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  • Post #31 - November 13th, 2020, 1:05 pm
    Post #31 - November 13th, 2020, 1:05 pm Post #31 - November 13th, 2020, 1:05 pm
    You are welcome to drop off some Berkshire pork, social distancing of course, otherwise I will stick to what I can afford and like.
    Cathy2

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  • Post #32 - April 29th, 2021, 2:18 pm
    Post #32 - April 29th, 2021, 2:18 pm Post #32 - April 29th, 2021, 2:18 pm
    Fresh Bone-In Pork Shoulder Roast 99¢/lb at Jewel. Valid Apr 28 - May 4
    Never order barbecue in a place that also serves quiche - Lewis Grizzard
  • Post #33 - April 30th, 2021, 6:31 am
    Post #33 - April 30th, 2021, 6:31 am Post #33 - April 30th, 2021, 6:31 am
    Dave148 wrote:Fresh Bone-In Pork Shoulder Roast 99¢/lb at Jewel. Valid Apr 28 - May 4

    ronnie_suburban wrote:Be careful at Jewel. Last time I bought shoulder there from the 'fresh meat counter' it was injected with a 10% solution. It wasn't labeled as such when I ordered it online and I only noticed it after I picked up my order and read the label.

    Alas, it's Hormel Always Tender brand.
  • Post #34 - April 30th, 2021, 8:24 am
    Post #34 - April 30th, 2021, 8:24 am Post #34 - April 30th, 2021, 8:24 am
    tjr wrote:
    Dave148 wrote:Fresh Bone-In Pork Shoulder Roast 99¢/lb at Jewel. Valid Apr 28 - May 4

    ronnie_suburban wrote:Be careful at Jewel. Last time I bought shoulder there from the 'fresh meat counter' it was injected with a 10% solution. It wasn't labeled as such when I ordered it online and I only noticed it after I picked up my order and read the label.

    Alas, it's Hormel Always Tender brand.

    Yeah, that makes sense. :x

    =R=
    Same planet, different world
  • Post #35 - April 30th, 2021, 11:17 am
    Post #35 - April 30th, 2021, 11:17 am Post #35 - April 30th, 2021, 11:17 am
    tjr wrote:Alas, it's Hormel Always Tender brand.

    I plan to buy a big one to cut into pieces: char siu, bo ssam and maybe a Czech roast or something else.

    Thanks for highlighting this Dave!

    Regards,
    Cathy2

    P.S. Park Packing at Ashland and 41st St in Chicago has fresh pork butt for $1.69 this week. Recently harvested across the alley in their processing plant, no cryovac, no additives, just fresh meat. Prices there can be quite variable, for instance I bought a pork butt there for less than 99 cents or less a pound a few months ago.

    They do control how many people are in their refrigerator cold meat room. You must wash your hands before receiving gloves. It is really an extraordinary shopping experience.
    Cathy2

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  • Post #36 - September 22nd, 2021, 6:16 am
    Post #36 - September 22nd, 2021, 6:16 am Post #36 - September 22nd, 2021, 6:16 am
    Fresh Bone-In Pork Shoulder Roast 99¢/lb at Jewel. Valid Sep 22-28.
    Never order barbecue in a place that also serves quiche - Lewis Grizzard
  • Post #37 - September 22nd, 2021, 10:52 am
    Post #37 - September 22nd, 2021, 10:52 am Post #37 - September 22nd, 2021, 10:52 am
    Dave148 wrote:Fresh Bone-In Pork Shoulder Roast 99¢/lb at Jewel. Valid Sep 22-28.

    Past experience tells me that this is probably solution-injected. If that sort of thing matters to you, best to check the label or ask before purchasing.

    =R=
    Same planet, different world
  • Post #38 - September 22nd, 2021, 11:15 am
    Post #38 - September 22nd, 2021, 11:15 am Post #38 - September 22nd, 2021, 11:15 am
    ronnie_suburban wrote:
    Dave148 wrote:Fresh Bone-In Pork Shoulder Roast 99¢/lb at Jewel. Valid Sep 22-28.

    Past experience tells me that this is probably solution-injected. If that sort of thing matters to you, best to check the label or ask before purchasing.

    =R=

    It's Hormel - 12% solution.
    Never order barbecue in a place that also serves quiche - Lewis Grizzard
  • Post #39 - September 22nd, 2021, 12:52 pm
    Post #39 - September 22nd, 2021, 12:52 pm Post #39 - September 22nd, 2021, 12:52 pm
    I will likely buy it anyway. :D

    My char siu stock in the freezer is in desperate need of restocking. I already have bo ssam, so I may make Czech roast pork and dumplings with the balance.

    Regards,
    Cathy2
    Cathy2

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  • Post #40 - November 7th, 2021, 6:37 pm
    Post #40 - November 7th, 2021, 6:37 pm Post #40 - November 7th, 2021, 6:37 pm
    Another pork butt cut up and made into different dishes:
    - Pork shoulder braised in milk seasoned only with bay leaves, sage, salt, pepper and citrus peel (I used a mandarin orange peel). I never used the butter, I seared beginning with the fat cap. This was served with egg noodles and asparagus. Maybe not visually appealing, though dazzling to the taste buds.
    - Tomorrow is SunDevilPeg's char siu. Every time I try another variant, I wish I made the recipe she pointed to.
    - New to the pork repetoire: Slavonian-Style Shepard's Stew with dumplings from Milk Street. This recipe uses an astonishing amount of paprika: 6 tablespoons sweet and 1 tablespoon hot. I am not that sure I want to use hot, but I never saw this much paprika in any recipe. I think I had hot and gave it away, because I knew I was not likely to use it. This recipe was intended for beef, though the head notes commented lamb and pork were used just as often in the home country.

    Mom and I agree on something (actually quite a lot of stuff): we love pork!

    Regards,
    Cathy2
    Cathy2

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  • Post #41 - November 7th, 2021, 7:29 pm
    Post #41 - November 7th, 2021, 7:29 pm Post #41 - November 7th, 2021, 7:29 pm
    Cathy2 wrote:Tomorrow is SunDevilPeg's char siu. Every time I try another variant, I wish I made the recipe she pointed to.

    Can you point to this recipe again, please?
    "Your swimming suit matches your eyes, you hold your nose before diving, loving you has made me bananas!"
  • Post #42 - November 7th, 2021, 9:00 pm
    Post #42 - November 7th, 2021, 9:00 pm Post #42 - November 7th, 2021, 9:00 pm
    SunDevilPeg's char siu
    Cathy2

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  • Post #43 - November 8th, 2021, 1:00 pm
    Post #43 - November 8th, 2021, 1:00 pm Post #43 - November 8th, 2021, 1:00 pm
    Thanks to you both!
    "Your swimming suit matches your eyes, you hold your nose before diving, loving you has made me bananas!"
  • Post #44 - June 24th, 2022, 1:44 am
    Post #44 - June 24th, 2022, 1:44 am Post #44 - June 24th, 2022, 1:44 am
    Mariano's has whole pork shoulder for 99 cents per pound for up to five shoulders.

    And we now await the reliable comments often made related to this news.

    For the really fresh stuff:

    Pork shoulder picnic is $1.69 per pound this week at Park Packing and Peoria Packing.

    Pork butt is $1.89 per pound at Peoria Packing.
    Cathy2

    "You'll be remembered long after you're dead if you make good gravy, mashed potatoes and biscuits." -- Nathalie Dupree
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  • Post #45 - June 24th, 2022, 9:28 am
    Post #45 - June 24th, 2022, 9:28 am Post #45 - June 24th, 2022, 9:28 am
    Cathy2 wrote:Mariano's has whole pork shoulder for 99 cents per pound for up to five shoulders.

    And we now await the reliable comments often made related to this news.

    I wasn't aware that Mariano's also peddled in solution-injected meat. I thought it was only Jewel. Thank you, for the information. IMO, this is far more important than saving a few pennies on the price, so actually more relevant than the fact that it's on sale.

    =R=
    Same planet, different world
  • Post #46 - June 24th, 2022, 10:19 am
    Post #46 - June 24th, 2022, 10:19 am Post #46 - June 24th, 2022, 10:19 am
    Add Cermak Fresh Market to list of peddlers of solution injected pork.
  • Post #47 - June 24th, 2022, 10:33 am
    Post #47 - June 24th, 2022, 10:33 am Post #47 - June 24th, 2022, 10:33 am
    HI,

    Why not comment where you buy your pork shoulders and at what price point?

    I am always happy to learn something new.

    Regards,
    CAthy2
    Cathy2

    "You'll be remembered long after you're dead if you make good gravy, mashed potatoes and biscuits." -- Nathalie Dupree
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  • Post #48 - June 24th, 2022, 10:39 am
    Post #48 - June 24th, 2022, 10:39 am Post #48 - June 24th, 2022, 10:39 am
    Cathy2 wrote:Why not comment where you buy your pork shoulders and at what price point?

    Most often, Fresh Farms for $1.99/pound.

    =R=
    Same planet, different world
  • Post #49 - June 24th, 2022, 11:33 am
    Post #49 - June 24th, 2022, 11:33 am Post #49 - June 24th, 2022, 11:33 am
    ronnie_suburban wrote:
    Cathy2 wrote:Why not comment where you buy your pork shoulders and at what price point?

    Most often, Fresh Farms for $1.99/pound.

    =R=

    How do you know they were not from a cryovac package? I know I don't where everything is sourced.

    At Costco, you can buy a full rib roast in a cryovac package or you can buy it cut into smaller roasts sitting on a styrofoam plate wrapped in plastic. Of course, the mark up is related to the hand processing.

    When I buy a pork shoulder at Park Packing or Peoria Packing, you know it is about as fresh as one can get.

    Regards,
    Cathy2
    Cathy2

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  • Post #50 - June 24th, 2022, 11:41 am
    Post #50 - June 24th, 2022, 11:41 am Post #50 - June 24th, 2022, 11:41 am
    Cathy2 wrote:
    ronnie_suburban wrote:
    Cathy2 wrote:Why not comment where you buy your pork shoulders and at what price point?

    Most often, Fresh Farms for $1.99/pound.

    =R=

    How do you know they were not from a cryovac package? I know I don't where everything is sourced.

    These days, I think most all of it comes into grocery conduits cryovacked but not all of it is injected. I've asked the butcher about this specifically. But I can also tell just from the way it looks, cooks and tastes. It's not wet or slippery -- telltale signs of having been injected -- but dry and tacky. It also browns very differently than injected pork . . . in that it actually browns and doesn't just release a ton of moisture into the pan. And unseasoned, it tastes plain, not already salted.

    =R=
    Same planet, different world
  • Post #51 - June 26th, 2022, 10:00 am
    Post #51 - June 26th, 2022, 10:00 am Post #51 - June 26th, 2022, 10:00 am
    The Smithfield pork butt on sale at Mariano's for .99/lb is "all natural, minimally processed."
    No mention of any added liquids. They range from 6-10 pounds

    -Will
  • Post #52 - June 26th, 2022, 12:15 pm
    Post #52 - June 26th, 2022, 12:15 pm Post #52 - June 26th, 2022, 12:15 pm
    ekreider wrote:Add Cermak Fresh Market to list of peddlers of solution injected pork.

    Did you see it for yourself? :D

    Regards,
    Cathy2
    Cathy2

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  • Post #53 - June 26th, 2022, 2:30 pm
    Post #53 - June 26th, 2022, 2:30 pm Post #53 - June 26th, 2022, 2:30 pm
    Cermak Fresh Market has the pork prominently labeled "Supreme Tender" in the store and in their ads. I first noticed it in the 6623 N. Damen store shortly after it opened. It wasn't too long until they ruined the pork in the 4234 N. Kedzie store, and I stopped buying pork there. Not relevant to me but at that time they discontinued carrying some minor pork cuts such as pig tails and ears. Somewhere around then they switched to mostly Certified Angus beef and quit carrying beef testicles and penises.
  • Post #54 - June 26th, 2022, 11:10 pm
    Post #54 - June 26th, 2022, 11:10 pm Post #54 - June 26th, 2022, 11:10 pm
    Hi,

    Thanks for the update on what is available at Cermak Fresh Market. It appears they changed vendors for their meats.

    Maybe 10 years ago, I could buy pig ears for 59 cents a pound. I would smoke these for the family dogs. I have now shifted toward snouts. If I buy pig ears, it is pickled for us.

    At Park Packing, there are always beef testicles and penises. Penises usually run around $10 a pound, though were on sale for $5 some months ago. I have heard these can be made into dog treats. My veg sister refused my offer to make some for her pets.

    There was this show where people would be challenged to eat variety parts I had never seen like pig anus and pig uterus. These parts and other rare bits can be found at Park Packing.

    Again, thanks!

    Regards,
    CAthy2
    Cathy2

    "You'll be remembered long after you're dead if you make good gravy, mashed potatoes and biscuits." -- Nathalie Dupree
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  • Post #55 - June 27th, 2022, 2:04 pm
    Post #55 - June 27th, 2022, 2:04 pm Post #55 - June 27th, 2022, 2:04 pm
    Cathy2 wrote:Hi,

    Thanks for the update on what is available at Cermak Fresh Market. It appears they changed vendors for their meats.

    Maybe 10 years ago, I could buy pig ears for 59 cents a pound. I would smoke these for the family dogs. I have now shifted toward snouts. If I buy pig ears, it is pickled for us.

    At Park Packing, there are always beef testicles and penises. Penises usually run around $10 a pound, though were on sale for $5 some months ago. I have heard these can be made into dog treats. My veg sister refused my offer to make some for her pets.

    There was this show where people would be challenged to eat variety parts I had never seen like pig anus and pig uterus. These parts and other rare bits can be found at Park Packing.

    Again, thanks!

    Regards,
    CAthy2

    At fancy pet stores, bull penises are called bully sticks. They’re a common dog treat.
  • Post #56 - June 27th, 2022, 2:13 pm
    Post #56 - June 27th, 2022, 2:13 pm Post #56 - June 27th, 2022, 2:13 pm
    Cathy2 wrote:There was this show where people would be challenged to eat variety parts I had never seen like pig anus and pig uterus. These parts and other rare bits can be found at Park Packing.

    CAthy2


    That show was on NBC and was called "Fear Factor".

    Hosted by a guy named Joe Rogan.

    Huh. Wonder what ever happened to him?

    Giovanna
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  • Post #57 - June 27th, 2022, 2:18 pm
    Post #57 - June 27th, 2022, 2:18 pm Post #57 - June 27th, 2022, 2:18 pm
    Giovanna wrote:That show was on NBC and was called "Fear Factor".

    Hosted by a guy named Joe Rogan.

    Huh. Wonder what ever happened to him?

    Giovanna

    I thought that was the name, but was not 100% certain. Some of those food challenges were toe curling.

    And as for Joe ....

    Thanks!

    CAthy2
    Cathy2

    "You'll be remembered long after you're dead if you make good gravy, mashed potatoes and biscuits." -- Nathalie Dupree
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  • Post #58 - June 27th, 2022, 5:25 pm
    Post #58 - June 27th, 2022, 5:25 pm Post #58 - June 27th, 2022, 5:25 pm
    WillG wrote:The Smithfield pork butt on sale at Mariano's for .99/lb is "all natural, minimally processed."
    No mention of any added liquids. They range from 6-10 pounds

    "Minimally processed" is an irrelevant advertising term and, thanks to lobbying efforts by the poultry industry, "natural" has been meaningless since 2004 when the FDA started allowing the term to be used to describe meat pumped with saltwater.

    In addition to producing an inferior product, here's some other fun info about Smithfield:

    The company is responsible for the death of its employees and others early in Covid.

    And they're shut down its California plants rather than comply with the new CA law that requires that pigs "be able to lie down and turn around in spaces in which they are housed." Actually, that was only part of the reason. They also didn't want to pay their employees a few more bucks. Perhaps that one's understandable as their parent company's profits only went up 7.2% last year to $1.043 billion.
  • Post #59 - June 27th, 2022, 6:32 pm
    Post #59 - June 27th, 2022, 6:32 pm Post #59 - June 27th, 2022, 6:32 pm
    MarlaCollins'Husband wrote:And they're shut down its California plants rather than comply with the new CA law that requires that pigs "be able to lie down and turn around in spaces in which they are housed."

    I recall hearing that less than 5% of the pork production was compliant to this California law.

    Regards,
    CAthy2
    Cathy2

    "You'll be remembered long after you're dead if you make good gravy, mashed potatoes and biscuits." -- Nathalie Dupree
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  • Post #60 - June 27th, 2022, 6:59 pm
    Post #60 - June 27th, 2022, 6:59 pm Post #60 - June 27th, 2022, 6:59 pm
    Cathy2 wrote:
    MarlaCollins'Husband wrote:And they're shut down its California plants rather than comply with the new CA law that requires that pigs "be able to lie down and turn around in spaces in which they are housed."

    I recall hearing that less than 5% of the pork production was compliant to this California law.

    Enforcement of the law has been held up by litigation. The Supreme Court has agreed to hear the case and it will be considered next year. The law actually restricts the sale of meat in California that doesn't meet the minimum animal welfare requirements, regardless of where the meat is produced. Big Ag sued, arguing that it violates the Commerce Clause. A pretty good breakdown on the case can be found here.

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