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Picked up my 1/2 cow. NY Strip pics attached
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Hi54putty
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Finally picked up my 1/2 cow from the butcher. It hung for 3 weeks before he cut it. So far, I have had the best hamburger and the best steak I can recall. Really excited about spending the next year eating this meat. The quality is as good as anything I have ever bought, maybe better. Here are a few pics from the steak cook last night. Still using camera phone, sorry about the quality.
This is a game changer for us. I don't really see myself going back to the grocery store or Costco for beef. Now, if I can just find 1/2 a pig to buy...
XL,L,S
Winston-Salem, NC Comments
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Congrats, steaks look great. We've been buying 1/2 cow for a few years now and you're right about not wanting to go back to store bought beef. Best beef we've ever eaten.
Damascus, VA. Friendliest town on the Appalachian Trail.
LBGE Aug 2012, SBGE Feb 2014
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I know what you talking about. We raise beef and slauder one every 1/2 to 2 years. Hard to beat.Lenoir, N.C.
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I/2 steer is great. Hopefully it wasn't a milking cow we get a 1/2 steer every year and a whole hog. For both it runs around 900-1000. Everything is open range and vacuumed packed. You may want a whole pig though. There is 3 in our family and we are out of pork as of now.
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@pineyI worked in Lenoir for a couple years and grew up in Hickory. Are you in the furniture industry?XL,L,SWinston-Salem, NC
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No not much furniture left. I am in trucking go from NC to Calif.Lenoir, N.C.
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Browninggold said:I/2 steer is great. Hopefully it wasn't a milking cow we get a 1/2 steer every year and a whole hog. For both it runs around 900-1000. Everything is open range and vacuumed packed. You may want a whole pig though. There is 3 in our family and we are out of pork as of now.I will keep that in mind about the pig, thanks for the advice.XL,L,SWinston-Salem, NC
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piney said:No not much furniture left. I am in trucking go from NC to Calif.XL,L,SWinston-Salem, NC
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You said you were looking for a 1/2 hog call Ted @ Thomas Bros. Meat Processing in Wilksboro, NC he does our pigs and beef always has some for sale. (Try the sausage) wonderful!Lenoir, N.C.
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I know those boys at Wilkie. Dean big bear hunter,Joey Lugo old truck driver, and a lot of the laborers. Been a while.Lenoir, N.C.
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piney said:I know those boys at Wilkie. Dean big bear hunter,Joey Lugo old truck driver, and a lot of the laborers. Been a while.XL,L,SWinston-Salem, NC
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I just recently went in and got 1/4 cow with some friends. Best thing I have ever done.
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54- what was the breakdown? Did you end up with a ton of ground beef? Looks like a good way to goGreensboro, NC
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Looks great, something I need to look into now that I grill at least 5 times a week.Large & Small BGE, CGW Two-Tier Swing Rack for BOTH EGGS, Spider for the Wok, eggCARTen & and Cedar Pergola my Eggs call home in Edmond, OK.
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Wolfpack said:54- what was the breakdown? Did you end up with a ton of ground beef? Looks like a good way to goXL,L,SWinston-Salem, NC
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@Hi54putty
I was disappointed last order we got didn't have the tongue. Gonna ask about it next time. I've been tempted to do it every since someone posted a cook on here last year._______________________________________________XLBGE -
It was kind of funny. When I called the butcher I specifically asked for the tongue. He told me that that no one usually asks for it and they keep it for themselves. Apparently it's his favorite part of the cow.MrCookingNurse said:@Hi54putty
I was disappointed last order we got didn't have the tongue. Gonna ask about it next time. I've been tempted to do it every since someone posted a cook on here last year.XL,L,SWinston-Salem, NC
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