The Steak Thread SEE OP

wonski · 20-01-2019 2:29pm

stimpson wrote: »

Aldi have “28 day aged” and “30 day dry aged” steaks. The dry aged ones are in the gold and black packaging and much more expensive. There is a noticeable difference in beefiness between the two.

Of course there is.

I am just saying the normal ones are generally aged by sitting in vac pacs for some time before being cut into steak pieces and sold on. Nothing wrong with it. Just general practice.

I have visited one of the two factories that, among the others, supplies Aldi, and they definitely have the aging area where the meat is aged in packs. There were hundreds of carcasses hanging in other areas, but there were also hundreds being processed at the same stage. Huge operation and an eye opener by the way.

Willfarman · 20-01-2019 9:43pm

https://www.staffordbutchers.ie/

These lads are the the dogs bollocks. Only kill smallish young angus cattle with good fat cover off their own farm and well hung dry aged. This is where you will get the best steak in these parts at any price but unfortunately the town is a kip!

OmegaGene · 20-01-2019 10:07pm

Willfarman wrote: »

https://www.staffordbutchers.ie/

These lads are the the dogs bollocks. Only kill smallish young angus cattle with good fat cover off their own farm and well hung dry aged. This is where you will get the best steak in these parts at any price but unfortunately the town is a kip!

The town isn’t so bad, I know a guy living there

Willfarman · 20-01-2019 11:41pm

OmegaGene wrote: »

Willfarman wrote: »

https://www.staffordbutchers.ie/

These lads are the the dogs bollocks. Only kill smallish young angus cattle with good fat cover off their own farm and well hung dry aged. This is where you will get the best steak in these parts at any price but unfortunately the town is a kip!

The town isn’t so bad, I know a guy living there

Ah after you get used to the auld bombed out cars and derelict buildings at least there is a great butchers!

Cantona's Collars · 21-01-2019 1:57am

OmegaGene wrote: »

The town isn’t so bad, I know a guy living there

Hi.

As much as I give out about the place, it's not so bad.
Plenty of choice with butchers too and Pettits SuperValu has it's own Sleedagh Farm range of meat too which is excellent.

Willfarman · 21-01-2019 10:23am

Petitts run a good operation in fairness . They are stocking the buffalo meat from Macamore buffalo too incidentally.

Cantona's Collars · 21-01-2019 11:00am

Willfarman wrote: »

Petitts run a good operation in fairness . They are stocking the buffalo meat from Macamore buffalo too incidentally.

I was tempted to take a spin up to get some but knowing that it's in Pettits saves me a trip.

caviardreams · 31-05-2019 8:04pm

33% off striploin and fillet in SuperValu until 5th June

Willfarman · 31-05-2019 11:55pm

caviardreams wrote: »

33% off striploin and fillet in SuperValu until 5th June

Bastardized hoors. Who do you think is taking the reduction in livliehood there lads?

01-06-2019 12:36am

I'm sure some grant or other covers it.

Willfarman · 01-06-2019 10:13am

Hopefully. Enjoy the “discounted” steak. We worked hard to have it on the shelf..

Larry Goodman probably has another private jet on order. Musgraves and superValue have are showing massive profits. The primary producer takes the hit. And Leo’s answer to rural Ireland? 50million from the tax take (thanks paye worker) to be distributed to beef farmers so hopefully some of the debts accrued by farmers to merchants coops and banks last year will be relieved.

.red. · 01-06-2019 10:39am

Willfarman wrote: »

Bastardized hoors. Who do you think is taking the reduction in livliehood there lads?

Any chance of a discount on rib eyes next week?

Marhay70 · 01-06-2019 10:40am

Willfarman wrote: »

Hopefully. Enjoy the “discounted” steak. We worked hard to have it on the shelf..

Larry Goodman probably has another private jet on order. Musgraves and superValue have are showing massive profits. The primary producer takes the hit. And Leo’s answer to rural Ireland? 50million from the tax take (thanks paye worker) to be distributed to beef farmers so hopefully some of the debts accrued by farmers to merchants coops and banks last year will be relieved.

Yet rural Ireland continues to vote for FG in droves and for Goodman's pals FF too, mixed messages there.

vicwatson · 01-06-2019 11:39am

.red. wrote: »

Any chance of a discount on rib eyes next week?

Lidl have 3 for €9 but they’re a bit thin

TheDriver · 01-06-2019 1:03pm

stop with politics and farming talk, this is for bargains only.

odyssey06 · 01-06-2019 9:47pm

vicwatson wrote: »

Lidl have 3 for €9 but they’re a bit thin

Thinnest ribeyes I've ever seen, but darn tasty.

anewme · 01-06-2019 11:24pm

Weird for me to look back at this threadas it came up on my subscribed threads.

Went from rare steak to no steak.

Was in James Whelan Butchers today in Avoca and they were frying steaks and it smelled fantatstic.

caviardreams · 12-06-2019 8:22pm

50% off sirloin in Supervalu - Thurs & Fri only. €8.50 per kg

wonski · 12-06-2019 11:03pm

caviardreams wrote: »

50% off sirloin in Supervalu - Thurs & Fri only. €8.50 per kg

They are also part of meat super6 in Aldi for 4 euro per pack which works just a little more, but under 9 euro per kilo. This is for two weeks starting tomorrow.

drunkmonkey · 12-06-2019 11:18pm

Lidl's where it's at this week. Tomahawks starting tomorrow..

OmegaGene · 12-06-2019 11:26pm

Those tomahawk steaks come in twice a year and they are too small compared to what you get in a restaurant

wonski · 12-06-2019 11:30pm

Well they might be smaller than in restaurants, but you will definitely pay less in Lidl.

Some nice selection and I will definitely visit to see what's on offer

Muahahaha · 12-06-2019 11:32pm

OmegaGene wrote: »

Those tomahawk steaks come in twice a year and they are too small compared to what you get in a restaurant

they are but at 900g they would still feed 2-3 people. Plus a tomahawk is €70-€80+ in a restaurant, €18 in Lidl is a great price.

Will be partaking in Lidls cowboy steaks, €7 is a bargain for one of those. Supervalue usually do them on special too at some point during the summer but havent seen it come up yet.

The Ayatolla · 12-06-2019 11:51pm

What cut of steak is a cowboy steak??

Hogzy · 12-06-2019 11:56pm

Muahahaha wrote: »

they are but at 900g they would still feed 2-3 people. Plus a tomahawk is €70-€80+ in a restaurant, €18 in Lidl is a great price.

Will be partaking in Lidls cowboy steaks, €7 is a bargain for one of those. Supervalue usually do them on special too at some point during the summer but havent seen it come up yet.

Of that 900g 50% is made up of the bone. Doesnt seem like good value for money in my eyes, its a cool looking steak though. Youd be better off spending 20euro on a thick cut rib eye from a Super Valu butcher.

Hogzy · 12-06-2019 11:57pm

The Ayatolla wrote: »

What cut of steak is a cowboy steak??

Ribeye. Its referred to as a bone in rib eye usually in steak restaurants.

OmegaGene · 13-06-2019 8:10am

Muahahaha wrote: »

they are but at 900g they would still feed 2-3 people. Plus a tomahawk is €70-€80+ in a restaurant, €18 in Lidl is a great price.

Will be partaking in Lidls cowboy steaks, €7 is a bargain for one of those. Supervalue usually do them on special too at some point during the summer but havent seen it come up yet.

He tomahawk in Lidl is mostly bone not a hope of feeding 2 people, I was going to a restaurant in cork on a regular basis up until last year where a tomahawk was only €30

rubadub · 13-06-2019 10:31am

OmegaGene wrote: »

Those tomahawk steaks come in twice a year and they are too small compared to what you get in a restaurant

they usually get sold off pretty cheap too, they don't sell as nobody knows what to do with them. The ones I saw had much longer bones that in that leaflet photo.

gozunda · 13-06-2019 10:36am

rubadub wrote: »

they usually get sold off pretty cheap too, they don't sell as nobody knows what to do with them. The ones I saw had much longer bones that in that leaflet photo.

This restaurant. Play the video for how to cut a Tomahawk

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://m.facebook.com/cocottebkk/videos/1845203222167308/&ved=2ahUKEwj3

Muahahaha · 13-06-2019 12:38pm

OmegaGene wrote: »

He tomahawk in Lidl is mostly bone not a hope of feeding 2 people, I was going to a restaurant in cork on a regular basis up until last year where a tomahawk was only €30

jaysis €30 is a bargain for that in a restaurant, hard to see how they were making profit selling it at that price. I could drive down to Cork from Dublin and still save money over what restaurants here charge :pac: What restaurant was it?

rubadub wrote: »

they usually get sold off pretty cheap too, they don't sell as nobody knows what to do with them. The ones I saw had much longer bones that in that leaflet photo.

About the only thing you can do with them is put it on the bbq to get a sear and then continue on there or else transfer to an oven. It would be a brave man to cook one of those without using a meat thermometer or at least measuring the thickness of the steak and working out the cooking time from there.

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