Kitchen

[SharkE]

Lord, have mercy !!  I called the meat dept. of my local grocery store and told them to have me 2 THIN CUT

T-BONES and I would pick up Thursday.   Last 2 I bought just few weeks ago was 10.20.  Well, I went

into deep shock when I picked up the 2 today !

Almost 28.00 !!!!!!!! and this is just for 1/2 IN. thick !!

Nothing big or thick or fancy. I said "no, thanks" and

hit the door.  Some small beef roasts were 25-30

So, I went to another store and had them to cut me just 1 and said 1/2 in thick. It was almost 13. I took it and said to self make 2 meals out of that.

good thing I prefer chicken and turkey. How do people who have families feed  them ? I'm a widow no kids or grandkids. If I did they would be eating hot dogs.

Ridiculous. Don't even ask about Porterhouse steaks

that's what I thought they gave me. No telling what they would had been 35.00 I guess.

Unbelievable !!

[SharkE]

I'm even in cow country of Tx. No breaks here.

I would go into cardiac arrest if I knew what Cal or New York is paying.

[PA Mom-mom]

@SharkE  I agree, beef prices are crazy. You really have to shop the sales and go with what is on special. Our best bet is usually ground beef. We only make beef once or twice a month, so it's not too bad.

My DD is very lucky, because her husband and boys are hunters, and they average 5 deer per year. They also raise black Angus and harvest one each year and split it with her husband's brother. We sometimes get some of the deer meat and beef, and we are very greatful.

[brandiwine]

We get our beef from a local rancher here in Colorado.  Prices are no where near the grocery stores or butcher shops.  Much better quality, organic, grass fed.  Haven't had store bought meat in years.  It's just the 2 of us so we only buy a quarter.  If I still had kids at home, I'd buy a half.  Only way to eat well.  

[SharkE]

I told the butcher that I was gonna get a cow and raise it in the back yard !!!!!!!!!!   LOL

Guess we all have to go vegetarian and eat seaweed and tomatoes.   Eat beans for protein.

[Laura14]

I was shell shocked at my produce prices over this past weekend.

A bag of baby carrots for $3.50? And a bag of Granny Smith apples for over $7.00?

Are we kidding? God bless Walmart where I can still find $1.50 and $4 respectively.

I gave up ground turkey a while ago ($5) and most meats since I cannot afford it.

Luckily I am not a huge meat eater.

Unless I hit the random sale, I've made the bread and butter prison menu chic again.

I break out with the occasional roast potato and vegetables from time to time and I still have my staple pasta, but, if I really want to get crazy, I break open a can of beans and make a chili.

It's like fine dining at Chez Laura.

[Laura14]

@SharkE I checked for you in Georgia. Walmart has a two pack for $37 near me for T-bones. You were making out with your butcher! 

[SilleeMee]

Around here the average price beef steak is $14 per pound. Some premium cuts will be closer to $30/lb now.  Ground beef is is up to over $7/lb.

[spumoni99]

I would rather eat quality food than have a 500 dollar purse, priorities!

[SEGardener]

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@SharkE wrote:

I'm even in cow country of Tx. No breaks here.

I would go into cardiac arrest if I knew what Cal or New York is paying.

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If there's  a consolation - at least you live near locally ranched beef that can be bought either at the slaughterhouse or direct from rancher.  It was reported this past week that since 2018 beef, swine and sheep have been administered mRNA vaccines. Most cattlemen rejected te vaxx buthose who sell beef on the hoof at auction to commercial processors must. Initially when this was challenged over the years, we were told there is a holding period where livestock could not be butchered for human food claiming the mRNA didn't remain in the flesh past a few days.  We learned this week that was a lie.  I haven't bought commercially slaughtered beef/pork for over 5 yrs but this past year our local slaughterhouse lost it's FDA certification where we could buy slaughtered me a smaller cattleman would put up for sale.  Not because they have hygiene/sanitation issues but because they didn't opt for the frequent inspections that slaughterhouses now pay for.  I raise my own poultry - eggs and meat, buy pork from the local Mennonite Community but with the slaughterhouse out of the picture, it's pretty hard to find available locally raised beef.