Food: Meat

[dancerjodi]

I think the issue with a meat share is that there are lots of things that would come up in it that Brian and I don't normally eat (not to mention the one friends are using is closed until May). There is something to be said for experimentation and learning to cook new things but with the time we have, I'm not sure I'm ready to jump into that now.

The Di's have gone to http://www.balancerockfarm.com/ a few times, so I think I may like a drive out there to pick up some things to sample. Making a once a month pilgrimage to grab meat to freeze wouldn't be a huge time commitment.

Or I wonder if there are any local butcher shops that will have this high of a quality stuff (beyond Whole Foods)? There is a place in Watertown Square (The Meat Spot) that may be worth checking out. Years ago we'd try and get there and buy our meats to freeze and they were good quality/price compared to the supermarkets. I wonder if they have the grass fed beef, pastured chicken and that kind of thing . . .

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[dancer.livejournal.com]

They are adding a Waltham site (Devina has been using them). She shared with us what the last share was made up of and I'm not sure we'd be able to use all of it, but I guess perhaps its all just a matter of habits.

They are locked out till May or June, so I guess either way we have some time to think about it. :)

I really love the Farmer's Market in Waltham but they don't have meats or raw milk so I'm doing some digging now in the off season.

Thanks!

[canongrrl.livejournal.com]

yeah I've been fooling around with a lot of recipes - gotten very creative with meatballs, and ground beef in general.

10 pounds does go surprisingly fast - especially when you have a 4-5pound chicken (2 of the last 3 times) which is....to die for. Between a simple roast of it, salad from the leftovers and soup from the carcass - just yum. but yeah, your fear is exactly the same one we had before signing up. And the meat does require a slightly different method of cooking (I always cooked rare before, so it wasn't too much of a stretch) and occasionally I get something that I just don't know what to do with (pork steak? ummmmm yeah - that didn't work out well).

Also http://www.savenorsmarket.com/Cambridge2.htm has more esoteric meats - great pedigree, more expensive than whole foods. To be honest, whole foods does have one of the better meat departments around. sadly.

oh and both arlington and davis farmer's markets have meat people there - I'm not sure who is at the davis one. I bet if you looked around, one near waltham would have a meat person there as well.

[dancer.livejournal.com]

C'ris mentioned the Lexington market has a beef guy. I'm not a huge meat eater but I'm trying to branch out a bit more, so depending on what we end up doing I may check him out. Thanks! :)