Moneysaving (well, kind of)

[calibrax]

This weekend on my trip to the farm shop I decided I'd try a cheaper cut of steak. So instead of my usual (two fillets or two ribeyes), I asked for two rump steaks. Butcher cut them for me, about 3/4" thick. They were SERIOUSLY MASSIVE. Each one was bigger than a large dinner plate. Total cost for the pair was £26... over 3lbs of meat. In two steaks!!

Anyway, I was tempted to cook one, 'man vs food' style, but my (rather large) frying pan simply wasn't big enough. On this occasion... Food won!

So I decided instead to be sensible and portion them for freezing. I've ended up with five decent-sized steaks, and just over 1lb of diced rump which will go to make a nice stew (or curry). In the end it's worked out quite cheap, about £3.70 of meat per serving... compared to about £10 per (large) serving with the ribeye or fillet...

[zakelwe]

Fascinated how food won in your 24oz steak challenge, was it the quantity or just that your frying pan wasn't man enough so it didn't taste so good and was like chewing a large meaty iceberg?

Andy

Edited by zakelwe on Monday 15th November 18:07

[calibrax]

zakelwe said:

Fascinated how food won in your 24oz steak challenge, was it the quantity or just that your frying pan wasn't man enough so it didn't taste so good and was like chewing a large meaty iceberg?

Andy

No, it won because I didn't even try cooking it! instead it's now residing in my freezer in portions. Along with the other one.

I'm 100% sure that on any normal day I could have finished it... if my pan had been big enough. But having had a Weetabix challenge this morning, today was not a good day to try...!