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15675143 No.15675143 [Reply] [Original]

>he doesn't buy a half/whole cow and get it butchered and packaged for the freezer
It's literally, LITERALLY, the most economical way to buy meat.

>B-but I don't have space in my freezer!
If you already have a standalone freezer, you have enough room. Period. Throw out those pizza pockets and Ben & Jerry's you've been stockpiling and you'll have at least enough room for a whole pig, or not half a cow.

>> No.15675146

>>15675143
>or not half a cow.
*if not half a cow

>> No.15675148

fuck off Peterson

>> No.15675185

>>15675143

I JUST STARTED DOING THIS THING. NOW EVERYBODY WHO DOESN'T DO THIS THING IS STUPID. I BASE MY EGO OFF OF THIS NEW THING BECAUSE I'M DESPERATE FOR ANYTHING TO FEEL SUPERIOR ABOUT.

IT'S MY THING.

WHAT'S MY THING? OH, JUST HAVING A COW IN A FREEZER.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAA FAGGOT

>> No.15675195

>>15675143
I got 1/4 cow.
Plan to get a half pig next.

It really is incredibly economical. I have a shitload of beef and its been the only beef I eat, and ive been working on it since august

>> No.15675198

what's the price per pound?

>> No.15675201

My parents did this in December. Ran them $800 for half a cow. They have so much ground beef it's absurd.

>> No.15675368

How the fuck do you even go about doing this? if what >>15675201 said is true, that is fucking cheap as hell. Average half a cow weighs about 175 lbs. That's 4.6 bucks per lb. Considering the cheapest beef is around 2.99 a lb, and the most expensive can easily be 20-30 bucks a lb, it's an amazing deal.

>> No.15675388

>>15675368
You need to be in a rural or semi-rural area, be able to buy the cow or half cow and have access to a butcher who you then deliver the cow to.

>> No.15675415

>>15675143
>>he doesn't buy a half/whole cow and get it butchered and packaged for the freezer
>It's literally, LITERALLY, the most economical way to buy meat.
Wrong, setting up a farm and slaughtering and packaging it yourself is

>> No.15675428

>>15675368
My parents live in rural bumfuck Illinois, so it may be more pricey depending on where you live. Also the place that butchered the cow also owned/raised it, so that might have cut down the cost too.

>> No.15675449

>mostly ground beef
Worthless to me

>> No.15675453

>if you don't buy a cow then you are retarded
>ok how do I buy a cow
>live next to some cows

cool story bro, tell me more about how I'm losing money by not buying fresh fruit directly from an orchard, or spring water from a pristine mountain peak

>> No.15675465

>>15675453
Incels don't understand convenience, they still wonder why people choose to live in cities instead of flyover cornfields of nothingness

>> No.15675474

>>15675143
Yeah yeah, I guess half a cow is okay. But I’ve literally got 3 WHOLE TURKEYS in my freezer. Have you got that? Didn’t think so.

>> No.15675538

>>15675368
Of course it's cheap. You're buying a ton of product up front so the supplier has an incentive to discount for that since a guaranteed sale at $X is worth more than the hundreds of sales they'd need to count on happening to turn around the same amount.

>> No.15675549

>>15675143
now factor in the energy cost of having to keep that meat frozen for months, years

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15675559

>>15675143
How long does it take to eat all that? How many people do you live with?

I live alone and I doubt I could eat all that even in a year span.

>> No.15675562

>>15675143
gunna buy a half a cow and a freezer.

>> No.15675571

>>15675143
>power outage blocks your path

>> No.15675576

>>15675559
as long as the power stays on it'll keep for years. As for how long, the ground beef alone should be upwards of 70 days of meals for a whole family.

>> No.15675582

>>15675549
Are you implying everyone in this thread doesn't have a freezer they run 24/7, regardless of what it's filled with? Once the meat is frozen, it doesn't take any more energy than it would to keep air the same temp.

>> No.15675584

>>15675559
if you live alone. id buy 1/8 cow at most. you get like 3 of each kind of cut of steak and like 25 pounds of ground beef

>> No.15675585

>>15675143
how much would that cost?

>> No.15675596

>>15675143
Yea having just lost $200 of meat to a 6 day power outage in oregon I'm not keen to repeat that.

>> No.15675597

>>15675585
around me 1/2 cow cost like $1800. and thats grass fed

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>>15675143
How much money could op get if he sold the meat instead?

>> No.15675643

>>15675596
>What is a generator.

>> No.15675691

>>15675559
We generally did half a cow for a family of six, once per year

>> No.15675918

>>15675143
It's so so lean and the ground beef tastes insanely bloody
I AM not a fan

>> No.15675931

>>15675918
>ground beef tastes insanely bloody
Have you tried... like... cooking it?

>> No.15675939

>>15675931
I assume he means it tastes like iron, because he's not used to actual beef

>> No.15676295

>>15675195
>>15675368
>>15675143
I've always wanted to do this but have no idea how to get started

>> No.15676315

>>15675143
How economical? Like what's the overall price/lb and what all do you get for it?

>> No.15676598

>>15675185
pretty accurate

>> No.15676633
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15676633

>why aren't you doing X retarded hipster thing etc etc
I'm not poor and fresh beef tastes a million times better than frozen beef

>> No.15676660

>>15675643
>generator in an apartment

>> No.15676687

Sounds like a great way to get a couple steaks, a few roasts, and a fuck ton of ground beef.

I'll just stick to buying the cuts I need when I need them.

>> No.15676694

>he doesn't hunt for his meat

>> No.15676703

>>15675143
>freezing your ground beef before then thawing and eating it
Jesus christ, why not just throw it directly into the trash?

>> No.15676716

>>15675576
>it'll keep for years.

It doesn't.
Frozen food is shit in the first place. But no more than a few months, if necessary. Hell, most stuff tastes like shit after being frozen. Most meat not being among that, though.

>> No.15676732

>>15675143
Food is like 10-15% of my expenses already,why would you bother with this?

>> No.15677026

>>15675143
This is only a good idea if you have a generator. If the power goes out for a week you'll lose your meat. This seems to be a growing problem in the US.

>> No.15677116

$1,500 of beef lol.
https://stemplecreek.com/shop/product/half-beef-pick-up-at-butcher

My wife hates ground beef. I've heard buying flour in bulk is super economical compared to buying noodles and tortillas.

>> No.15677160

>>15675449
>ground beef
>Worthless to me
A lot of places harvest to order and then butcher to order.
You want all packer cuts, it can happen.

A lot of people want steaks, roasts, and grind up the weird pieces.

>> No.15677203

>>15677026
Yeah, the money you will spend on the freezer, generator, and electricity could be better spent on crackers, peanut butter, dried fruits and nuts, tuna pouches, instant coffee and chocolate (psychological needs are still needs), dried pasta, cans of beans, etc.

If you lose water and/or power, you're going to fucking die without crackers and peanut butter.

>> No.15677208

>>15675596
Jesus Christ
>do Americans really?
I just had one go on for six hours a few weeks back and it's by far the longest one i've ever experienced

>> No.15677216

>>15676694
>he doesn't rustle his own cattle

>> No.15677224

>>15677203
A lot of those things get used even when there isn't an emergency.
>>15677208
Yeah, some places can lose electricity for weeks on end when there is a hurricane.

>> No.15677632

>>15675143
I want to do this but my wife said she doesn't like grass fed cow. She also doesn't like venison. I have a bunch of venison and I'm like sweetie if we buy a cow we won't have to worry about going to the store and she is like I like the grocery store processed food I know its full of drugs and evil but it tastes better. I made her watch Food INC and she is sticking to her guns so I guess when we eat meat we'll keep eating factory farmed meat.

>> No.15677680

>>15675143
nah, best way is to get together with about a village-worth of people and use every single part of the cow and repeat that process periodically.
freezing food destroys flavour and some nutrients plus it will create waste and storage expenses.

>> No.15677689

>>15675185
kek

>> No.15678993

>>15675368
Your local university may do it, mine does but it's a big one in a rural state

>> No.15679003

>>15676295
Buy a chest freezer. I got mine for about 250. But expect to spend more.

>> No.15679110

A lot of that is going to be freezer burnt to shit before you get to use it.

>> No.15679111

Growing up, my moms dad was a rancher and we had an endless supply of beef. Lots of roast, stew, tacos and cottage pie and meat pies.

>> No.15679125

>>15676633
All beef is frozen by food safety legislation demands in order to kill parasites.

You have never tasted fresh beef unless you slaughtered the animal yourself.

>> No.15679184

>>15675185
Very accurate, and easily repurposed for other faggots and their particular obsession. Saved

>> No.15679260

>>15675931
Predictable reply, NPC
The ground beef tastes like blood, coupled with non-existent fat content makes it garbage to cook anything with. 85/15 ground beef is better for literally any dish

>> No.15679323

>>15675576
Most freezer guidelines give upto 12 months for frozen steaks, but minced beef is less since more surface area and processing and bacteria. Most other meat is under 6 months.
>>15675582
The OP says "don't have a big freezer, buy one", and most people don't have a spare freezer to hold half a cow so yes, that cost is extra.

>> No.15679642

>>15677026
you can also pressure can cooked meat. it becomes a pita at scale but if you can dedicate 1 afternoon every 6 months you can have fully cooked meat at the ready

>> No.15679720

>>15679642
I'm thinking of doing this for my SHTF pantry. Eating beans and rice for a month sounds boring as fuck and it would be nice to mix things up with some meat or canned stew every few days.

>> No.15679732

>>15675143
I'm a college student living in a shoddy apartment. I'd gladly do it if I had the space for it, but I don't.

>> No.15679738

>>15679720
Freeze drying might be a better option if you're making long term food stores and want to get a bit more serious, I think stevemre got one recently and make his own MRE which was fun.

>> No.15679755

>>15675185
I do this lol but I try to educate not ridicule

>> No.15679877

>>15679125
Are you retarded, or just thinking of fish? Plenty of beef isn't frozen.

>> No.15679887

>>15675143
I kill an elk and a couple of deer every year. Once in awhile I get a moose. Process it myself.

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>>15675143
>red meat

>> No.15680070

>>15675143
I need a chest freezer first

>> No.15680173

>>15679738
Maybe. I'm not trying to make something that's going to last 20 years on a shelf though. Just a year or two and then eat it.

Plus freeze dryers, even non-commercial ones, are thousands of dollars vs. the canning jars I already own + $200 for a pressure canner.

>> No.15680180

>>15675596
That is why I own a generator, and I plan to get a generac installed this summer.

>> No.15680189

>>15680173
Ah I didn't see that. How long does canned meat last anyway? Is it really "indefinite if the can is ok"? I'd still be maxing out that lifespan at around 10 years but then again if I was starving and saw canned meat and it smelled half decent I'd probably risk botulism without thinking twice.

>> No.15680207

>>15675428
>rural bumfuck Illinois
Which county? Champaign fag asking.

>> No.15680212

>>15680189
Pretty much. It lasts "forever" as long as the seal hasn't been broken though most say you should eat it within two years of canning to preserve its nutritive value, texture and flavor.

>> No.15680245

>>15680212
Two years sounds like what the canned food companies are shilling. I don't like canned food because of the plastic lining (what doesn't have fucking plastic now) but I'd still eat canned stuff after two years happily, Ive done it before and like I said, if it's a shtf situation I'm not giving a shit about plastics or autist stuff I worry about now. I'll be the biggest snoyboy around if it fills my starving stomach.
Also I don't like aluminium near my food either but plastic is worse in my book.

>> No.15680261

>>15675143
That looks identical to my cow freezer.
RIP Spock the Steer. Friend in life. Food in death

>> No.15680296

>>15680245
only your retarded containment board for repressed ass-fucking autists filters the word soy

>> No.15680341

>>15680296
I crosspost a lot so it's easier for me to just act like it's everywhere on 4channel and 4chan.

>> No.15680376

>>15680341
it would be even more easier if you huffed on a tailpipe

>> No.15680405

My wife and I get half a pig, several whole chickens and a quarter cow from her brother every year, I can't even remember the last time I bought meat at a grocery store. Had to buy a chest freezer for it, but it's worth. Idk how easy this is to do outside of the midwest/Texas, you kinda need to be near a rural area. Luckily here in Iowa if you drive 20 minutes in most directions you'll hit a farm

>> No.15680407

>>15679125
This is a complete lie. I get my high quality cuts from the farmers market and know they aren't frozen. Enjoy your shit texture freezer beef though

>> No.15680448

>>15680376
I mean we're on /ck/ and you're acting like ot is /v/ or /b/ so maybe take your own advice hey?

>> No.15680498

>>15680405
Im in Iowa too. I sell hay to a local farmer and he feeds it to his cattle. Lots of people buy beef from him. I have eaten the hamburger before and it is very good. I have never bought a half cow because I dont eat that much beef

>> No.15680537

>>15675143
I (a single, white, American, overweight man) don't eat that much beef in five years.
If I had a family and felt like turning Taco Tuesday into Taco July, I might consider it.

>> No.15680574

>>15675143
What if I want another type of meat

>> No.15680579

>>15675143
Id hate beef by the time I got done eating all that

>> No.15680582

>>15675576
steak does get bad after too long in the freezer

>> No.15680584

>>15675596
If you keep the freezer packed and closed, it'll keep itself frozen for at least 3~4 days, probably more. At which point if you still don't have power, nor a generator, you can just borrow or buy some ice.

>> No.15680597

>>15680582
not if it's properly vacuum sealed, it will last over a year without any differences you can notice

>> No.15681011

>>15680245
I'd be canning in glass jars so I'm not worried about plastics or aluminum leaching into the food.

>> No.15681125

>>15675143
I did do this, but it was only 1/4 of a cow. How much did you pay per kg?

>> No.15681207

>>15675185
kek OP destroyed

>> No.15681237

>>15675143
BS. Nobody can fit a butchered beef cow in their home freezer. Fucking.liar.

>> No.15681245

>>15675185
This, but unironically.

>> No.15681467

>>15675185
Basado

>> No.15681530

>>15675143
>he doesn't buy a half/whole cow and get it butchered and packaged for the freezer
Eat my left nut, faggot.
I’ve yet to find a farmer/rancher who sells meat like that, who will also let me pick and kill my own cow.

I’m not going to fill my freezer with, and continually eat until Christmas, one single animal unless I get to stare it in the eye, and make myself the last thing it ever sees before taking its place in the food chain; placed there by the very being which shall consume it.

When I explained this to a local farmer who sells whole cows, he requested (like a bitch) that I never cross his property boundaries again.

>> No.15681568

>>15681530
>I’m not going to fill my freezer with, and continually eat until Christmas, one single animal unless I get to stare it in the eye, and make myself the last thing it ever sees before taking its place in the food chain; placed there by the very being which shall consume it.
I can’t wait to post this on r/4chan

4chan is such a crazy place xD

>> No.15681580

>>15681530
Realistically you will end up in jail for killing your own cow. Its animal cruelty.

>> No.15681610

>>15681580
>you can’t kill your own livestock which you’ve raised for producing meat
I didn’t say torture. I’m not a sicko, and a painful death makes meat taste like shit.

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>>15675143
that's great anon (it really is)...
but as much as I like beef there is NO way in hell that I could eat all that before it went bad.

Yes it will go bad even in the freezer. even properly sealed etc. The max it will last is 1 to 1.5 years before it starts going rancid. ask me how I know.

>> No.15681626

>>15681610
You go ahead and try it. You are gonna drown in blood and ruin the meat.

>> No.15681636

>>15675195
>Plan to get a half pig next.
pork goes rancid even when frozen after about 6 months.

>> No.15681645

>>15675465
>they still wonder why people choose to live in cities
they love misery?

>> No.15681650

>>15675143
I fit a literal whole pig in my freezer. Shit was impressive.

>> No.15681662

>>15681650
What did it do when it got out? Was it angry?

>> No.15681663

>>15681636
I'd worry more about freezerburn than it going rancid.
I've been working on my beef for 7 months now and it's still just as good as when I got it. I also get free pork from my boyfriends mom who is struggling to finish the half pig she got a year ago, and it's still quite delicious.

I don't know if you have ever bought wholesale meat?

>> No.15681672

>>15675465
Idk I find it convenient to go to the store once or twice a month instead of once a week like when I lived in the city.

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15681679

>>15675474
20 ducks with all the trimmings. Turkey kind of sucks.

>> No.15681680

>>15681663
When I pull my meat out of the freezer it hasnt got shit all over it.

>> No.15681685

>>15675576
>>15680212
>it'll keep for years.
nope 1 year max.

>>15679125
>All beef is frozen
wrong, but lamb is.

>>15681663
freezer burn can be cut off, rancid is throughout, ask me how I know.

>> No.15681689

>>15681680
Uhh... Neither does mine?

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>>15677632

>> No.15681700

>>15675143
We got half a pig split between 3 people recently. I like the idea and I bought a bigger freezer, I'm now testing how long you can keep it frozen while maintaining quality. I can get local beef, lamb and pork that way.

>> No.15681723

>>15681700
you will run in to problems after 1 year. I had some pork vacuum sealed and stored in the freezer, forgot about it and found it about 1.5 years later. defrosted it and went to cook it and it had gone rancid. not freezer burned, it smelled rancid. cut in to it and even in the center it was rancid.

>> No.15681729

>>15681723
what kind of freezer?

>> No.15681734

>>15681689
Its the punchline from an internationally famous joke about homosexuals. I typed it out for you because I see that you are a homo and so I was just subtly letting other in-the-know chaps know that your opinion should either be discarded or that the opposite of your advice was proba ly correct. Thats just how I 'roll' so-to-speak because God Hates Fags and I am but a humble pilgrim of Him.

>> No.15681981

>eating unauthorized beef
Enjoy your tuberculosis

>> No.15682003

>>15680376
Trump won.

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>>15675576
>as long as the power stays on it'll keep for years

>> No.15682302

>>15675143

>suddenly your area experiences a several hour long power outage

Is it really wise storing up so much meat?

>> No.15682351

>not keeping a herd of chickens in your freezer
desu

>> No.15682399

>>15682302
Considering its in a usually airtight container designed to keep the temperature stable, and actually full of pretty much ice at this point he might be fine with a single power outage if it doesn't go one for too long. But as he eats more and it becomes more empty the risk gets bigger and bigger

>> No.15682610

>>15675185
Well then.

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15682638

>>15682610
>>15681467
>>15681245
>>15681207
>>15679755
>>15679184
>>15677689
>>15676598
>t. city people

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15682650

>>15675185
Based

>> No.15682674

>>15675148
underated

>> No.15682683

>>15675368
of course its cheap. its like buying drugs in bulk anon

>> No.15682700

>>15680207
Stephenson

>> No.15682965

For long term storage freezer temperature matter a lot. Shitty freezers will cycle around -5 to -15, but if you can stay below -20 things will last a long longer.

>> No.15683139

>>15679110
vacuum packing it should ward off most freezer burn for at least a year.

>> No.15683342

>>15675185
lol

>> No.15683471

>>15682399
>as he eats more and it becomes more empty
he should put water jugs in the empty spaces

>> No.15683490

Great until the power goes out for half a day.

>> No.15683491

>>15680189
>smelled half decent I'd probably risk botulism

That's why you keep a dog and they get the first taste. He's a good boyo and wants to protect you.

>> No.15683511

>>15683491
I plan pretty loose for the end of the world, if I get a dog now it might be too old before it all goes down. Better to wait and "kidnap" someone else's dog

>> No.15683515

>>15681237
Not every single primal cut, no, and definitely not with offal. But like all the good ones, sure.

>> No.15683687

>>15681685
>nope 1 year max.
Wrong. If the jar was correctly sealed from the beginning and its kept in a cool, dry place the contents are good indefinitely. However, after 1 year the quality (flavor, texture, etc.) or nutritive content will start to degrade.

>> No.15683703

Dumbasses are too stupid to factor in the cost of running a full size freezer for an entire year.

>> No.15684101

>>15683703
It was mentioned and OP did a blizzard tier response with "don't you guys have full size freezers to hold half a cow in them, wtf it's not relevant"

>> No.15684185

>>15679111
>mom's dad
Why didn't you just say "grandpa/grandfather"? Are you adopted?

>> No.15684344

>>15675143
yes i too love eating freezer burnt meat for six plus months

>> No.15684449

imagine not having a chest freezer full of meat.
literally the most efficient storage possible.

>> No.15684479

>>15683490
if you have the space for a giant freezer then you have the space for a backup generator.

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>>15675185

>> No.15684561

>>15675185

> reddit spacing

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>>15675185

>> No.15684904

>>15675143
I would get sick of beef so fucking fast if I did this.

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>>15675185

>> No.15685038

>>15682302
it will trap cold for a long ass time, unless it's a several day outage you're fine

>> No.15685043

>>15684185
>"grandpa/grandfather"
Mom's dad is shorter than "maternal grandfather", and "grandpa" doesn't fully communicate the relation

>> No.15685045

>>15675185
Based sarcastic observer

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>>15682234
>lives in Texas

>> No.15685574

>>15675143
Having half a cow in the freezer isn't a personality trait anon

>> No.15685979

>>15684101
Doesn't matter if you already have it or not, it's still going to cost money to run.

>> No.15686005

>>15685979
I know

>> No.15686087

Fat goes rancid in the freezer over time.
No one eats that much meat for it to be worth it. Surely its better if the cow is divided for like 6 people.
And need the space for an extra freezer which most people wont have.

>> No.15686125

>>15675143
I still remember the one time when my dad bought 50 or a 100 kilograms of beef off his former colleague who switched jobs to breed scottish highland cattle.
We still found randomly ziplock bags of frozen beef in our freezer three years later.

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>>15686087
>And need the space for an extra freezer which most people wont have.

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>>15675185

>> No.15686156

>>15686134
Why are you posting pictures of your prison cell gaybitch.

>> No.15686163

>>15675474
Turkey is a dogshit meat, I’d rather have nothing than have turkeys cluttering up my freezer

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>>15675185
this made me laugh way too hard

>> No.15687306

>>15675143
but I CAN'T FIT half a cow in my freezers! its full from the pig we just butchered!