/ck/ - Food & Cooking

>>16800528
me too, OP
cool post

>Americans finally post their in-store prices

>>16800528
>USDA Choice
Why would you put that on a sign? If it's not prime you're just overemphasizing your low-grade beef.

>>16800546
Most people don’t know the difference you stupid faggot.

>>16800528
well done with ketchup.

>>16800546
You legally have to so customers know what quality the steaks are.

>>16800548
>everyone is stupid just like me
Ok

>>16800528
Medium.

>>16800540
I made stew last week with 2 lbs of chuck and the meat alone cost $18.

>>16800546
There's Prime, Choice and Select. U have to put what it is numb nuts.

>>16800528
>>16800540
>>16800565
how soon before beef becomes a rich mans food?

>>16800569
You don't have to.

>>16800528
Holy fuck. I could almost get a kg of veal filet for that price.

>>16800569
>Prime, Choice and Select
I love how they are all hyperbolic.

>>16800528
Medium with a nice sear

>>16800546
>2nd highest grade is low-grade
If you ain’t first yer last!

>>16800573
I should mention that I (>>16800565) live in Canada.

Meat in general is becoming really expensive here. I now do big orders from a butcher and vacuum seal the meat and almost exactly one year ago I bought medium ground beef for $5.29/lb CAD and it is now $5.99/lb, a 13% increase.

This is happening with everything here and our government downplays inflation. Every time I go shopping I am actually shocked at some of the prices and don't buy certain things anymore unless they are on sale. My wife bought green beans last week and it was $5 for a prepackaged bag of them, maybe 1 lb or so. Produce is through the roof, with pints of any berry being at least $4-5 this week. I have kids and it's crazy how expensive things are.

>>16800633
>thread about American beef prices
>WELL, I'M FROM CANADA, AND(tl;dr)
Nobody asked.

>>16800591
>hyperbolic
How so?

>>16800644
>thread about American beef prices
No it isn't you fucking retard kek

>>16800646
Because each grade was given an overly positive qualifier to sway the consumer. It isn't A, B, C or 1, 2, 3 it is PRIME!, CHOICE! and SELECT! Every choice is amazing because they are all great. They don't describe anything.

>>16800659
cannery grade describes something.

>>16800652
Look at the OP image closely.

>>16800528
can anyone explain to me why an unprepared steak costs as much as I'd expect to pay for a cooked steak at a chain restaurant?

>>16800686

I bring this up a lot of this board because the people deserve to know but go to ALDI and buy pic related. I don't know where they source their steak from nor do I care because it tastes way better than it has any right to at the price.

big box supermarkets are getting fucked on beef prices. go to the farmer's market or find a local source grocer/butcher for meat, it's actually cheaper and better these days. picrel is grassfed organic chuck roast for $6/lb

>>16800659
>they are all great
Select = a step above standard. “Good”.
Choice = even better than standard. “Better”.
Prime = the best of something as far as given criteria go. “Best”.
Even if someone doesn’t understand the actual connotations of the words, it takes two seconds to look it up or ask the butcher.
Using those terms to grade marbling also makes more sense than using terms like ‘blue’, ‘rare’ or ‘well-done’ to grade “rawness”.

>>16800528
I do mine rare, but if it's in a restaurant, I order medium rare because they always undercook (so they don't fuck up and overcook it accidently and they have to throw it out), so I really get a rare steak.

>>16800551
well done in between 2 buns, maybe bbq

>>16800667
>Look at the OP image closely.
That's not what OP is asking about dumb dumb

>>16800914
>he thinks the text in the OP determines the thread topic with an image like that

>>16800776
Most cattle are choice these days IIRC

>>16801187
A bit more than half of graded beef is choice.
But plenty of beef isn’t graded at all. Grading isn’t the same as inspection, which is mandatory.

>>16800607
Grocery stores only have choice and prime, so yeah, if you're not first, you're last

>>16801276
>Grocery stores only have choice and prime
And select.
And ungraded.

Raw.

>>16800528
Just bought three pack of NY strip steaks for 12 dollars, local store had a deal of 5.99 a lb. Love my town always cheap meat and chicken breast is 1.99 a lb right now.

>>16800732
>beef from aldi

I prefer my beef from cows. You just know that meat is lab grown.

>>16802001
nah, you just dont know what you're talking about

>>16800528
>New York

Lel

who cares?