Pork n Poultry you have to sign up for there specials. will post when they email them to me.
goldgurl,
Feb 1, 7:22pm
heya Toadie :)
I've bought the rolled roast from MButcher and wouldn't buy it again - unless it was $3.99kg LOL.As mentioned it's grisley and fatty as heck :(Not nice next day either for sammies :(
I'm doing a stock up this week too.Pak'n'Save are looking good for the marg 3 for $5, I use marg in MOST of my baking.
bedazzledjewels,
Feb 1, 7:53pm
Thanks for this thread Toady. Next week I'm going to try the other extreme and buy a meat pack direct from a Waikato farmer. I'm hoping for superb quality for my bucks!
motorbo,
Feb 1, 8:15pm
now thats the way to go!
bedazzledjewels,
Feb 1, 8:45pm
Thought I'd give it a try Motorbo!
Here's where I've ordered from - very nice people btw. They're on facebook too.
oh kewl, are you getting one of the packs there! i know its only me but im over bad meat you pay alot for, so it might be the go huh
bedazzledjewels,
Feb 1, 9:11pm
Yes - I'm getting the smallest pack just to trial. Instead of sausages, he's putting in extra mince. Can't wait. I'll have to clear out the freezer a bit though!
marywea,
Feb 1, 9:21pm
Chicken breasts.much cheaper to buy a fresh chicken on special and remove the breasts. Use the hindquarters as you please, maybe freezing till you have enough to !casserole.Hope you are happy with your meat bedazz, it will be good advertising for them if you are as I am sure others will follow your lead.
toadfish,
Feb 1, 10:23pm
Can't believe I have never worked that one out for myself. we usually cube up boneless chicken breast to I could take off the whole legs and wings and freeze, then the breasts and all other usuable meat in a bag for stirfry, butter chicken etc. Thanks Mary.
Right Pak'n'Save on the way to work.
$11.99 Marinated Pork Sirloin. got 7 peices for a family BBQ - $10.50 - Got these loose from Meat cabinet as the ones in pack didn't have the even size and quantity I was after.
$8.99 Kg - Lamb Sholder chops, brought 4 of these loose from the meat cabinet and got nice lean ones that were closer to leg chops than shoulder.
Yucky Meat rissoles (like sausages) that hubby likes on the BBQ $2.25 for tray 9. - can't help his taste I am afraid and it does cheaply bulk it out.
Reduced to clear. 3 whopper chicken legs (Drum & Thigh) for $5.50 a tray, so got all 3 of those.This will make 2 meals for $8.25 per meal.
toadfish,
Feb 2, 12:33am
Oh no. not for me. I am one of those blinkered people who prefer to buy from supermarkets or butchers. yes I know where it comes from but for me, the less I have to do with the "process" the better. I always remember one of my girls when they were really really small making the connection with Lambs in the paddock and Roast Dinners . I told them at the time "no our roasts come from supermarkets. " I left the cold hard facts till they were a little older and able to process it.People might not agree but it's my family so was therefore my choice.
Good on you though, bet its far superior to anything i can buy.
bedazzledjewels,
Feb 2, 1:39am
Oh, I'm pleased to hear this Raewyn. Thanks.
toadfish,
Feb 2, 7:01am
Let us know how you get on,I am thinking of the 10kg pack.Do you get a choice in how they vacuum pack it!Ieyou would want say packs of 2, while I am after packs for 4. Will be interested in your feedback.
bedazzledjewels,
Feb 2, 7:07am
I can't answer that one Toady - try emailing Colin. My pack arrives next Friday, so I'll let you know then. He also does biltong too, so I might get some of that.
motorbo,
Feb 2, 8:04am
yes im quite keen but would liek to know what the steak is like after you have had a meal bedazzled, and if good then i will, might even shout the kids a pack!
nfh1,
Feb 3, 8:45am
I bought some marinated steak once from the supermarket, would never buy anything marinated again - you could not tell if it was beef, pork, lamb or chicken.
It was the most expensive 'steak' I have ever purchased - one bite each was more than enough.
alewis,
Feb 3, 10:28am
agree with you nfh, it seams to take any fibre out of the meat - tender as but you can almost taste the chemicals exploding in your mouth!
uli,
Feb 4, 7:58am
You do realize though that the specials from the South Island and North island are not the same!
Nor are the ones from Pak"n"Save (as they are all individually owned and operated)- so if you do not give in the header where you are then this whole exercise is pretty useless - we had this discussion many times here before in other "specials" threads.
nfh1,
Feb 4, 8:16am
Has anyone else noticed how much water comes out of the chicken packs from Mad Butcher!Just wondering how special the special is if you are paying for water!
uli,
Feb 4, 8:26am
They now have those tenderized chicken stuff too ("only at the Mad Butcher") - keep well away from it - all injected with chemicals and of course lots of water . always good to sell water - makes a lot of profit! (or air as in the so-called fluff they call "bread" here).
goldgurl,
Feb 4, 8:42am
I agree that there seems to be lots of 'water' pumped into the chicken breasts fromt he mad Butcher, but I must also say that the tender basted chicken breasts taste sooo good *sigh*
Toady.I felt like kicking myself today - I went to the Mad Butcher and bought 3 of the $10 packs of mince (1.5kgs each) then thought I'd just check out the other butcher just a little further down on Gt Sth Road next to Hells Pizza.and they had 2kgs of mince packs for $10!That's a whole 500gms MORE.and they looked as 'good/bad'(lol) as the Mad Butcher mince *sigh*They also had those hash brown packs of 20 for $3.99, bought a couple of those as a treat for the kids one day.
toadfish,
Feb 4, 8:35pm
Looking at the Mad Butchers Website there specials seem to be countrywide.
Thanks for all the heads up.I am going to take Marywea's advice as this weekends special is - fresh No16 chickens they are $8.50 from Foodtown/Countdown etc.I and going to remove the breasts, legs & wings. Freeze the legs & wings for use another time and add all the small pieces of meat off the frame to the breast meat for stirfrys etc and then freeze the frames for stock or soup.If I buy 2 fresh chickens that will make 3 meals for $5.66 per meal (4 x legs for 1 meal & 2 x meals of breasts etc for stirfrys) plus the bonus of the frames & chicken wing nibbles (I may even freeze them in a Soya, Honey, garlic, ginger mix). Much cheaper than buying boneless chicken breasts.
I may even buy 4. pour myself a glass of wine tonight and have a boning bagging session.
bedazzledjewels,
Feb 4, 8:51pm
What else would we think of doing on a Saturday night Toady! Great advice about buying whole chickens and dealing to them. I do the same with duck which occsionally you find frozen at Nosh. A whole one does the two of us for two meals and then it's into the stockpot, and also lots of duck fat for my morning mushrooms and roast veges.
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