On 6/10/2022 1:01 PM,
jla...@highlandsniptechnology.com wrote:
> On Fri, 10 Jun 2022 12:11:14 -0400, bitrex <
us...@example.net> wrote:
>
>> On 6/9/2022 10:37 PM,
jla...@highlandsniptechnology.com wrote:
>>> On Thu, 9 Jun 2022 18:59:50 -0400, bitrex <
us...@example.net> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 6/9/2022 6:56 PM, bitrex wrote:
>>>>> On 6/9/2022 5:59 PM, John Larkin wrote:
>>>>>> On Thu, 9 Jun 2022 13:30:33 -0700 (PDT), Ed Lee
>>>>>> <
edward....@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Thursday, June 9, 2022 at 11:39:52 AM UTC-7, John Doe wrote:
>>>>>>>> The same loaf of bread that was about $2.30 one-two years ago is now
>>>>>>>> $3.35 at
>>>>>>>> Walmart.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Hopefully that's not a trend, or things will get REALLY bad very
>>>>>>>> quickly.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Because the basic ingredient (wheat) to make bread can not be shipped
>>>>>>> out of Ukraine.  Time for NATO to open up the shipping lane. We are
>>>>>>> already in food world war.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> A loaf of bread is a lot of food for $3.35
>>>>>>
>>>>>> We pay $12 for good sourdough.
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> The real hikes have been in stuff like red meat. I don't eat much red
>>>>> meat but when I do I'm determined to have quality, not ground beef fast
>>>>> food shit.
>>>>>
>>>>> There's still some good deals to be had on quality around here though
>>>>> but one has to hunt - even just move packages around in the cooler. I
>>>>> got 3/4 pound chuck eye steak for $3.79 the other day.
>>>>>
>>>>> People get scared off by the word "chuck" in it maybe but the chuck eye
>>>>> is more like a less-presentable ribeye than beef chuck. And it's usually
>>>>> just as delicious as a ribeye.
>>>>
>>>> Incidentally, Walmart almost never has good deals on steak around here,
>>>> usually seriously disappointing & overpriced. the local grocery chains
>>>> tend to beat them hands-down.
>>>
>>> There's no reason to eat cheap beef. The good stuff is $27 a pound,
>>> and worth it.
>>>
>>> We can get pretty good burger meat for $8.
>>>
>>
>>
>> Hmpf. I don't own a condo and a paid-off car at this point in my life by
>> paying $27/lb for steaks, man.
>
> OK, stay away from restaurants.
I don't often go to steakhouses. Around here you'd pay $27 at a
restaurant for the same steak from a supermarket you can make at home. A
steak worth going out for means going to Mooo or Ruth Chris or
something, here's Mooo's menu:
<
https://mooorestaurant.com/menus>
A 24 oz porterhouse is going to be $98.
> A really good 1/3 lb filet once a month is worth it. I soak mine in
> Soy Vey teriyaki and bbq scorched+rare on my tiny gas grill.
I tend to have a steak at breakfast more often than dinner, and rarely
marinate 'em for that. Just leave it out for about 15 min before
cooking, grind some salt & pepper on both sides, then sear in extra
light olive over high heat on the stovetop (I use a ceramic-surface
skillet) with garlic & butter. EZ
> The Brat makes fun of my tiny grill, but she sure eats the results.
>
> Cheap supermarket beef mostly tastes like cardboard. You can generally
> get pretty good chicken and sometimes fish and shrimp.
As I say, you can hunt around at a supermarket cooler for cuts of meat
that have the combination of low price & good taste, you use your eyes
and look at the meat and that's often a good guide to how it'll taste!
A dedicated butcher shop is best but unfortunately in suburbia there
aren't many of those around, anymore. A few supermarkets still do their
own cutting, but it's rare.
In any case when at a supermarket instead of a butcher shop I tend to
walk away more often than not from the steaks as I don't see anything
that looks good for the price.
> Really good salmon and black cod and such can be expensive too, and
> worth it.
Now, in New England fish and seafood is the thing there's no good reason
to go to a supermarket for..