School me on Meat

SaintJohnsEgger said:

Ladeback69 said:

@SaintJohnsEgger, as others have said go with a prime brisket if you can find it and the more flexible the more tender usually.  On pork butts, RD usually has bone in and bone out.  It all depend on what you are using it for.  When I am doing pulled pork I like the bone in, for pork burnt ends or steaks I prefer the bone out.  RD usually sells for strip lions and that is were your strip steaks come from.  They also sell full tender loins and those are great cooked whole or cut into steaks.  To get pork chops and roast, look for the whole pork loin.  I cut the the first 6" or so off to use for roast, cut out 4 to 5 think pork chops and leave about 8" to 10" piece to do a pork roulade.  

As for cost, a strip steak could cost $10 to $12 per pound sometimes.  The whole strip loin at RD's is sometimes around $7 to $8 and cutting them yourself is pretty easy.

I agree that a Food Savor is the way to go to freeze meat you have cooked.  I use mine all the time.

Thanks @Ladeback69. That is the kind of stuff I was looking for. Which pieces to buy to cut into steaks or chops. I wasn't sure what the larger pieces were called and I know you can't get good roasts or steaks from just slicing up any ole piece of meat.

Plan to go back tomorrow and at least get a pork butt. Not sure I have freezer room for much else at the moment. I'll probably have to wrap the cuts in butcher paper as I don't have a Food Savor. Can you or anyone recommend a good model?

Glad I could help on what you looking for.  I thought that's what you were looking for.  Also ask one of the people working in the cold food section questions they are very helpful.  If they don't have something, ask them if they can get it or where to get what cut you are looking for.  Since I got the Egg I have learned a lot about cuts of meat and where they come from on the animal.

FOODSAVER
I have the V3240 and it does what I wanted it to, but I wish I had the V4440 or V4840.  The V3240 is a good price on Amazon right now I can do most things,  just can't seem to do a whole pork butt, but that's ok.  The V4440 and V4840 you can use on liquids and for marinading.  You can spend more on chimerical ones if you like and I believe some people on here has them because they do a lot more meat then I do.  The V340 was good for what I wanted to do.  Sam's Club sells a combo box of bags and two different size rolls that will work in any of the ones below.  

https://www.amazon.com/FoodSaver-Automatic-Vacuum-Sealing-Starter/dp/B003U738ZE/ref=sr_1_7?ie=UTF8&qid=1478279607&sr=8-7&keywords=foodsaver

https://www.amazon.com/FoodSaver-Automatic-Sealing-Retractable-Handheld/dp/B00DI342B4/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1478279789&sr=8-1&keywords=foodsaver

https://www.amazon.com/FoodSaver-Automatic-Retractable-Handheld-Heat-Seal/dp/B00DI342IW/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1478279789&sr=8-3&keywords=foodsaver

I did a post awhile back asking about FoodSaver, here it is.  


http://eggheadforum.com/discussion/comment/1553757#Comment_1553757

SaintJohnsEgger said:

Plan to go back tomorrow and at least get a pork butt. Not sure I have freezer room for much else at the moment. I'll probably have to wrap the cuts in butcher paper as I don't have a Food Savor. Can you or anyone recommend a good model?

don't go crazy buying meat just to freeze it.  if it is on sale, that's one thing.  but there's no need to get ahead of yourself and just start buying meat you can't cook right away anyway.

breathe deeply.  relax!

buy fresh and use right away.

anything in cryo you can freeze or just let it wet age for a few weeks.

fishlessman said:

dont forget dryaging, it does not all have to go in the freezer

I have yet to try dry aging beef. I cost a lot already and I can't bring myself to do it and cut off dry unsaleable pieces of meat and throw it away.  I found this that was interesting.  

 http://jesspryles.com/dry-aging/

Don't use @SGH's meat chart. It's just balls. He throws the rest away. 

@SaintJohnsEgger, did you get a FoodSaver yet?  If you have a Sam's Club membership I would check this out.  

http://www.samsclub.com/sams/2-in-1-vacuum-sealer-fm5300-series/prod20201978.ip?_sw_pt_id=15993&_sw_ps_id=431&_sw_ps=Retargeting&_sw_platform=FBDPA&_sw_ad_type=560&pid=_PSM_MFRMKT_FB_KITCHENELECTRICS