When they said you'll eat the bugs, they weren't kidding. (although they may have been talking to the mexicans - pic from my local market)

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[–]aaarrgh 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (9 children)

I think meat won't be for sale anymore in the not so distant future. "Animals produce too much co2 and that must be avoided at all costs". Well, that's the story of the NWO, globalists etc, not something i stand behind. But eat insects? Over my dead body!

[–]Node[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (8 children)

That, or it's going to be expensive. I think it's Oregon that essentially banned the production of food, due to eating other lifeforms being cruel. (or whatever their excuses were)

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expensive

It's already expensive. Been a while since the freezer has been stocked with steaks.

[–]Node[S] 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (6 children)

Really depends on the cut and the source. My pork chops are $3.59/lb. at the local market, with around $7-8 being their top end for cow. Costco has some ridiculously expensive steaks, but probably no one beats that $3000 per steak farmer in France who sings to his cows.

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Pork here is around $2.50ish, varies. Used to be under 2, but it's the cow meat that's insane. Ground beef for $5 a lb at the market, used to be what I paid for steak.

[–]Node[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

I just paid $4.99. Aguayon (sirloin) is $7.59, but it comes in 1/8" slices at the mexican market, like most of their meat. Great for beef jerky. Tri Tip is the same price.

This is also the pricey side of California, so meat prices weren't all that low even before.

[–][deleted] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

Great for beef jerky.

Costco was selling top round roast, which is the same thing as the steak but not cut, pre-pandemic for $2.99/lb. Now I think it's a bit more. Still, one of the most cost effective meats for jerky and it works well since it's very lean so less fat to go rancid.

What kind of dehydrator do you use? I just have some cheap plastic thing but it does the job. Besides jerky I dehydrate fruit and peppers.

This is also the pricey side of California, so meat prices weren't all that low even before.

Texas here, so our food prices used to be low.

[–]Node[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Okay, Texas explains $2.99 steak. There'd have to be some kind of inducements to live in that heat. lol

I have one of those, but I just lay it out on parchment paper on big trays and put it in the oven at 170. Usually marinate in soy sauce, worcestershire sauce, and spices. Then sprinkle a good dose of Carolina Reaper powder over the top.

I get way too much liquid drainage as it heats up to use the plastic dehydrator.

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Okay, Texas explains $2.99 steak

Well, that was pre pandemic, you have to get it as the roast, cut it up yourself, and it's top round, which can be a tough meat. It's no New York Strip, it's the stuff often sold as "stew meat" when cut up I believe.

I just lay it out on parchment paper on big trays and put it in the oven at 170

I did that before my dehydrator. It works, but I think the dehydrator does a better job.

I get way too much liquid drainage as it heats up to use the plastic dehydrator

I don't have too much of a problem although doing meat means everything must be cleaned and sanitized, and nothing of my dehydrator is machine washable.

Usually marinate in soy sauce, worcestershire sauce, and spices.

Same, except

a good dose of Carolina Reaper powder over the top.

Wife hates spicy things but Ioves beef jerky. It's strange, she loves our pepper plants, hates heat. You grow those reapers?

[–]Node[S] 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

https://files.catbox.moe/4sxj0l.jpg

Here's a couple of my plants. Long thin ones in the upper right are goat weed, the bright red pods in the center are Aleppo, and those are tomatillos on the back left. That's a bottle brush tree behind them, and if you're familiar with the Tree Dahlia, there's a 24 footer that went up through the tree and out the top.

Have grown Carolina Reapers and Trinidad Chocolate Scorpions. Mine were a little finicky, plus I downsized from a 1/4 acre, so am just just growing about 8 or 10 types that produce good seeds.

https://victorygardeners.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/pequin-1.jpg

Just got few of these from a pepper growing neighbor, and a plant of the slightly larger version. They're the size and shape of orange tic tacs, with a fiery heat.

I'm having some of those tomatillos in a hamburger veggie stir fry as I type.