Comments on: Cheap Meat Round II: “Thrift Cuts” http://www.marksdailyapple.com/cheap-meats-thrift-cuts/ Serving up health and fitness insights (daily, of course) with a side of irreverence. Sun, 07 Sep 2008 02:25:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Mark (also not Sisson) http://www.marksdailyapple.com/cheap-meats-thrift-cuts/#comment-89577 Mark (also not Sisson) Tue, 17 Jun 2008 16:07:37 +0000 http://www.marksdailyapple.com/cheap-meats-thrift-cuts/#comment-89577 This string caught my attention, but still a little surprised there isn't as many comments as I expected. I'll keep checking back since this is a hot topic for me personally. This string caught my attention, but still a little surprised there isn’t as many comments as I expected. I’ll keep checking back since this is a hot topic for me personally.

]]> By: Anna http://www.marksdailyapple.com/cheap-meats-thrift-cuts/#comment-38835 Anna Fri, 28 Mar 2008 23:00:07 +0000 http://www.marksdailyapple.com/cheap-meats-thrift-cuts/#comment-38835 A smoker is definitely on my wishlist. I looked at a few last year. Actually I'd like a smoke house, but that's probably not likely to be granted. I want to make smoked sausages and bacon. BUT I'm not really sure what Pink and Migraineur are suggesting. I do have some obnoxious qualities, but I'm not a home-wrecker ;-). I do hand him a nice bottle of red wine when he has given my husband carpentry advice (his wife only likes sweet white wine so guess what he drinks?) and a cup of Espresso Americano with half & half now and then, too (he's not allowed coffee, either). I guess you know who's in charge next door. Guess who my husband would probably say is in charge here? ;-) A smoker is definitely on my wishlist. I looked at a few last year. Actually I’d like a smoke house, but that’s probably not likely to be granted. I want to make smoked sausages and bacon.

BUT I’m not really sure what Pink and Migraineur are suggesting. I do have some obnoxious qualities, but I’m not a home-wrecker
;-).

I do hand him a nice bottle of red wine when he has given my husband carpentry advice (his wife only likes sweet white wine so guess what he drinks?) and a cup of Espresso Americano with half & half now and then, too (he’s not allowed coffee, either). I guess you know who’s in charge next door. Guess who my husband would probably say is in charge here? ;-)

]]> By: Migraineur http://www.marksdailyapple.com/cheap-meats-thrift-cuts/#comment-38790 Migraineur Fri, 28 Mar 2008 20:02:59 +0000 http://www.marksdailyapple.com/cheap-meats-thrift-cuts/#comment-38790 Anna, maybe you should invite the nice neighbor over for dinner when his wife isn't looking. Anna, maybe you should invite the nice neighbor over for dinner when his wife isn’t looking.

]]> By: Pink http://www.marksdailyapple.com/cheap-meats-thrift-cuts/#comment-38732 Pink Fri, 28 Mar 2008 17:15:11 +0000 http://www.marksdailyapple.com/cheap-meats-thrift-cuts/#comment-38732 Anna, Buy a smoker and your nice neighbor will leave his wife. Also, the low and slow cooking, combined with a water tray catching fat drippings before they hit the coals, avoids the carcinogens most commonly associated with grilling. I don't know whether the exposure to wood smoke introduces other carcinogens. Anna,
Buy a smoker and your nice neighbor will leave his wife. Also, the low and slow cooking, combined with a water tray catching fat drippings before they hit the coals, avoids the carcinogens most commonly associated with grilling. I don’t know whether the exposure to wood smoke introduces other carcinogens.

]]> By: Anna http://www.marksdailyapple.com/cheap-meats-thrift-cuts/#comment-38718 Anna Fri, 28 Mar 2008 16:51:16 +0000 http://www.marksdailyapple.com/cheap-meats-thrift-cuts/#comment-38718 Oooooo, Eastern Carolina style BBQ! I lived in Durham, NC for 10 years. I really miss a good pig pickin'. I've been experimenting with an approximation of Carolina BBQ in both the crockpot and on my gas grill (too small for a while pig, though). My grilling really improved when I got Shannon Hayes' book, The Farmer and the Grill (not sold on Amazon, but avail at her website). She spent an extended time in Argentina really learning how to grill. Living in So Cal where it is possible to use an outdoor grill all year, my grill is like a "second oven" for me. Unfortunately, my grilling saddens my nice neighbor, whose wife won't let him eat any meat anymore except boneless chicken breasts now (he's growing a "wheat belly" as a consequence). The aroma is just too much for him. Additionally, there are some concerns about carcinogens from grilling, created when the dripping fat hits the coals/gas flames. I think that can be reduced quite a bit with the slow grilling techniques of searing quickly over high heat (before much fat drips down to create flare-ups) then moving the meat over to the cooler side of the grill for slower cooking. I have no scientific proof of this, however. Oooooo, Eastern Carolina style BBQ! I lived in Durham, NC for 10 years. I really miss a good pig pickin’.

I’ve been experimenting with an approximation of Carolina BBQ in both the crockpot and on my gas grill (too small for a while pig, though).

My grilling really improved when I got Shannon Hayes’ book, The Farmer and the Grill (not sold on Amazon, but avail at her website). She spent an extended time in Argentina really learning how to grill. Living in So Cal where it is possible to use an outdoor grill all year, my grill is like a “second oven” for me. Unfortunately, my grilling saddens my nice neighbor, whose wife won’t let him eat any meat anymore except boneless chicken breasts now (he’s growing a “wheat belly” as a consequence). The aroma is just too much for him.

Additionally, there are some concerns about carcinogens from grilling, created when the dripping fat hits the coals/gas flames. I think that can be reduced quite a bit with the slow grilling techniques of searing quickly over high heat (before much fat drips down to create flare-ups) then moving the meat over to the cooler side of the grill for slower cooking. I have no scientific proof of this, however.

]]> By: Roger http://www.marksdailyapple.com/cheap-meats-thrift-cuts/#comment-38717 Roger Fri, 28 Mar 2008 16:44:38 +0000 http://www.marksdailyapple.com/cheap-meats-thrift-cuts/#comment-38717 Steak is much better if it is seared in a pan (each side - 4 minutes or so) and then left sitting out to cook the rest of the way through (10 minutes or so). Finishing off in the oven can lead to overcooking or drying out the meat if you are not very careful. Letting the meat cook itself will result in an almost perfect medium rare every time. Steak is much better if it is seared in a pan (each side - 4 minutes or so) and then left sitting out to cook the rest of the way through (10 minutes or so). Finishing off in the oven can lead to overcooking or drying out the meat if you are not very careful.

Letting the meat cook itself will result in an almost perfect medium rare every time.

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