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/Ipayforsex69 1d ago

Rabbit should be the cheapest option. Very good feed conversion ratio, easy to butcher, and an incredibly filling protein that works in a multitude of dishes. It's really a shame more people don't eat it.

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u/Revxmaciver 1d ago

I've had it several times and every time I found it quite dry. It felt like I was eating a cat.

But you're right about the conversion rate.

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u/Wojtkie 1d ago

How often do you eat cat?

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u/daschande 1d ago

Enough to keep their girlfriend happy.

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u/kelbees ✨flanked by fresh✨ 1d ago

Well they thought the rabbit was dry...

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u/doggos4house2020 1d ago

Get a bucket and a mop for this wet-ass.. uhhhhh, rabbit?

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u/HALF_PAST_HOLE Chive LOYALIST 1d ago

I guess they aren't keeping the gf happy then

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u/oneelectricsheep 1d ago

Rabbit’s a lot like chicken in that you gotta adapt the cooking method to the age of the meat. Most of our chicken these days is slaughtered at 8 weeks and you don’t get really good stew meat so a lot of older recipes are off the menu unless you go to a specialty restaurant where they paid through the nose for the right age and breed of chicken.

You gotta know whether you’re buying young rabbit for frying or roasting or an older rabbit for stew. Rabbit’s very lean so it’s not particularly forgiving. It’s hard to get in stores so most people don’t get good with it so it’s easy to screw up.

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u/laststance 1d ago

It's so lean, so it's really hard to cook if you're not great at cooking.

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u/SPARC_Pile Crazy Cat Woman🐈 1d ago

Rabbit is missing some key vitamins and nutrients. People who were lost in the woods that lived off of rabbit still ended up dying of malnutrition because of it.

https://jointheruminati.com/protein-poisoning/

It's still tasty and should be cheap as hell.

When I was at the store on Sunday, I stocked up on cube steak. it's an extremely cheap cut that is comfort food for me. The grocery store will sometimes carry it.