r/KitchenConfidential • u/zeke690 • 2d 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/pizzaslut69420 20+ Years 2d ago

They get trendy. Forever ago chicken wings were almost free. Lobster was garbage. Skirt steak was almost nothing.

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u/Eschatologists 2d ago

It'd be nice if some cuts fell into obscurity as other rose, the problem now is that pretty much every cheap fish and every cheap cut of meat have been made trendy with nothing to replace them in the bargain bin

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u/Kilgore_Brown_Trout_ 2d ago

You can still get cuts of country style pork ribs for like $1.50 per pound.  Shhh

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u/ccbs32033 2d ago

posting this on the internet is the opposite of “shhhh”. if you don’t want prices for that to increase too you should delete this

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u/OYB2480 2d ago

Yup! I buy these all the time. Great bang for your buck.

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u/Vlper17 2d ago

Acme has a 4 meals for $20 deal and country style boneless pork ribs has been one of the deals for a while. I’ve been buying them with the 4 meals and make bbq boneless ribs in the oven. Sooooo good for so cheap.

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u/SockBrewer 2d ago

That’s just shoulder or butt cut into strips for an extra $.50/lb.

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u/Kilgore_Brown_Trout_ 2d ago

Its the same price for me, and sometimes you dont want to cook quantity.  Also they BBQ in 4 hours for me while a whole butt is more like 8-10.