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By *LCC OP Couple
over a year ago
Cambridge |
... are so bloody expensive these days! I thought I would get a nice bit of shin beef for a slow cooked chilli, £9.20/kg! Silverside and topside of beef, £7/kg. It's crazy! Whatever happened to the cheap cuts? |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Well some became fashionable, remember when pulled pork was "scraps"
Lidl do have some nice meat, occasionally though the meat is let down by the butchery, cut or rolled badly. Other times though pretty good.
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Our local farms have some good deals on bulk meats. We've got a few good abattoirs too that do big hampers that last a couple of months if cooked in stews/curries, etc. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Best stewing beef is skirt...and I'm not just saying it cos I like to fecking wear then 
Skirt was expensive too."
have to look at other parts of the animal now |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Best stewing beef is skirt...and I'm not just saying it cos I like to fecking wear then
Skirt was expensive too."
It has gone expensive...but it's a far better meat then shin  |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Best stewing beef is skirt...and I'm not just saying it cos I like to fecking wear then
Skirt was expensive too.have to look at other parts of the animal now"
Sweetbreads?  |
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By *LCC OP Couple
over a year ago
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"Best stewing beef is skirt...and I'm not just saying it cos I like to fecking wear then
Skirt was expensive too.
It has gone expensive...but it's a far better meat then shin "
More fat on shin, and everyone knows the fat is the good bit  |
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By *LCC OP Couple
over a year ago
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"I’ve got my own spreadsheet of Yorkshire butchers and their prices. I update the sheet every day, sometimes spend an hour a day on it :-0 "
For professional or personal curiosity? |
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Cheap cuts of meat aren't cheap anymore because the celebrity chefs all started using them and telling people how cheap they are and how tasty.
This made them desirable and trendy and as a consequence the prices skyrocket  |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Cheap cuts of meat aren't cheap anymore because the celebrity chefs all started using them and telling people how cheap they are and how tasty.
This made them desirable and trendy and as a consequence the prices skyrocket "
I blame the daft buggers who buy them..you can pay more for neck of lamb then a leg of lamb...I know which I'd fecking buy  |
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"Cheap cuts of meat aren't cheap anymore because the celebrity chefs all started using them and telling people how cheap they are and how tasty.
This made them desirable and trendy and as a consequence the prices skyrocket
I blame the daft buggers who buy them..you can pay more for neck of lamb then a leg of lamb...I know which I'd fecking buy "
Me too!
We don't like the fatty cuts of meat much anyway. I buy large joints of topside beef, cut it up myself and use it for stews. It cooks quicker too which is a bonus. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"... are so bloody expensive these days! I thought I would get a nice bit of shin beef for a slow cooked chilli, £9.20/kg! Silverside and topside of beef, £7/kg. It's crazy! Whatever happened to the cheap cuts? "
Catch yerself some rat then!  |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Cheap cuts of meat aren't cheap anymore because the celebrity chefs all started using them and telling people how cheap they are and how tasty.
This made them desirable and trendy and as a consequence the prices skyrocket
I blame the daft buggers who buy them..you can pay more for neck of lamb then a leg of lamb...I know which I'd fecking buy
Me too!
We don't like the fatty cuts of meat much anyway. I buy large joints of topside beef, cut it up myself and use it for stews. It cooks quicker too which is a bonus."
Evening in Asda and tesco...their cheap frying steak is far cheaper then shin beef...the fecking mind boggles |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"When you add the cost of fuel to cook them they are no longer cheap unless you cook in bulk."
And there’s never enough freezer room to do proper bulk cooking, I find. |
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"When you add the cost of fuel to cook them they are no longer cheap unless you cook in bulk.
And there’s never enough freezer room to do proper bulk cooking, I find. "
True. Mine's full of runner beans and tomatoes |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"When you add the cost of fuel to cook them they are no longer cheap unless you cook in bulk.
And there’s never enough freezer room to do proper bulk cooking, I find.
True. Mine's full of runner beans and tomatoes "
Mine too! (If runner beans are ice pops and tomatoes are choc ices!) |
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"When you add the cost of fuel to cook them they are no longer cheap unless you cook in bulk.
And there’s never enough freezer room to do proper bulk cooking, I find.
True. Mine's full of runner beans and tomatoes
Mine too! (If runner beans are ice pops and tomatoes are choc ices!)"
well I did find room for a 2 litre tub of Cornish ice cream  |
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"When you add the cost of fuel to cook them they are no longer cheap unless you cook in bulk.
And there’s never enough freezer room to do proper bulk cooking, I find.
True. Mine's full of runner beans and tomatoes
Mine too! (If runner beans are ice pops and tomatoes are choc ices!)
well I did find room for a 2 litre tub of Cornish ice cream "
Good call |
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"Jamie Oliver was making a lamb tagine and said it's cheap because you use the cheaper cuts of lamb. The meat would have cost £12. "
I don't think he has any idea of how little money some people have to spend on food. |
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"Jamie Oliver was making a lamb tagine and said it's cheap because you use the cheaper cuts of lamb. The meat would have cost £12. "
The thing is though....the nutters will pay him around £250 for that 12 quid of meat in one of his restaurants.
So to him it is a cheap cut. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Road kill or horse them travelers leave them all over the place and it was not unknown for the likes of aldi to do a nice cut ............... sorry just joking! |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Jamie Oliver was making a lamb tagine and said it's cheap because you use the cheaper cuts of lamb. The meat would have cost £12.
The thing is though....the nutters will pay him around £250 for that 12 quid of meat in one of his restaurants.
So to him it is a cheap cut."
True. I do pay for lamb fillets for a stew,but my son eats like a horse and he pays |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Jamie Oliver was making a lamb tagine and said it's cheap because you use the cheaper cuts of lamb. The meat would have cost £12.
The thing is though....the nutters will pay him around £250 for that 12 quid of meat in one of his restaurants.
So to him it is a cheap cut.
True. I do pay for lamb fillets for a stew,but my son eats like a horse and he pays "
I haven't had lamb stew for years..you've got me fancying it now |
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By (user no longer on site)
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OK then here's a cheap cut and don't go all shouty until you've tried it.
Tesco beef heart...now I hear you all going  ...but I've had it unknowingly I must admit and to be honest I thought I was eating topside of beef. Tesco are selling it for £3.50 a kilo but you'll more then likely get it cheaper at a local butcher.
Great for stews and curries too |
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"OK then here's a cheap cut and don't go all shouty until you've tried it.
Tesco beef heart...now I hear you all going ...but I've had it unknowingly I must admit and to be honest I thought I was eating topside of beef. Tesco are selling it for £3.50 a kilo but you'll more then likely get it cheaper at a local butcher.
Great for stews and curries too "
I've never eaten heart, I don't like offal normally. What's the texture like?
I dislike the texture of cheek so if it's anything like that I wouldn't eat it. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Jamie Oliver was making a lamb tagine and said it's cheap because you use the cheaper cuts of lamb. The meat would have cost £12.
The thing is though....the nutters will pay him around £250 for that 12 quid of meat in one of his restaurants.
So to him it is a cheap cut.
True. I do pay for lamb fillets for a stew,but my son eats like a horse and he pays
I haven't had lamb stew for years..you've got me fancying it now "
It is lovely. I use leek and onion and some barley too. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"OK then here's a cheap cut and don't go all shouty until you've tried it.
Tesco beef heart...now I hear you all going ...but I've had it unknowingly I must admit and to be honest I thought I was eating topside of beef. Tesco are selling it for £3.50 a kilo but you'll more then likely get it cheaper at a local butcher.
Great for stews and curries too
I've never eaten heart, I don't like offal normally. What's the texture like?
I dislike the texture of cheek so if it's anything like that I wouldn't eat it."
To be honest it was years back when I tasted it and my mate told me it was topside...and that's what it looked and tasted like.
I must admit if he had told me it was heart first...I wouldn't have eaten the fecker. But I'm glad I did...and I'll be off to tesco now to have again |
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By *LCC OP Couple
over a year ago
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"OK then here's a cheap cut and don't go all shouty until you've tried it.
Tesco beef heart...now I hear you all going ...but I've had it unknowingly I must admit and to be honest I thought I was eating topside of beef. Tesco are selling it for £3.50 a kilo but you'll more then likely get it cheaper at a local butcher.
Great for stews and curries too "
My wife enjoyed a nice bit of tripe this week. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"OK then here's a cheap cut and don't go all shouty until you've tried it.
Tesco beef heart...now I hear you all going ...but I've had it unknowingly I must admit and to be honest I thought I was eating topside of beef. Tesco are selling it for £3.50 a kilo but you'll more then likely get it cheaper at a local butcher.
Great for stews and curries too
My wife enjoyed a nice bit of tripe this week. "
there's a fecking hint in the name |
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"... are so bloody expensive these days! I thought I would get a nice bit of shin beef for a slow cooked chilli, £9.20/kg! Silverside and topside of beef, £7/kg. It's crazy! Whatever happened to the cheap cuts?
Catch yerself some rat then! "
or fox tail soup |
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"Road kill or horse them travelers leave them all over the place and it was not unknown for the likes of aldi to do a nice cut ............... sorry just joking! "
You say that. After it was revealed horse meat was being put in processed food, I went to a food fare in brighton and one of the stalls was selling horse meat. |
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"... are so bloody expensive these days! I thought I would get a nice bit of shin beef for a slow cooked chilli, £9.20/kg! Silverside and topside of beef, £7/kg. It's crazy! Whatever happened to the cheap cuts? "
Aberdeen Angus is so worth it |
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