Originally Posted by Bristoe
Originally Posted by pahick
Go together with others and buy half a beef, or cases of chicken. I still get beef and seafood cheap at times from a vendor that services bars around here. I told the deliver driver long ago if at the end of the day he has stuff he couldnt sell to give me a call. I got shrimp right before Christmas, but havent heard from him since. Still worth a shot if u can find a guy like that in your area.


There's a big cattle farm a mile down the road. If worst comes to worst, I'll go down and buy one on the hoof and pay him to haul it to the butcher for me.

I'd do it before I went hungry. But I'm not a huge beef eater. I like it okay. But I can do without it and not miss it all that much.
You need to make an appointment. The small time packing houses around here are swamped with business. I butchered 2 beef cattle last February and ended up with 1000 lbs. of vacuum sealed beef. One was a huge fat 1/2 Brahma cow that quit having calves and the other was a somewhat fed white face 1/4 Brahma steer that I got from my neighbor. Not real good beef but not bad. My kids their spouses and kids are eating it and happy with it (free). I've been getting corn fed beef fat from a store and grinding and mixing it with the sirloins and chuck. It tastes about like the bison I've eaten. Country folks will eat, maybe blackbirds but they'll eat.

Patriotism (and religion) is the last refuge of a scoundrel.

Jesus: "Take heed that no man deceive you."