Monday, December 1, 2008

Beef, it's what's for dinner

And so it begins again. We picked up our quarter cow's worth of beef today:
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We took inventory this time so we don't have to root around the freezer trying to figure out what we got. So in case you were wondering, this is what we got from a quarter cow:


























































Beef Soup Bone (1 per package)1
Beef Soup Bone (2 per package)2
Beef Chuck Roast4
Beef Arm Roast1
Beef Boneless Pot Roast1
Beef Rump Roast1
Beef Heel of Round Roast1
Beef Brisket1
Beef Sirloin Tip Steak4
Beef Top Round Steak7
Beef Cube Steak (2 per package)10
Beef Rib Steak9
Beef Short Ribs (3 per package)1
Beef Short Ribs (4 per package)1
Beef T-Bone Steaks9
Beef Flank Steakv1
Beef Filet Mignon3
Beef Sirloin Steak7
Ground Beef24

5 comments:

  1. Did you manage to finish the last 1/4?

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  2. From the last 1/4 we had the following remaining:
    4 packages of ground beef
    1 Beef Top Round Steak
    3 packages of beef soup bones (2 bones in each package)
    2 packages of beef stew meat
    Clearly we need to have some meat parties throughout the year.
    It looks like this year we ended up paying about $4.50 per pound overall. I don't really know how that compares to grocery store prices because different cuts of meat cost different amounts per pound. What I do know is that we paid for some meat that was free range, grass fed, and raised by some friends of ours near town. And it's tasty. :)

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  3. Any idea about how many pounds total that all is? It looks yummy! :D

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  4. I don't have the sheet from the processor handy, but I think it was around 160 pounds or so. That may be 160 pounds before they slice it all up, I'm not sure.

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  5. We'll be getting part of a cow in a couple weeks. We're starting smaller though to see what we like, then taking the plung in the summer.

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