to expire becomes hamburger, and is no bargain. A much better buy is
whe top round goes on sale for $3.99/lb and I grind my own. I'll ask
the butcher for four four pounders, two for grinding and one each for
oven roast and pot roast. They know I'm a steady customer so they
alrays give me nice looking roasts... of course I never tell them that
I grind two.
Freshly ground is far better than ground "used beef". I'll typically
make up six 12 ounce burgers (ground steak), a couple two pound bulk
for chili etc, and enough for a large meat-a-loaf. 12 ounce burgers
are not lot when sharing with four cats. Barny, Cali. and Miche are
real barn cats, each over 24 pounds... 2 ton Cali is solid muscle, has
to be 28 pounds. They can pack away my burgers. Little Jilly is only
10-11 pounds and she can eat a lot more than you'd think. Barny is
Cali's brother. he looks bigger but he's a lot of fur, Cali weighs
about 2-3 pounds more. Mische is the biggest, a real barn cat that
found us and decided to become a house cat because he loves his food
and rather not hunt.