No Meat. Situation is about to get real.

Ozzie_Isaac

You thought people freaked out about no toilet paper.  Went to the market today and they were almost completely out of all non-processed meat options.  I am talking chicken, pork, beef, fish, etc.  Glad I know how to cook pretty much any type or cut of protein because I suspect it will be slim Pickens for a while.... Or should say, I know where to ask about cooking weird cuts

lousubcap

Spam for the win!

Gulfcoastguy

I didn’t try tonight as I have a turkey defrosting for tomorrow. I might have to go surf fishing soon.

Botch

That was the case in my off-base supermarket two weeks ago, not even any lunchmeats, but I went yesterday again and they were essentially back to normal.  Odd.  

ElkhornHusker

Got my order for 1/2 beef in just in time.  One locker posted that they booked until January 2021 for any butchering

WeberWho

The only meat my friends Walmart had left was chicken thighs and cow tongue at one point. 

td66snrf

It's said that a pigeon becomes a squab when it goes into the oven. I'm glad I have a pellet gun.

GrateEggspectations

It’s only a matter of time before we start seeing threads entitled “roasted pork anus and saffron rice.”

Ozzie_Isaac

GrateEggspectations said:

It’s only a matter of time before we start seeing threads entitled “roasted pork anus and saffron rice.”

@SGH is gonna be upset when his favorite end becomes harder to get.  Plus people will be after his roadkill!

frazzdaddy

Hone up your skinnin and pluckin skills gents

JohnInCarolina

SRF still appears to have inventory.  I’m just saying!!!

DoubleEgger

Sounds like sensationalism from the boss at Tyson. Plants around here have been dumping/giving away/selling dirt cheap their excess because the restaurants aren’t buying. Wholesalers are selling to the public to move inventory. Seems like a far cry from a real shortage. 

20stone

DoubleEgger said:

Sounds like sensationalism from the boss at Tyson. Plants around here have been dumping/giving away/selling dirt cheap their excess because the restaurants aren’t buying. Wholesalers are selling to the public to move inventory. Seems like a far cry from a real shortage. 

+1

I'm thinking maybe it's not good for sick people to be standing shoulder to shoulder handling raw food.  I would assume that meat processing can be done safely (like a lot of things) with some thoughtful modifications to the process... perhaps at reduced capacity.  

stlcharcoal

Unfortunately had to make a trip to Costco yesterday ....... I was there right as it opened trying to beat the line.  The cut steaks / meats were pretty much gone.  I got the last pack of flank steak.  There were only two tri tips, and three packs of chicken breast left.  Otherwise it was all whole strips, tenderloins, briskets, etc.  Not a big deal for me since I have a food saver, deep freeze, and a big family, but I didnt see many folks wanting to drop $100+ on those big cuts.  They had plenty of seafood.  Oh there was one pack of ground beef left and a guy elbowed his way into the meat line, grabbed it, and scurried away like it was bag of stolen money.....ahole.

I really wanted some pork butts so I went down the street to Sam's.  It was complete cleared out.  There were a few pork loins, and that was it.  The 40-50ft long meat case was bare white.

alaskanassasin

I live close to two Kroger’s (15 miles either way) one in my county and one in a county north of us. my county has had 15 cases, the County north has has 63 but the better Kroger. Needless to say I went south.
  Most of the chicken was gone with the exception of expensive Amish brand, I glanced at the beef and could see plenty of empty shelf, there was more toilet paper than I have ever seen, micro brewery selection was very limited, during the hunt for qtips I was in a isle that I don’t normally navigate and saw a lady in her 60s cough open mouth all over a shelf of products uggh. 

  

fishlessman

except for those chicken wings that i have not seen for going on 5 or 6 weeks, the beef and pork isle are fully stocked here. theres actually more choices than ive ever seen in that market

alaskanassasin

A friend was at a butcher in Columbus and picked me up two butts. I smoked one the other night, it was boneless and in three pieces held together with a net. Without disassembling I’m 99% sure they are pork loins tied up together. It was actually quite good, obviously leaner and very little of the big chunks of fat normally on a butt.

Legume

Well, the beans and pasta made it back on the store shelves and I can buy soft paper again for my undercarriage before all heII broke loose at home. I’m sure this too will generate some overreaction-driven shortages and recover before I have to start trappin’ squirrels (apologies Kentucky and W Virginia, this is just not normal everywhere else).

Shop strategically.  As overheard in Costco when this first started a few months back, a husband was chastising his wife for wanting to load up on sleeves of canned tuna, “Tuna is useless without mayo and pickle relish and we won’t have refrigeration if we lose power - YOU HAVE TO THINK SURVIVAL!!”

I wonder if they loaded up on steaks?

ColtsFan

It's not unheard of around here, for people to steal cattle out of fields at night. I know a few farmers that have had this happen to them. They get shot and quartered with a chainsaw on the spot. In and out 30-40 minutes tops...

I suspect this will increase within the next few months.

kdink

BIL bought at auction on Wednesday, Should be in the freezer by next week,

Lit

I waited in line at a local butcher yesterday and it took probably a half hour but they had everything. I got 10lbs if chicken breasts, 5 lbs ground sirloin, couple pounds breakfast sausage, some brats

alaskanassasin

ColtsFan said:

It's not unheard of around here, for people to steal cattle out of fields at night. I know a few farmers that have had this happen to them. They get shot and quartered with a chainsaw on the spot. In and out 30-40 minutes tops...

I suspect this will increase within the next few months.

 I'm glad the farmers caught them, but man chainsaws? that's messy.

 On a serious note I read that a farmer up the road shot two guys breaking into his barn the other night, according to the paper they were driving away in a pickup truck and he shot them through the cab.... we will see how that plays out.

Webass

WeberWho said:

The only meat my friends Walmart had left was chicken thighs and cow tongue at one point. 

Take a lesson from Joe Exotic and drive around back to Walmart's dumpster.

https://popculture.com/streaming/news/tiger-king-walmart-meat-truck-pizza-reactions/

frazzdaddy

Scored NY strips, wings and a 20 lb butt on Wed at the Food Lion. first time in a while. No paper products at all.

SonVolt

Publix around here was jam packed with meat. Walked out with a vac-pac'd double bone-in pork butts, 2 racks of baby backs, 1 whole sirloin cap (only $29!!!), 1 whole beef Tenderloin, 2 whole chickens and couple packs of boneless/skinless chicken thighs. 

TEXASBGE2018

My closest Kroger was about half out so I Grabbed 5lbs of chicken breast, a flat iron, and about 4lbs of ground beef. Now my Freezer is 3/4 full with all kinds of stuff in case there is a shortage. 

kdink

Just returned from Restaurant Depot, Teterboro, NJ.
This will only get worse. Might be time to go in on a steer to go with the lamb we just got, but not sure I have room for a freezer even if I could find one. 

DoubleEgger

kdink said:

Just returned from Restaurant Depot, Teterboro, NJ.

Pork isn’t meat? 

pgprescott

One of my coworkers and his buddies are headed out tomorrow to buy 5 hogs for 100/. They will butcher them up amongst themselves. They are doing so as much to help out those pleading on FB to avoid euthanatizing them as they are for their own advantage. You should see the Sh** show about how terrible they are.  Can’t please everyone I guess. Hundreds of thousands commented I guess. I’m not on FB so I cannot confirm. Sounds about right though 

Hub

My local stores (Food Depot and Publix) have plenty of meat.  Sometimes there is a shortage on ground beef, but nothing beyond that.  Today I bought a large pack of fryer wings (flats and drums), extra lean ground beef, and a pack of center cut pork chops.

JNDATHP

Our Costco in Reno had 2 double packages of tri tips, a few boneless pork butts and some pork loins. Not much. No ground beef and not much chicken. 

I purchased 3 of the chicken breast packages, leaving 4 for others, a couple of pork loins and the last of the tri tip.

And yes, we have a generator.