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The Coupon Whisperer: Fantastic Easily Available Meat Coupons
The Coupon Whisperer ^ | June 12, 2012 | PJ-Comix

Posted on 06/12/2012 6:10:26 AM PDT by PJ-Comix

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To: PJ-Comix

I refuse to shop at Target, knowing that some portion of my spending there - however small - goes to causes I loathe.


21 posted on 06/12/2012 7:40:33 AM PDT by NonValueAdded (I can see November from Wisconsin)
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To: Harmless Teddy Bear

We’ve done pork, too, but not lamb. The family isn’t big on sausage or pork roasts so I end up giving a lot of that away. That really doesn’t make it very cost-effective though, does it? LOL

I always sneak the beef tongue into someone else’s pile... Never tried it and don’t think I could ever work up the courage.


22 posted on 06/12/2012 7:45:33 AM PDT by nodumbblonde ("The ladder of success is best climbed by stepping on the rungs of opportunity." - Ayn Rand)
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To: nodumbblonde
Oddly, the guy I get mine from said a lot of people have him do the whole thing in ground beef “because they don’t know how to cook a steak or a roast”. How sad is that?!?!

Your guy needs to find a good basic cookbook and sell it along with the beef... might increase his business. Thanks nodumbblonde - interesting comments.

23 posted on 06/12/2012 7:48:49 AM PDT by GOPJ (Take your little hammer, little sickle and your scary red signs with a fist on it, and go home...)
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To: PJ-Comix

Thanks. Does Publix do this? I’ve never seen meat marked down there like this.

My tip: Winn-Dixie has this savings option that allows you to buy discounted fuel at Shell stations. Some products you buy give you $.05 off a gallon or more, or you spend $50 and get $.05 off a gallon (for each $50).

Anyhow, the real deal part of this is that WD seems to frequently give $1.00 off per gallon for filling a prescription there. This is either for a new prescription or a transfer.

Now a dollar off of a gallon of gas is definitely worth it especially for something I absolutely have to buy anyhow. But the best part? Walgreens was offering a $25 gift card for transferring a prescription to them.

Sooooooooo ... :-)


24 posted on 06/12/2012 7:53:09 AM PDT by VeniVidiVici (Congrats to Ted Kennedy! He's been sober for two years now!!)
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To: PJ-Comix

Thanks, PJ-Comix.

The grocery stores in our area all have what I call “the cheap meat section”. Sometimes there’ll be a coupon attached to the meat, pork, chicken or a reduced price label. We have a foodsaver so I repackage as soon as I get home.

Like you said, you have to get to the store early to take advantage of the best deals especially in the winter when the snow birds are here!


25 posted on 06/12/2012 7:55:59 AM PDT by azishot
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To: nodumbblonde
Unfortunately, if I was involved in it’s care I’d end up with a pet instead of beef!


I'm not that involved, I drop off a few bags of feed every now and then.

I trained the kids early, so they wouldn't think of the cows as pets: girl cows make milk and boy cows make steak. They love steak!

26 posted on 06/12/2012 8:31:24 AM PDT by Beach_Babe
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To: CarolinaGOP
Yes. There are several farms in our area that will do a beef up for you.

You can even go and "pick your cow". If you pick a calf you can go and see him during the growing time.

I don't bother any more. I know the farmer and we have been buying from him for five years now.

27 posted on 06/12/2012 8:34:33 AM PDT by Harmless Teddy Bear (Migrating elephant herds react badly to flaming motor homes and dry ice doesn't repel killer bees)
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To: GOPJ

You’re welcome!

As a guy who makes a living raising cows, you can imagine how appalling that was to him! Outraged may be the more correct term!

I think we’ve just lost the art of cooking a proper meal somewhere along the way.


28 posted on 06/12/2012 8:37:48 AM PDT by nodumbblonde ("The ladder of success is best climbed by stepping on the rungs of opportunity." - Ayn Rand)
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To: Harmless Teddy Bear
I love lamb! I'm in the South and here pigs are king. Lamb is very hard to find. I guess they don't thrive in the heat. I know adults who have never tasted it.

There's a bi-weekly small animal auction near me. Recently pigs were being passed over at $3.00 each! Unbelievable! I'm going to have to talk to my 'cow guy' about expanding our meat crop.

29 posted on 06/12/2012 8:42:53 AM PDT by Beach_Babe
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To: nodumbblonde
You sound like my mom when it comes to tongue. :)

"But Grandma said that when you were young..."

"Hush! We are not poor enough for me to cook beef tongue!"

30 posted on 06/12/2012 8:43:19 AM PDT by Harmless Teddy Bear (Migrating elephant herds react badly to flaming motor homes and dry ice doesn't repel killer bees)
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To: GOPJ

Excellent book but no longer in print. Copies can be found on ebay, etc.

31 posted on 06/12/2012 8:50:07 AM PDT by Beach_Babe
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To: Beach_Babe
I think the people who don't like it must have had mutton which can be quite strong and a bit tough.

I like to put ground lamb in my meatloaf mix, it adds a delightful flavor that even the anti-lamb people love.

32 posted on 06/12/2012 9:25:07 AM PDT by Harmless Teddy Bear (Migrating elephant herds react badly to flaming motor homes and dry ice doesn't repel killer bees)
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To: Beach_Babe

http://www.newyorkfirst.com/gifts/the-cattlemans-steak-book-70/

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Sounds like a good choice — thanks for sharing. (Amazon does have some MUCH cheaper...)

“The Cattleman’s Steak Book”
$45.00

Larry Ellman, a onetime student of accounting from Brooklyn whose big ambition in school was to become, in his words, “a tycoon.” Starting with a $2,000 investment in ten Coke machines in 1949, he built up a thriving vending-machine and cafeteria business that he sold for $50,000 in 1958. He then sank the proceeds into a modest Manhattan steak house. He redecorated it in dude-ranch western, renamed it the Cattleman, promoted it fiercely with various gimmicks, including free stage coach rides for the kiddies.

Ellman’s New York City institution recaptured the charm and manly elegance of a plush San Francisco saloon or hotel at the turn of the century, and became one of the nation’s most successful restaurants. Naturally, beef was its specialty, and The Cattleman’s Steak Book’s 200 recipes capture the flavor of distinctively Western dining from “the adult Western restaurant.” Offering a rare First Edition copy.

“The Cattleman’s Steak Book”
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33 posted on 06/12/2012 9:47:54 AM PDT by GOPJ (Take your little hammer, little sickle and your scary red signs with a fist on it, and go home...)
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To: St_Thomas_Aquinas
Works for me. Throw it in the deep freeze and thaw when needed.

Works for me, as well. Who cares about "almost expired" when I'm going to immediately use it or freeze it until I do? Our grocery store has a manager's special bin where they put all the almost expired, marked down meat. It's a treasure trove. Hubby and I have been using it for years. We're noticing a lot more people are checking out the contents now. Couple weeks ago they had Hormel spiral cut hams for $1 a lb. I bought two 15 lb. each. Yum!

34 posted on 06/12/2012 10:12:12 AM PDT by Hoffer Rand (There ARE two Americas: "God's children" and the tax payers)
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To: GOPJ

My brother drove their stagecoach with a pair of matched greys back in the early 70’s. Adults rode in it too. When he left for college, my brother-in-law took over the job. The restaurant served its dinners on pewter plates. It was a real cool place, too bad it closed.


35 posted on 06/12/2012 10:14:22 AM PDT by Beach_Babe
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To: Beach_Babe

Cool story - thanks for sharing.


36 posted on 06/12/2012 10:52:20 AM PDT by GOPJ (Take your little hammer, little sickle and your scary red signs with a fist on it, and go home...)
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To: nodumbblonde

>>> “I always sneak the beef tongue into someone else’s pile... Never tried it and don’t think I could ever work up the courage.”

A delicacy in some cultures, not so much in ours. I was tricked into eating it by friends from Venezuela. Tastes good like beef should but not a grained meat texture at all. There was some kind of extra stripping (veins or gristle?) that took place in the kitchen that I didn’t know about, as they distracted me from seeing, LOL.

I would guess it’s not worth the hassle if you don’t already have a liking for it.


37 posted on 06/13/2012 5:32:17 AM PDT by Titan Magroyne (What one person receives without working for, another person must work for without receiving.)
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To: Titan Magroyne

Was it tender? More like liver? I think it’s the texture (or the way I imagine it anyway) that I can’t get past!

Right up there with my Dad’s all-time favorite food: brain sandwiches. *hurk*


38 posted on 06/13/2012 6:03:21 AM PDT by nodumbblonde ("The ladder of success is best climbed by stepping on the rungs of opportunity." - Ayn Rand)
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To: nodumbblonde

Over a decade removed, the experience is hazy these days. It didn’t make me automatically think “tongue.” I’d recently spent a year where sushi was common fare and dried seaweed (yech!) was vended as snack food. My friends were eating the same thing (obviously something sneaky and humorous about the meal) so I waited for the reveal after eating hearty.

But brain sandwiches? Like getting mad cow disease if the animal had it? Oy. *hork* right along with you!

There are plenty stories of poor country folk with a preference for squirrel brains, but I wonder how many of the little suckers it takes to make a meal...


39 posted on 06/13/2012 7:46:01 AM PDT by Titan Magroyne (What one person receives without working for, another person must work for without receiving.)
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To: Titan Magroyne

I guess those would be brain “sliders”, right? Lol


40 posted on 06/13/2012 12:24:06 PM PDT by nodumbblonde ("The ladder of success is best climbed by stepping on the rungs of opportunity." - Ayn Rand)
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