ABCDiamond

sidestepping from the Banks thread that was hijacked by the price of meat >>>

Local butcher in Capalaba has these prices this week

BBQ Sausages $1.99 kg
Middle Bacon rashers $7.99 kg
Corned Silverside $4.99 kg
Real Leg Ham $10.99 kg
Roasting Pork $2.99 kg
Top quality Beef Mince $3.00 kg
Rump steak $6.99 kg
Eye Fillet $12.99 kg

Megalania

Theres meat and Meat. Capalaba may well have nice stuff ... but ... generally one pays for quality.

bondipom

Demand for Australian beef from overseas is pushing up the price of beef. Yankee mad cows are no longer wanted and chicken is Asia is now sniffed at.

WBB

LOL

always makes me laugh when a thread gets hijacked, from banks to the price of pork.



as you were soldier :lecture:

Merlot

Hi WBB

Guess who hijacked that thread, the pain in the arse Merlot. I have sent a reply to your football thread (more hijacking here).

Yep, since I have been in Oz (1997) the price of beef has shot up and the quality down. In saying that, I am sure it is still cheaper than the UK.

Merlot

hevs

You got that right (not like the banks though hey?)

ABCDiamond

We moving onto the subject of Banks Now ?

ABCDiamond

Anyway, the meat I buy in Capalaba is generally pretty good quality about 80% of the time.

And even when it isnt the best, for example; Sometimes the rump steak at $5.99 is a bit tough, but I still reckon its good value, especially for the BBQ.

Don

Quite similar to NZ prices. I'd say the NZ meat is often excellent and usually at least good. Lamb here is the best I've ever tasted so it's not true what PB said, that all the best meat gets exported.

Got rump steak at NZD8 a kilo last week. Can usually pick up a leg of lamb for NZD20 but that's a lot of meat.

bondipom

Not sure about meat but the best fruit was certainly graded for export. This was for nectarines, peaches and apples in Batlow.

BTW it is nectarine and peach season in NSW.

Banksia

But you can get better deals by buying in bulk. And you can afford to buy in bulk.

bondipom

There some way you can buy a cow or a sheep in advance. Not sure how it works or how practical it is but the bloke at work reckons it would be dead cheap.

Everyone thought he was a Chilian version of Del Boy but has anyone hear heard of such a scheme?

ABCDiamond

I agree.
I buy rump steak, a rump at a time !

Don

Isn't that Thailand he's thinking of?

ABCDiamond

Dead & Cheap, I would hope

I know you can order a whole cow or sheep, and get the butcher to cut it up for you, but you need a decent size freezer

We used to do that in UK.