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[I'm not telling]

(04-25-2012 06:50 AM)bean Wrote:  I hate to be really honest about this Myotch. This is stuff that was only destined for pet food ten years ago.
The troubling part is the spraying with "just a poof of ammonia." Now, when the meat packing industry has to come online with PR sites, getting those listed first through Google, and having authoritative announcers explain how "ammonia is in every living thing" then you need to start asking questions.

I just purchased 1/4 beef. The butcher is a small town, one man band. I can assure you that no tendons or ligaments from the animal I bought were ground, whipped at 100mph in a centerfuge, and sprayed with ammonia. That crap hit the "inedible" tub where it belongs.

I know the people I bought the meat from. I drive by their cows quite frequently. These animals are open pasture critters that have been well cared for. Plus I paid less per pound than the average person does at the "Big Store" with their ground whatever shipped in from Nebraska.

I go to a local butcher like yours. I always buy ground sirloin or ground round. The price is usually about 50 cents a pound LESS than at the box grocery stores. And the taste is amazing, there is absolutely NO comparison! In fact, I try to buy all my meat from them, the quality is so much better!

[myotch]

If I could afford to go to a butcher, that's where I'd go. Alas, I'm on a budget.

Now, the meat that comes in that plastic tube and stapled at both ends - you know the one I'm talking about. 1 lbs for less than $2. I know this isn't premium ground chuck. I also know it's destined for spaghetti sauce or hamburger helper. I could really care less if it had half a calf heart. Because it fries up real nice, and it tastes like beef. Cuz it is.

I agree with the ammonia part being troubling. As a consumer, I probably should have known that. I probably would have still bought what I buy, because I still buy what I buy.

[bean]

i got 145 lbs of locally grown meat for 350 bucks. half price from my local groc. store...

(04-25-2012 08:03 AM)Im not telling Wrote:  

(04-25-2012 06:50 AM)bean Wrote:  I hate to be really honest about this Myotch. This is stuff that was only destined for pet food ten years ago.
The troubling part is the spraying with "just a poof of ammonia." Now, when the meat packing industry has to come online with PR sites, getting those listed first through Google, and having authoritative announcers explain how "ammonia is in every living thing" then you need to start asking questions.

I just purchased 1/4 beef. The butcher is a small town, one man band. I can assure you that no tendons or ligaments from the animal I bought were ground, whipped at 100mph in a centerfuge, and sprayed with ammonia. That crap hit the "inedible" tub where it belongs.

I know the people I bought the meat from. I drive by their cows quite frequently. These animals are open pasture critters that have been well cared for. Plus I paid less per pound than the average person does at the "Big Store" with their ground whatever shipped in from Nebraska.

I go to a local butcher like yours. I always buy ground sirloin or ground round. The price is usually about 50 cents a pound LESS than at the box grocery stores. And the taste is amazing, there is absolutely NO comparison! In fact, I try to buy all my meat from them, the quality is so much better!

[exOBCstudent]

(04-25-2012 08:25 PM)bean Wrote:  i got 145 lbs of locally grown meat for 350 bucks. half price from my local groc. store...

I want to come to eat at YOUR house!

I can also bring an extra tank of propane for the grill.



We had a place like that right up the road from where I used to live. They had the BEST peppercorn bacon I've ever tasted. The meat was always as good as ever. I'm def a carnivore.

[bean]

hahaha! Did I mention this price included steaks and roasts?

[lucrezaborgia]

If I had the freezer space I'd go in on a cow with ya!