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| Eight and a half pounds at $1.98 a pound. I am happy to package and tuck into my freezer! |
Last Friday at the local SAM'S Club I found a deal too good to pass up. As you know, I seldom buy meat except from our local butcher, I made an exception for this terrific buy. Today I am removing it from the packers wrapping and breaking it down for freezing. Currently with gas, meat, produce, and everything I can think of soaring I am all for saving!
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| Big hunk of meat, it hung across one side of my sink! |
This is a big delicious piece of meat with NO waste! It hung across one side of the sink on my meat board!
Tonight is the first time in a week my poor husband can eat regular food due to some issues between he and our dentist. (Read between the lines please!)
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| I use a sharp butcher knife and slice in my preferred sizes and stack up on a paper plate. |
So I am planning on one of his favorites, tenderloin sandwiches which I make by cutting thin slices, 1/4" to 5/8" thick and pounding out thin between two pieces of plastic wrap. Next I season, bread, and fry them. Delicious served on a toasted and buttered bun with all of the fixing's.
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| I will pound these thin slices between 2 pieces of plastic wrap then bread and fry them for tenderloin sandwiches. |
I will slice off several packages of 2 for tenderloins and package between layers of waxed paper and freeze in quart size freezer bags.
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| These you can fix any way you would a good pork chop! | | | | | | |
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Next I will thicken the slices to 3/4" and package as previously described for boneless pork cutlets. These are good BBQ ed, grilled, or breaded and fried like a country pork chops. The dripping make delicious country milk gravy that is hard to beat with a side of freshly mashed potatoes!
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| The very end of the leanest end has a tiny bit of waste so I trim it off and slice the lean pork for stir fry of chop suey. |
Partially freezing a chunk of the loin will make quick work of cutting for stir fry meals. By partially freezing I mean placing in the freezer just until partially firmed up. Then you can easily thin slice and package for freezing in one quart freezer bags.
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| The two large roasts can be roasted or smoked or BBQ ed for Sunday dinners of thawed and cut down further. |
Last but far from least I will make a couple of lovely roasts, say 3-4 pounds each that will just melt in your mouth when roasted and they are seriously EASY to make and are good for a crowd size meal.
these I package in one gallon freezer bags.
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| YIELD: 2 large loin roasts, 1 stir fry, 3 chop packages, 3 tenderloin sandwiches= 9 meals for under $17.00 |
I always label the freezer bags with contents and the date. Hope my thrifty ideas give you a few ideas of your own!
I do this, too!
ReplyDeleteSometimes I run some of the pork loin through the meat grinder a couple of times and I use the ground meat equal parts with ground beef for meat loaf. I can also season the ground pork and use instead of sausage, though it's a little dry because there's so little fat. I also cut a portion of the loin into chunks, about 1" or a little more, to use when making sweet and sour pork.
Great ideas here on your blog.