"pink slime" or ground chuck?

[Common Sense Al]

equaling Costco and Whole Foods/Central Market/Market Street quality, oh my...
yes, Al, Costco just gets stuff for the costs a few % under those of the 3 other stores I mentioned, but decides to cut its profit to half of those from the other 3 stores...yep, living a dream Al

Living in a dream, eh? Perhaps you should do some research on Costco and their philosophy, and how they differ from typical 'big business practices'. For example, compare the pay difference between Costco employees and their CEO... as compared to that difference for other big corps.

[JKTex]

I have an idea, how about fresh, higher quality beef from a local market that gets fresh beef in direct from the packer almost every day, actually has butchers, not just meat cutters cutting and packing according to a diagram and corporate policy with flow chart. Where you can have them do anything you want, order special cuts, blends of ground, call ahead and have them put it together for when you're ready for it, you name it.

Did I mention Old Town Market?

[Common Sense Al]

:D Did I mention Old Town Market?

Yes, several times.

My wife doesn't buy her meat there, but she does buy most of it from local places - like Burgundy Pasture Beef.

[skiing1974]

JKtex, going there this weekend with a hope of switching Could they also get me some duck and other things not found in other stores?

[Hog Caller]

My wife always makes me buy Laura's Lean ground beef. I checked and they do not use pink slime, hormones or additives. All of their cows are vegetable fed. I guess that means their cows are not unintentional canibals. Someone from Kroger said that all beef 80% lean and higher is slime free.

[Pipeline]

My wife always makes me buy Laura's Lean ground beef. I checked and they do not use pink slime, hormones or additives. All of their cows are vegetable fed. I guess that means their cows are not unintentional canibals. Someone from Kroger said that all beef 80% lean and higher is slime free.

I'm good with that, true or not. JK keeps beating us on the noggin' with the greatness of Old Town Meat Market consistently and almost daily, with 14 dollar a pound meat.

[JKTex]

$14/lb? I didn't think you liked those high end steaks?

I think I pay about $2.99/lb for pork butts, about the same for whole briskets, and maybe $3.99 for ground chuck, which is what I always use for ground. All choice beef. They run specials and I've bought strips for about $5-$6 lb if I recall but if you want to spend $14/lb, he's got some cuts that'll do it, but are worth it. I don't always trust myself preparing good cuts like those though. Sausage is a little expensive, but man they make some awesome Italian sausage, and the boudin is even really good. Maybe not quite as good as what a friend brings back from some place in La. but it's good.

Besides, it's a part of local history, and Bobby Flay has even highlighted them on one of his shows.

If you want to smoke or cure your own bacon, he brings 2-3 bellies in each week, just call and he'll get you one. I just noticed too, they're carrying bison now, and boerewors. Never had it (it's a South African sausage), but it sounds good.

Besides, you can have lunch (or to-go or cater) there too, while you're picking up your own stuff. I hate going near lunchtime because it smells too good!

[Richard]

I haven't bought much meat at the Old Town Meat Market, but they have processed several deer for me there and they do make wonderful sausage.

[Pipeline]

$14/lb? I didn't think you liked those high end steaks?

I think I pay about $2.99/lb for pork butts, about the same for whole briskets, and maybe $3.99 for ground chuck, which is what I always use for ground. All choice beef. They run specials and I've bought strips for about $5-$6 lb if I recall but if you want to spend $14/lb, he's got some cuts that'll do it, but are worth it. I don't always trust myself preparing good cuts like those though. Sausage is a little expensive, but man they make some awesome Italian sausage, and the boudin is even really good. Maybe not quite as good as what a friend brings back from some place in La. but it's good.

Besides, it's a part of local history, and Bobby Flay has even highlighted them on one of his shows.

If you want to smoke or cure your own bacon, he brings 2-3 bellies in each week, just call and he'll get you one. I just noticed too, they're carrying bison now, and boerewors. Never had it (it's a South African sausage), but it sounds good.

Besides, you can have lunch (or to-go or cater) there too, while you're picking up your own stuff. I hate going near lunchtime because it smells too good!

Have I just been beaten over the noggin' again? I just picked up some juicy looking poke chops from Kroger, you know the one up FM2181 with gas pumps that FM didn't want. Great store. Picked up a couple of oil changes at auto zone across the street, and grabbed my mother-in-laws morphine, next door at Walgreen's, all in one trip. And didn't have to drive to Mill street listening to accordion music blaring out of low riders, whilst they holler, "beat it, Gringo".

[Pipeline]

$14/lb? I didn't think you liked those high end steaks?

Besides, it's a part of local history, and Bobby Flay has even highlighted them on one of his shows.

As a matter of fact my wife bought me a 10 lb beef tenderloin from old town meat market for Valentine's day (I love the gift of meat), and it was about 14 bucks a pound. She don't mind Mill street, with the Remington express in the back seat.

And I am part of local history, no biggy, and B. Flay's story has grown tiresome.

[admin]

Someone from Kroger said that all beef 80% lean and higher is slime free.

Kroger joins rival grocers in rejecting "pink slime" beef

[JKTex]

It's pretty sad they have to get busted out in the media to decide to stop feeding their customers whatever they can squeegee off the floor.........

[skiing1974]

exactly!

[Pipeline]

It's pretty sad they have to get busted out in the media to decide to stop feeding their customers whatever they can squeegee off the floor.........

JK, You get yours from Old town, according to RK I get mine from off the road with a scraper or Kroger, Al get's his free range chicken from Costco. It's all good. I gotta eat. The cheaper the budget for food, the larger the beer budget. Simple as pie (muskrat).

[admin]

COMMISSIONER STAPLES’ STATEMENT ON LEAN FINELY TEXTURED BEEF

SOUTH SIOUX CITY, NEB.— Texas Agriculture Commissioner Todd Staples today joined Texas Gov. Rick Perry and several other governors and lieutenant governors on a tour of the Beef Products Inc. (BPI) plant in South Sioux City, Neb. The tour was for state leaders and the media to end myths and misconceptions about lean finely textured beef and support the entire U.S. beef industry that is critical to our nation's food supply.

Following unsubstantiated, negative media coverage, BPI was forced to suspend operations at three plants in Amarillo, Texas, Garden City, Kan., and Waterloo, Iowa. Other companies that also produce this lean beef product have slowed production due to cancellation of orders.

Commissioner Staples released this statement:

“Today, many Americans are out of work and more are threatened because of misinformation about lean finely textured beef,” Texas Agriculture Commissioner Todd Staples said. “For more than two decades this 100-percent beef product has been approved by food safety experts as being safe to eat and enjoy in your home.

“If these myths are allowed to persist, hard-working Americans will lose their jobs permanently, forcing us to be more dependent on foreign food sources to meet growing consumer demand for lean ground beef.

“There is never an appropriate time to let activist-driven misinformation campaigns overcome science-driven consumer choices. It is even more imperative in these times of tight domestic food supplies and increasing prices that the public has accurate information.

“Regulatory burdens and foreign dependency on oil impact us every day in the price we pay for gasoline. Let’s learn from that burdensome reliance and keep food prices under control.”