Sep. 19, 2009
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Good Meat for the Budget
First let me say that while I know that not everything I shopped for can be expected to be in stores clear across the country, I didn't quite expect it to be like shopping in a foreign country. Oregon has a lot of butter and margarine choices, Nucoa being our margarine of choice because it was truly dairy free. (Many margarines say they are dairy free, but they contain milk protein making it not a truly dairy free item.) Here in Kentucky there are only a few butter and margarine choices and I'm not crazy about most of them.
However this post is about meat and specifically ground meat. Sometime after Dear Man lost his job I found a blog post that mentioned getting venison very cheap at a local butcher because a lot of guys go hunting but don't want the meat. Living in Oregon, I don't know anyone like that, you go hunting for fun and for the meat. If by chance there was any person weird enough to give all their meat up, it still wouldn't have been cheap. The butcher is no fool and he'll sell it for about the same price as ground hamburger.
So, while I was trying to find a way to cut back on our grocery budget due to our lack of decent income, I thought about ground turkey, because once upon a time it was cheaper than ground hamburger. I found out that turkey has gone up in price and it, too, is about the same price as hamburger. One day in Wal-Mart I found some ground turkey for only $1.00 a pound! It wasn't on sale or clearance, and I checked the ingredient list to see if it had some fillers or something, but it didn't, so I bought some. That night we tried it out and it was good!
Pride of the Farm ground turkey
You'll note that it comes in taco seasoned or italian style chubs. There wasn't a plain version at the store I was shopping at. You'll also note that it says it is mechanically separated turkey. That had me worried that it might have bones in it, but if it does we haven't found any. One thing I need to tell you is that once you thaw it out and cut open the package (I cut off one end and squeeze the meat out of the tube), it looks like cat food. To be nice we'll call it turkey paté, because that's basically what it is, but when you see it you'll think "cat food." Still just cook it up like regular hamburger and it is great! Our whole family really likes it and since it is preseasoned you don't have to use much, if any, seasoning in your meat, which is another savings.
Now why am I telling you about this meat? I did find it here in Kentucky but I'm afraid they are no longer going to sell it. Isn't that just the way it goes? Whenever we find something we really like, they yank it off the shelves. So I'm telling you about this meat because if you are looking to cut your grocery budget at all, please go buy this meat! Perhaps if more people buy it and ask for it in the stores, they will continue stocking it.
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Sep. 19, 2009
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Sep. 19, 2009
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Have you thought of trying TheGroceryGame.com in your area?
Also, when it comes to meat, we tailor our menu to fit what is on sale for the week. So we have roast at 1.99/lb and ribeye or strip steaks at 2.99/lb.
I'm glad you found something you like over there! Is the store/meat dept manager any help at all as to whether this product will stay or go?