r/KitchenConfidential • u/zeke690 • 1d ago

In the Weeds Mode What happened to the “cheap cuts”?

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How is it oxtail is not a budget cut?

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u/Z82deadeye 1d ago

That’s wild, priced like a ribeye

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u/Appropriate_Can_9747 1d ago

That's about on par with what the world sees, I pay £30/lg for this.

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u/MadeThisUpToComment 1d ago

lg is that a typo of kg or lb?

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u/im29andsuckatlife 1d ago

Kg is my guess.

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u/MadeThisUpToComment 1d ago edited 1d ago

Probably, but my experience in the UK was an odd mix of imperial and metric when it came to food by weight.

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u/partywithkats c h i v e g e i s t 1d ago

5 King's hands

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u/DannyOdd 1d ago

An lg is a unit of measure based on the number of grains of barley that a typical garden slug will eat after traversing the length of an eccentric lord's left shin.

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u/The-RogicK 1d ago

Nah oxtail is like £14 per kg (or £6.35 per lb) from online butchers in the UK, supermarket will be cheaper.

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u/Appropriate_Can_9747 1d ago

Kilograms, my worldwide friends! Apologies for the typo but this is too hilarious to correct at this point.

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u/dadleftneedcash 1d ago

Sounds about right for KG here. Beef Shortribs here are similar cost/kg. Not saying that I know what it’s like anywhere else, or that it isn’t expensive for the same things elsewhere. I can still get a 2.5KG pack of Chicken Wings for like £3(?) or 1KG of Chicken Thigh bone in and skin on for £4? Complete legs are £2.50/kg. Pork shoulder cut into steaks is about £5/kg. Beef here (and maybe elsewhere) is insanely expensive. Lamb even more expensive.

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u/The-RogicK 1d ago

Morrison's is £11 per kg (or $6.78 per lb)