All of us are facing the same situation in prices. Meats is in the outer space now.
Heck everything is.
What are y'all doing to replace all the bbq, smoking, grilling, sausage making space?
I got into craft stuff and still bread (flour is still easy on my wallet) My sausage making is very rusty these days.
Doin what my family and I have done our whole lives. Buying meat that is only on sale or marked down lol.
Having a lifetime of those skills and being in an area of the country that is not so expensive, makes weathering any tough time possible.
Each week I go online to visit the weekly adds for the stores in my area (3 different ones). On Tuesdays u can see the preview of the add for what comes out on sale on Wed-next Tues.
I am prepared before the deals even come out.
I can cook/grill/smoke just about any meat into a great meal so I just buy whats cheapest and rock on from there.
Additionally, I buy mark down meat and cook it that day or the next day if it has a couple of days on the label.
Right now the store has all kinds of hams for 50% off mark down. That means buying, cutting up and freezing. I make salads, beans, soups, etc. out of the meat because I cut it into serving sizes I can defrost, cook with, and/or eat all of it that day I defrost.
I have a propane grill. Any mark down meat can be grilled fast if I'm not going to throw it into another dish. Like many of us I can break down a whole cut of meat, chicken, and I hunt and process my own animals so I can break down anything.
Anyhow, I'm rambling as usual now. In short a little skill in shopping, cooking, and handling meat means hard times aren't nearly as hard. At least not when you compared it to the hard times people have that cannot do these things :)
To quote a great song about hard times, "Tough times don't last. Tough folks do" :D
