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Bought half a cow from a local rancher. After about 4-5 weeks wait we got notice it was going to a local butcher (again, our choice) and we got to pick the cuts. Another week and it was ready to pick up, all individually wrapped cuts.
Wound up with a little over 400lbs, and it pretty much filled an upright freezer. Total cost was a little over 2200$ for everything. This is in the PNW.
Normally I wouldn't be inspired to comment about a deal on meat. But after cooking some of the beef I happened to look at the fat that was poured off and it was clearest cleanest looking fat I've ever seen from cooking ground beef.
It had a creamy texture(grass fed, grass finished btw) that almost looked like candle wax. Much healthier than what you normally see from big store meat sections.
TL;DR
Bought local beef, was cheaper and better than corporate, just takes a lot longer so you have to plan ahead. Would do again.
I bought a piglet about four years ago. Learned how to harvest it at age. I learned a lot about local butchering and I still have some of the fat from it after all this time, still pristine and am hoping to mix it with some local grain fed beef, or some moose if we are lucky enough to have one give us it’s life... The fat from an organic pig raised in a field of high mountain clover and fed organic leftovers from the farm is pure Gold!
Bro, watched this months ago. All 45 mins of it. Grass fed vs grain fed beef. Seeing experts in a craft break down the process, the nuances, differences, etc explain things was so...oddly....rewarding. the mixture of respect and appreciation I had for these butchers breaking it down was on another level.
https://youtu.be/yomerhQkpSc
Thank you, that was educational. Worth every minute. 👍