What did I cook this weekend.....

[DrunkleJon]

Since I live near to a Halal butcher, I've nearly given up on eating pork (except for bacon). Two reasons: 1) lamb tastes far better IMO, and 2) the Halal butcher actually sells lamb cheaper than the supermarkets sell the comparable pork cuts.


Grilling lamb breasts, sausages and corn at the summer cabin (small grill there).

Girls cooking sausages at our lakeside fire pit.

That makes me wonder how smoking up a lamb shoulder would turn out. Pulled lamb bbq? I may have to try this out. First though I need to explore the local ethnic butchers.

 

[podz]

That makes me wonder how smoking up a lamb shoulder would turn out. Pulled lamb bbq? I may have to try this out. First though I need to explore the local ethnic butchers.

Should be quite good. I bet there are several Halal butchers in your area.

One of the top benefits of Halal meat is that it isn't fed animal by-products. In other words, mad cow disease could never have happened if all meat were kosher/halal.

A few years ago, before grilling really got popular in Finland, you could buy racks of pork ribs for about 4.50 EUR per kilo. Now the price for pork ribs is about 10 EUR per kilo and lamb ribs are actually cheaper at 6.90 EUR per kilo. To put it into perspective as to just how ridiculous it has become, pork ribs now cost about 30% more than pork tenderloin.

 

[headbanger]

Should be quite good. I bet there are several Halal butchers in your area.

One of the top benefits of Halal meat is that it isn't fed animal by-products. In other words, mad cow disease could never have happened if all meat were kosher/halal.

A few years ago, before grilling really got popular in Finland, you could buy racks of pork ribs for about 4.50 EUR per kilo. Now the price for pork ribs is about 10 EUR per kilo and lamb ribs are actually cheaper at 6.90 EUR per kilo. To put it into perspective as to just how ridiculous it has become, pork ribs now cost about 30% more than pork tenderloin.

It's just the opposite here, you'd have to take out a second mortgage to eat lamb on a regular basis. Beef is starting to catch up though, saw a nice big choice packer brisket at the local butcher shop the other day for 70 bucks!

 

[cheezydemon3]

Bacon has gone way up. Even the cheap stuff is 6 or 7 bucks at Kroger now. It was $3.50 as little as a year ago.

 

[podz]

It's just the opposite here, you'd have to take out a second mortgage to eat lamb on a regular basis. Beef is starting to catch up though, saw a nice big choice packer brisket at the local butcher shop the other day for 70 bucks!

I will note that in the supermarkets here, lamb is anywhere between 25-50 EUR per kilo (more expensive . Whereas in the little muslim operated Halal shops, it's between 5 and 12 EUR per kilo. And they butcher it up right there, however you want it. The supermarkets don't even have butchers anymore...

 

[passedpawn]

Fish and chips.

Got the deep fryer going, sliced up a bag of potatoes, beer-battered some cod, glass of homebrew Pilsner, and World Cup soccer. Yum!

 

[Accidic]

Made steak for the the omnivores, since the vegetarian is out of town. Last time I posted a steak here, I got teased for not cooking the steak properly. You couldn't see any pink in the photos.

Bleh, don't listen to them. There is no wrong way to cook a steak. Raw to Burnt if that's the way you like it. If they rib you again, counterattack with them wanting to cook it at all in the first place. Raw trumps Rare and Medium Rare any day of the week if you're crazy enough to do it.

That said, I'm now kicking myself for not taking pictures of this weekend's Baby Back Ribs with BBQ sauce from scratch. /sigh

 

[jeffjm]

Beef is starting to catch up though, saw a nice big choice packer brisket at the local butcher shop the other day for 70 bucks!

And brisket is supposed to be a less desirable cut. You'd never know that based on its price.

 

[FermentNEthinG]

And brisket is supposed to be a less desirable cut. You'd never know that based on its price.

Funny you say that. I was in SAMs club a few hours ago and the brisket flats were priced like they were injected with gold. #8.5 for $57. Ridiculous.

 

[bob1852]

Yep, brisket is the new skirt steak, which was the new tri-tip. A traditionally cheap cut of meat that's skyrocketed in price because it's gone all hipster...

I fear chicken thighs will be the next protein that all of the sudden triples in price due to popularity.

 

[DrunkleJon]

At least the price of piggys seem to be dropping again. I prefer pork anyhow.

It is kind of sad that the traditionally cheap, undesirable cuts inflate in price due to demand. Or the that they might be able to charge it.

 

[bob1852]

At least the price of piggys seem to be dropping again. I prefer pork anyhow.

I hope so; cheapest butts I've seen lately have been ~$1.79/lb or more.

It is kind of sad that the traditionally cheap, undesirable cuts inflate in price due to demand. Or the that they might be able to charge it.

In fairness, if they're not longer undesirable, they ain't gonna be cheap.

 

[cheezydemon3]

At least the price of piggys seem to be dropping again. I prefer pork anyhow.

It is kind of sad that the traditionally cheap, undesirable cuts inflate in price due to demand. Or the that they might be able to charge it.

The HEART of capitalism my friend. Usually the trendy meats cause a drop in price of better cuts.

Smoke a tenderloin instead of a shoulder!

 

[DrunkleJon]

I know, I am just getting into the cheap cuts though. I really hope I didnt miss that bus.

 

[headbanger]

Yep, brisket is the new skirt steak, which was the new tri-tip. A traditionally cheap cut of meat that's skyrocketed in price because it's gone all hipster...

GD BBQ Pitmasters!!!

 

[cheezydemon3]

It is ridiculous.

But if it is cheaper, I have NO problem smoking and pulling a pork loin instead of a boston butt.

 

[Accidic]

Just don't screw with a Picnic cut for it. Tastes divine if done right but omg what a pita.

Also, if you're one who likes the traditional (read: high vinegar) sauces, you can do amazing things with pork with vinegar and a few additions. I pick up the 25% acidity bottles from the Asian market and injected in the right places it does amazing things.

 

[cheezydemon3]

Just don't screw with a Picnic cut for it. Tastes divine if done right but omg what a pita.

Also, if you're one who likes the traditional (read: high vinegar) sauces, you can do amazing things with pork with vinegar and a few additions. I pick up the 25% acidity bottles from the Asian market and injected in the right places it does amazing things.

Thus your LUST and username, eh?

 

[BUCKNUTS]

Egg muffins with ham, cheddar, inion and jalapeno.

Served it with a simple little salad dressed with a cilantro lime vinaigrette I make. Very tasty tad under 300 calories.


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[Accidic]

I'd love to say I was that creative, but the true story is a bit more simple as I chose it just to be a prick when one of my other names got kicked. But it's funny how many people know me as Cid even IRL rather than by name now though.

 

[cheezydemon3]

Home made refried beans, TONS of onion and sharp cheddar burritos, home grown habanero and tomato salsa!

 

[passedpawn]

Haha, post-carnage pic. Nice job cheeze.

 

[isuflyguy]

Primary - Pecan Brown Nut Ale

Bottled - Belgian Wit

 

[mattmmille]

Mmm...steak tartare 😋

 

[JonM]

Funny you say that. I was in SAMs club a few hours ago and the brisket flats were priced like they were injected with gold. #8.5 for $57. Ridiculous.

Yep, the guy at the grocery store weighed a choice flat for me and it would have been almost $70. Went to Sam's and got it for $56. Brisket has become a special once or twice-a-year treat.

 

[cheezydemon3]

Haha, post-carnage pic. Nice job cheeze.

I have a pre-carnage (but vegetarean carnage, CAN YOU BELIEVE IT????) but it is not so exciting.

Rarely, has a food been soooooooo satisfying!

I can not stress the EXTRA onions enough.

Fresh tomato, fresh habanero, fresh jalapeno, beans from dried. I didn't grow the onion, the beans, or the cheese.

 

[Accidic]

I find black and blue to be a reasonable compromise with Tartare. But it sends my wife into a bit of a death spiral.

 

[betarhoalphadelta]

USDA Prime full packer at Costco recently was I think $3.69 or $3.99 a pound... Sure, that's a full packer which will be cheaper per pound than a flat, but I think for Prime that's pretty damn good.

 

[cheezydemon3]

Reduced pork chili and coleslaw sandwiches...my GF's idea.....freakishly delicious.

 

[podz]

Yep, the guy at the grocery store weighed a choice flat for me and it would have been almost $70. Went to Sam's and got it for $56. Brisket has become a special once or twice-a-year treat.

I made some currency and weight conversions with google...

Here where I live, you can't get any cut of beef for less than 6 bucks a pound. Even ground beef is well over 5. A few days ago, we found some entrecote steaks for about 9.50 a pound and got them. That's rare because it's almost half of the usual price. T-bones or rib steaks, 20-25 bucks a pound.

Even chicken wings, 2.50 a pound here.