Reddit mentions: The best beef

It's pretty expensive.

Meat animals have been selectively bred for generations to be as meat-dense as possible. We've doubled the size of the turkey and the cow in under a hundred years. When humans put on weight, it's in the form of fat, unless they exercise in specific ways to bulk up muscles: but this makes the meat tough and stringy.

Here's an assertion that the average human is about 40 per cent muscle tissue, aka meat: that seems very high to me, because cows, which are bred to be meat, are about 40 per cent usable muscle tissue. (Once they've been dressed, they're about 65 per cent meat, but that's because things like bones and skin have been stripped away.) I'm going to go out on a limb and say that because we've doubled the size of meat animals, a human has only half the usable muscle tissue of a cow, so 20 per cent.

The average adult human worldwide weighs about 137 pounds, so 20 per cent of that would be about 27 pounds of meat. (We're not going to count organ meats: when we ask for beef, we don't expect to get beef liver or kidneys.) It's not all equal quality, though — the muscles that get the most use will be toughest (I'm guessing the brachioradialis, in the forearm, won't be good for anything except stewing), while the tenderest will probably be the glutei maximi, aka the buttocks: they're the largest, so even if they're not the very tenderest (they do get kind of a workout keeping the body upright), they will provide the largest roasts and therefore be valuable.

If we're capturing free-range humans and stripping them of their meat for sale, then the cost of the livestock is fairly low but the quality is extremely variable. If we want to control for quality, then we need to raise the humans in pens and feed them specific foods, which will add to the cost, a lot.

I think it's safe to say that, in the absence of breeding programs to make humans more suitable for meat production, the costs incurred in raising them for meat are going to be higher than for other livestock, because there's just not that much meat per animal and humans have specific dietary and physical needs that farmyard animals don't. There's no way to know for sure, of course, but I'll hazard a guess: good-quality human meat is going to be in the vicinity of a really good cut of beef, say filet mignon, which Amazon will sell you right now for about $27 a pound, or wagyu, which Amazon also has available, for about $55 a pound. Since beef where I live is currently going for on average $10 a pound (CAD, ≈ $7.70 USD), I'd say that human is three and a half to seven times as expensive as cow.

Here is a fun and easy one for the grill...
Occasionally I pick up a couple of Eye of Round roasts, common and cheap meat. Find some beef base, it usually comes in a container and is moist. Tones is my favorite if you can find it. Then add 1:1 your favorite rub, often I use Montreal Steak here, but do what you like. Smear the mixture heavily over the entire roast, and then grill over a medium-high heat for 30min. flip then another 15+ checking your temp for doneness. Slice thin across the grain for tenderness and serve. It is surprisingly good and cheap!

I don't remember the exact technique I used. It was a couple months back. But I don't think it was lacking flavor. It was just an overpowering "cat food" aroma that spoiled it for me.

For the occasion you do want a beef patty, you might try Schweid & Sons "The Prime Burger". I had the best burger I've ever made at home the other night with those.

Famous Dave's "Devil's Spit" Pickle Chips are also a must-have burger condiment as well IMO. They're not nearly as spicy as the name and label would suggest, but the flavor is amazing. Wickle's Pickles are a strong second-place if you can't find Devil's Spit.

Two other ingredients you could add to the above are roast pork concentrate and/or miso paste

I don't know what kind of ramen you're using, but at the risk of sounding like a snob.. and considering how cheap ramen already is, I recommend a good quality instant ramen brand like myojo chukazanmai.

I like meat or cheese sticks (very portable), or meat/cheese roll-ups.

My favorite products:

• Sogo Jalapeno Beef Sticks
  
• Sargento Pepper Jack Cheese Sticks.
  
  If you don't need the portability, it's a lot cheaper to buy a block of cheese and cut it into sticks. Or just eat slices. :)
  
  For my meat/cheese roll-ups, I usually use either Pastrami or Corned Beef. You can also roll them around a dill pickle, or add some cream cheese. Add a few spices. So many ways to go... :)

I found these beauties for $9.99 on AmazonFresh and had to experiment. Here are the ingredients I used, shown in the order that they were prepared:

 

• Asparagus
  
• 3 Garlic Cloves
  
• 2 slices of Bacon
  
• 8oz Grass-fed Burger Patty (I used 91% lean)
  
• 1/4 Avocado
  
• Egg
  
• Sea Salt
  
• Freshly Ground Black Pepper
  
• Salted Kerrygold Butter
  
   
  
  Procedure
  
  

1. Cut off the white ends of the asparagus and melt 1 tbsp of butter on pan. Add minced garlic and saute with asparagus. Lightly season with salt and pepper.
   
   
2. Cook bacon. I cooked mine on a pan and saved the bacon grease for later cooking projects.
   
   
3. For the Rare Burger Patty, I lightly salted and peppered one side while melting butter on a pan at medium-high heat. I then placed these previously seasoned-sides down and cooked for 2 mins while I seasoned the other side. Flipped these over and cooked for another 2 mins and then let these sit on a plate for the flavors to develop while I fried my egg.
   
   
4. This is where I learned how to fry an egg.
   
   
5. For placement I started with the bed of asparagus, then the burger, then avocado slices, then bacon slices, then the fried egg, and topped off with salt and pepper.
   
    
   
   [Request] As I plan on experimenting more with these, what are your favorite gourmet burger ingredient combinations? I want to try cheese on my next go-around.
   
    
   
   Here are some more photos.
   
    
   
   Net Carbs 3g (1g if you omit asparagus) | Fat 44g | Protein 65g | Cal 711
   

You can even get Omaha steaks off amazon, so you don't have to go outside. However, the steaks at the meat counter at the grocery store will almost certainly be way better.

No? I'll take a picture of a case of steaks while I'm at work tomorrow. Been in this business for nearly 15 years. If you get steaks that are already cut, you buy them in vacuum sealed bags, in a large cardboard box. Sometimes, that box is referred to as a case.

Edit:
Actually, here's a better idea. Here is a case of filet mignon. Now, it's on sale for $129.99 for 12/ea 5oz. steaks, but that's also at retail, not at wholesale. Now, IIRC, the cases (a case is a box that holds more than one item, often of the same kind, but not always) we got held 35 steaks, and ran around $450. So, $450 divided by 35, puts you at around $12.85 (yes, I'm aware that this number puts my original high ball dollar amount off, but hey, it was years ago so cut me some slack if my memory is a bit fuzzy) per steak. Of course, those were 8oz filets, so they are going to be more expensive than these 5oz filets.

Now, still not convinced? Alright, well, here is a case (even says so in the title! wow!) of ribeye steaks for $240. Now, that's for 12 steaks, and while ribeye is less expensive than filet per ounce, they are also bigger steaks, so more money.

But wait, there's more! Here is a case, yes, case, of delicious Bison tenderloin Now, this is a case of 8 ounce bison steaks. It's $398.50. So, let's break down the math. $398.50 for 20 steaks, so that makes each steak $19.92.

Now, maybe your misunderstanding was in the definition of the word "case". Sure, I can understand how that could happen. I guess. So, let's break it down. The English word "case" is based, in part, on the Latin word capsa, which means box, or repository. However, that particular word was really used more specifically for a capsa that stored books. So, we can look at the Anglo-French and Old North French word, casse (from around the 14th century), which translates to "receptacle".

So, that being said, maybe I should have just assumed you spoke antiquated Anglo-French (which would be weird if you did), and said that I used to buy my steaks by the casse, instead. My bad.

Or, alternatively, we could just skip these little altercations if people would just keep their mouths shut if they don't know what they are talking about.

https://www.amazon.com/Grade-Japanese-Wagyu-Filet-Mignon/dp/B01E36M00E/ref=sr_1_3_a_it?ie=UTF8&qid=1495615154&sr=8-3&keywords=kobe%2Bbeef&th=1

A lot. This is cheaper than the real Japanese stuff too, so its a steal at 200 dollars a pound. In a good restaurant a small steak can go for hundreds.

https://www.amazon.com/Hamilton-Meats-Lean-Ground-Beef/dp/B00AR0ZNBY/ref=sr_1_2_s_f_it?s=grocery&ie=UTF8&qid=1499230025&sr=1-2&ppw=fresh&keywords=hamburger

https://www.amazon.com/Harmony-Valley-Vegetarian-Hamburger-5-7-Ounce/dp/B00474H936/ref=sr_1_1_s_it?s=grocery&ie=UTF8&qid=1499230055&sr=1-1&keywords=veggie+hamburger

thinking:

The veggie burger is $13.92 a pound($0.87 an ounce) and the 1lb of hamburger is $4.19

Even the higher end burgers on amazon are only $10 a lb.

https://www.amazon.com/Wagyu-Single-Cow-Burger-Patties/dp/B01GKJG55I/ref=sr_1_6_s_f_it?s=grocery&ie=UTF8&qid=1499230025&sr=1-6&ppw=fresh&keywords=hamburger

OR, get one of these things, so you can use it over and over again and not waste plastic bags.

Probably this https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B074YVH1Y2/

Here are a few examples:
Chicken: http://www.amazon.com/Kirkland-Signature-chicken-premium-12-5-ounce/dp/B004YPJKBC/ref=sr_1_1?s=grocery&ie=UTF8&qid=undefined&sr=1-1&keywords=canned+chicken

Tuna: http://www.amazon.com/Bumble-Bee-Chunk-Light-Water/dp/B001UP2188/ref=sr_1_3?s=grocery&ie=UTF8&qid=undefined&sr=1-3&keywords=canned+tuna

Beef: http://www.amazon.com/Keystone-Meats-Natural-Ground-Ounce/dp/B00B59QBBW/ref=sr_1_4?s=grocery&ie=UTF8&qid=1408394790&sr=1-4&keywords=canned+beef

Ham: http://www.amazon.com/Premium-Ham-16oz-Can-Pack/dp/B0078PRWQA/ref=sr_1_1?s=grocery&ie=UTF8&qid=1408394862&sr=1-1&keywords=canned+ham

You don't have to spend it right now. You can buy groceries and other stuff that you use everyday.

That said:

Fantastic Feast

http://www.amazon.com/Organic-Grass-Beef-Liver-Package/dp/B0021Z4XI2/ref=sr_1_1?s=grocery&ie=UTF8&qid=1371274325&sr=1-1&keywords=liver

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00I97WS88/

I’ve seen them holding bacon around filet steaks so they can be grilled.

Omaha Steaks

Unfortunately the prime rib is "Not eligible for Amazon Prime".

https://www.amazon.com/Omaha-Steaks-Precooked-Prime-Slices/dp/B0017141D8

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100% A5 Grade Japanese Wagyu Kobe Beef, Filet Mignon,Whole Piece, 20 Pound




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