The price of a joint....

[reelingintheyears]

No,not that sort of joint.....

Went to get a joint of meat from TESCO and i was at the price....

£16 for a leg of lamb to feed six of us...

£13 for beef...which i bought and there's NONE left over.

Meat is a mug's game.
We veggies are laughing all the way to the bank.

I bought a beautiful joint of silverside today from Morrisons for £6.20 to feed 5 of us. It wasn't even on special either.

If you live in the North West, I'd recommend Meat Mart, a butchers / cash and carry.

South West here...

I love Morrisons when i go to my Mum's....

Get a slow cooker and buy brisket or pot roast joints of beef. They cost a lot less and taste a million times nicer, the gravy they make is out of this world too especially if you add a bit of red wine when you put it on to cook :)

Yep..Bogeyface,i'm going to have to rethink my cooking...

It nearly drove me mad looking at the prices....

I believe a new knee costs a good few thousand.

Not on the NHS....

Tesco have a lot of half price offers on the deli counter they run from wednesdays and last for about 3 weeks.

I have bought a lovely joint of pork half price last week, fed 5 of us VERY generously and still have enough left for sandwiches, under £6.00 it was.

The kids even commented on how nice it was and they don't compliment any food

I actually think YABU.

The amount of time, work, fuel, water, grain and the rest that goes into producing meat is pretty massive. For example, something like 2,500 gallons of water are used to produce 1lb of meat.

So it should be expensive really.

We had pork last week....

I wanted to get Lamb but it was just too expensive...
Beef was cheaper.....
And i ALWAYS think Beef should be the dearest.

Queen is correct. And if it's cheap, (I mean cheap rather than being a cheap cut)there is a reason.

I don't rigidly meal plan....but do like to have a roast on Sunday,
Especially if the older DC are here.

I was just at the price.

The problem queen is that the farmer gets next to nothing of the cost of the joint - it's all profit in Mr Tesco's pocket which seems unfair

Shoulder of pork was in offer in Tesco a couple of weeks back £3 a KG got a KG of that, Have Brisket of beef fron it being reduced for quick sale. Why not have lamb chops for your roast? Or even Shanks.

I agree with queenoflippingeverything, you are eating something that was once as life, it should not be cheap.

I've nearly halved my food bill by going veggie...

Agree about doing a cheaper cut such as brisket etc in slow cooker , at least half price of silverside and much nicer with richer gravy

The cheaper cuts also have more flavour

We can't afford to buy proper joints anymore, but we get some nice stuff at the butchers and just make it into casseroles and stews, curries etc.

Lamb chops???

They are well out of my price range unless they're in the reduced section!!!

Aw, I thought you did mean that type of joint! And all that's being discussed is meat! Very disappointing, especially for a vegetarian former pothead....

fish also horribly expensive. can't remember last time i bought it!

Have chicken, bought one for £4 to feed two and a dog there was loads of it.

I've virtually stopped buying meat - fish is even more pricy.
Nowt wrong with egg on toast and baked beans. DS thinks I am the best cook in the world.