This is for the Serious Eats taco filling, to which I add half ground pork, but I have some pork I ground when some part I can’t recall was on sale.
I get it. Not chastising you for buying it. I’m sure you’ve well earned the money to buy it. Just a little sticker shock to me. I kind of reserve the “good stuff” in terms of ground beef for burgers. I’ll go 90-95% when I go to the butcher for my annual cannibal samiches. That’s like $8/lb
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The other day, I did see a 5 pound chub of hamburger (I think it was 73/27) on clearance for $15.72. I ran the numbers in my head and it was still over $3/pound, so I passed on it.
The only things on sale this week (for me) were peanut butter and blueberries. I’ve got a few recipes that use peanut butter and I can always make peanut butter rice as a side.
I’m thinking about making a “Breakfast for Dinner” night and serve Blueberry pancakes for dinner - we’ll see. I can always make a blueberry cobbler for a dessert.
Funny story… whenever I go to this one grocery store, my first stop is the fish section. I’m always on the lookout for “clearance” tilapia or salmon. I feel like a gambler in Las Vegas blowing on his dice before rolling them. In my brain, I’m saying “Come on – let there be some tilapia on clearance - Danny needs some fish!”
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Has the fish always tasted fresh?
I have stopped buying chicken on sale on Sundays at one shop, because I know the new shipment arrives Monday, and they’re clearing out old stock. I did pick up on it turning the last times I bought it on sale. Not completely bad, but a hint of decay which turns me off.
I am a super taster so it wrecks my meal if I can taste it going off.
I have had bad luck with fresh sockeye salmon that was full price but travelled too far from BC. I’m really hesitant to buy fish on sale or clearance , unless it’s frozen fish.
I also figured out that one local fish market was smoking the Atlantic salmon that was getting a bit too old. I could taste the ammonia through the smoked fish. Gotta start with good fresh fish to make it good smoked fish.
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What do you like about tilapia?
Yes… never had a problem. The guy in charge of Meat/Fish department is very conscientious and stays on top of the inventory.
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I don’t know, I just enjoy it over other fish. Salmon is a close second, but that is usually out of my price range.
I lightly dredge the tilapia in flour, sprinkle a little lemon pepper on top and gently spritz it with some olive oil spray. I bake it until it hits 145-150 (F) then serve.
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I know the most impactful thing i could do to save money on groceries would be to purchase a share of a whole animal direct from a farmer. I don’t buy or eat processed food; the biggest chunk of my spend is protein. And yet I have yet to pull the trigger on this.
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Curious what pricing for this is near you. Some of my family buy this way, and the quality is generally better than supermarket or specialty grocer meat, but the per-lb price when we have calculated it is has been breakeven at best. Beef, lamb, goat.
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Whereabouts do they live?
California and Boston
That is certainly true for my CSA subscription.
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I go to small butchers in Chinatown that break down a whole pig sourced from the same places as mainstream supermarkets like Smithfield. Pork belly and ribs usuaully around $4/lb and pork chops $3/lb. Poultry is similar in price as anywhere . Limited beef however. In any case, I’m cutting back on animal protein and increasing plant protein for general health reasons. Rising prices are not a good trend but you can find some positives, like eat more plant.
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What does it include?
I get what’s called “a small box”, which I think includes about 3-5 fruit and/or veg items, depending on the price that is set.
Here’s a link
…and I think I posted a screenshot of one of my orders somewhere.
ETA Here it is
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Me too. My neighbor raises good beef. he charges me $3/lb, but I’m obviously not bringing home porterhouses.
“Processed food” is broad, and anything dairy, besides raw milk, is a processed food. I need my dairy goodies; raw milk included.
Yes, but you and most everyone else knows what I mean when I say that 
I’ve calculated that our household of 2 meat-eaters would take more than 2 years to get through even a quarter-share of beef. So I settle for meat bundles from the butcher - saving a couple dollars per pound. But my niece’s family of 6 is definitely saving money with their yearly purchase of a half, last year averaging $3 pound for everything from (lots of) ground beef to roasts to steaks. I’m curious and will ask her about this year’s pricing.
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I try to buy 20 lbs. at a time. Empty nesting, two people just can’t get a quarter done in a year.
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I might go in with my brother. That would be four people.
