SparklyUnicorn Posted December 4, 2015 Share Posted December 4, 2015 I notice a lot of these meal planning services love to recommend flank steak. They claim it's inexpensive. No way. It's about $9 a pound here IF I can even find it. Most of the time I can't. I don't think I have an actual point. So feel free to discuss whatever you want. Maybe cupcakes or something. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mom2scouts Posted December 4, 2015 Share Posted December 4, 2015 I like cupcakes! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pawz4me Posted December 4, 2015 Share Posted December 4, 2015 I'd rather have cupcakes or flank steak than the salad I'm eating right now. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carol in Cal. Posted December 4, 2015 Share Posted December 4, 2015 It's VERY expensive here. And really, really good. Steak au Poivre Vert is one of my favorite 'company meals'. You can stretch flank steak a lot by using it in stir fries, with a high proportion of vegetables. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marbel Posted December 4, 2015 Share Posted December 4, 2015 Yeah, "inexpensive" is definitely a relative term. It's not inexpensive to me. Same with short ribs. I see short rib recipes in the "cheap family food" sort of articles. What? I can't list a price for it because I don't remember, because I've given up looking at it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SparklyUnicorn Posted December 4, 2015 Author Share Posted December 4, 2015 I'm a meataterian so stretching it...no. LOL 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SparklyUnicorn Posted December 4, 2015 Author Share Posted December 4, 2015 Yeah, "inexpensive" is definitely a relative term. It's not inexpensive to me. Same with short ribs. I see short rib recipes in the "cheap family food" sort of articles. What? I can't list a price for it because I don't remember, because I've given up looking at it. So true. I love short ribs, but holy cow so expensive. And there isn't much meat on them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pippen Posted December 4, 2015 Share Posted December 4, 2015 I like cupcakes. And flank steak. And David Tennant. My daughter made lovely pink champagne cupcakes last year for New Year's Eve. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pawz4me Posted December 4, 2015 Share Posted December 4, 2015 I'd rather have cupcakes or flank steak than the salad I'm eating right now. I should have said that I'd rather have flank steak and cupcakes than the salad I'm eating now. I want both of them. And I don't even really like cupcakes. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Katy Posted December 4, 2015 Share Posted December 4, 2015 It seemed super cheap when we lived in Iowa. Those Iowans like their beef fatty. In Okahoma you're better off buying a fraction of a cow, at least if you have the cash. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mathnerd Posted December 4, 2015 Share Posted December 4, 2015 Talking of expensive, there is a huge Whole Foods store close to me and whenever I go there, I walk once around with my cart, and I would notice that I already have $75+ worth of items - and the joke is that all that I might have would be a small bottle of vitamin supplements and a small bottle of omega 3 oil or something like that - I would not even have begun to look at grocery or snacks or produce or the beauty products and hand lotions etc. People in my area call it the Whole Paycheck! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lady Marmalade Posted December 4, 2015 Share Posted December 4, 2015 I love flank steak! But it's definitely not a budget-friendly cut of meat. Sam's Club discount is the only time I buy it, which works out great because there are usually two in the package, so one gets put away for another time. Many years ago we discovered pork tenderloin, and it quickly became my favorite cut of meat to prepare because it was cheap and I could do so much with it. Then suddenly every cooking show and food magazine started touting the many merits of inexpensive pork tenderloin and the price shot WAY up. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lady Florida. Posted December 4, 2015 Share Posted December 4, 2015 (edited) Even though I'm Team Cupcake, I don't like cupcakes. It's true. They're just mini cakes and I don't like cake. Also true. Except coffee cake, the kind with crumbs on top. And brownies. Cake brownies are awesome and I'll choose them over fudge brownies every time. I've never seen cheap flank steak around here. Edited December 4, 2015 by Lady Florida 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mom2samlibby Posted December 4, 2015 Share Posted December 4, 2015 It's expensive here too and I'm in Nebraska. I'm amazed at how much the NoMoreToGo menu plan uses it. Sometimes I buy it and sometimes I substitute a cheaper cut. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pippen Posted December 4, 2015 Share Posted December 4, 2015 Google to the rescue. "Used to be" inexpensive seems to be the operative phrase here. Skirt Steak-How a Humble Cut Got a Fancy Price http://www.nytimes.com/1989/04/26/garden/how-a-humble-cut-got-a-fancy-price.html Flank Steak http://www.meatshop101.com/plate-flank-cuts 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southern Ivy Posted December 4, 2015 Share Posted December 4, 2015 I only get steak if I can price-match. I love steak. Strangely enough, I only started liking meat when I was pregnant and it's had a lasting effect. I was a vegetarian for years before that. My absolute favorite steak is a Del Rio ribeye from Colton's Steakhouse. A nice, big ribeye with "rubbed with bold Southwest spices, topped with ancho chipotle butter and Onion Tanglers. I'm drooling now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EmseB Posted December 4, 2015 Share Posted December 4, 2015 It is around $6/pound here, which isn't really cheap to me, but cheaper than $9. No way would I pay $9 for that cut. Then again, beef isn't really cheap at all anymore, even ground beef at 80/20. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluegoat Posted December 4, 2015 Share Posted December 4, 2015 I think it's cheap in the sense that it is as tasty as more expensive steak, and gives a similar sense of eating red meat. and - usually people do not eat as much per serving, and there is no bone. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
momee Posted December 4, 2015 Share Posted December 4, 2015 Just bought NY Strip for $6.99 lb. What would you do with it? I bought some montreal steak seasoning and was going to grill it but...boring, no? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HRAAB Posted December 4, 2015 Share Posted December 4, 2015 Flank steak inexpensive. Excuse me while I laugh. I like flank steak but don't get it too often because inexpensive it is not. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SparklyUnicorn Posted December 4, 2015 Author Share Posted December 4, 2015 It is around $6/pound here, which isn't really cheap to me, but cheaper than $9. No way would I pay $9 for that cut. Then again, beef isn't really cheap at all anymore, even ground beef at 80/20. yeah about the only thing I'll pay $9 pp for is a rib eye 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trulycrabby Posted December 4, 2015 Share Posted December 4, 2015 I alwayscseem to miss the controversial threads, which is a good thing. :) Flank steak is not too expensive here, but I never know how to cook it and thus don't buy it. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SparklyUnicorn Posted December 4, 2015 Author Share Posted December 4, 2015 Another one i encounter in these meal planning things is mahi mahi. Another ridiculously expensive item. And I'm always hungry too soon after when I eat fish. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El... Posted December 4, 2015 Share Posted December 4, 2015 Flank steak is high-end, here. I buy the cheaper stuff most of the time. My absolute favorite cookbook has a recipe for beef soup in which I use the cheapest family pack of "steak". You brown mushrooms and onions, and then you layer in wine and tomato paste and soy sauce... it is flippin' fantastic. The cookbook is called The Science of Good Cooking and you should all get one for Christmas. Also, I'm making banana bread in little pint-capacity pyrex containers. They look like huge muffins and my house smells fantastic. We have done no school today. :P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SparklyUnicorn Posted December 4, 2015 Author Share Posted December 4, 2015 Flank steak is high-end, here. I buy the cheaper stuff most of the time. My absolute favorite cookbook has a recipe for beef soup in which I use the cheapest family pack of "steak". You brown mushrooms and onions, and then you layer in wine and tomato paste and soy sauce... it is flippin' fantastic. The cookbook is called The Science of Good Cooking and you should all get one for Christmas. Also, I'm making banana bread in little pint-capacity pyrex containers. They look like huge muffins and my house smells fantastic. We have done no school today. :p Sounds good except I can't eat onions. So it might not be quite the same. I might be able to sub in fennel or something though. I have a really cool book I bought recently. It's called The Food Lab. What a fun book! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amira Posted December 4, 2015 Share Posted December 4, 2015 I bought mahi mahi all the time in Mexico because it was fresh, local, and cost about $3/pound. That is the only place I have ever bought it because it's so expensive in the US. Skirt steak was super popular there too and it cost about $6/pound, marinated and ready to grill for arrachera. I'm not really a steak person though and I almost never bought meat there. I'm looking through a vegetable cookbook right now before I have to return it to the library. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janie Grace Posted December 4, 2015 Share Posted December 4, 2015 London broil is a good alternative if the store doesn't have it flank. I use the same marinade that I do for flank steak and we just cut it thin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ailaena Posted December 4, 2015 Share Posted December 4, 2015 Hanger steaks, people, hanger steaks. Disclaimer: I don't eat meat. However, I do prepare it for people, and a butcher at whole foods mentioned it once. Sometimes a store will have it, sometimes you have to order it, sometimes the butcher laughs at you because he's never heard of it, but it's common in Europe and apparently excellent (so I've been told). Also, it's cheap, maybe because it's not steak-shaped. It's something like 2"x2"x10" 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SparklyUnicorn Posted December 4, 2015 Author Share Posted December 4, 2015 Hanger steaks, people, hanger steaks. Disclaimer: I don't eat meat. However, I do prepare it for people, and a butcher at whole foods mentioned it once. Sometimes a store will have it, sometimes you have to order it, sometimes the butcher laughs at you because he's never heard of it, but it's common in Europe and apparently excellent (so I've been told). Also, it's cheap, maybe because it's not steak-shaped. It's something like 2"x2"x10" Never seen hanger steak in the store. i checked three (that deliver). Nope. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kewb Posted December 4, 2015 Share Posted December 4, 2015 When I was a kid in the 70s flank steak was inexpensive. I haven't purchased flank steak since I was first married over 20 years ago due to price increases. I do love flank steak, though. Such fond memories. Beef has become a luxury item around here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SparklyUnicorn Posted December 4, 2015 Author Share Posted December 4, 2015 https://masterpurveyors.com/shop/beef/hanger-steaks-prime/ $21.67 per pound...not cheap!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 4, 2015 Share Posted December 4, 2015 I made a flank steak once with a marinade. The way to prepare it was criss-cross knife scores into the surface, then pour on the marinade and leave it for several hours. It was so delicous, but I lost the recipe! I don't know where it came from - maybe it was a library book - but I haven't made it since. I have never bought flank steak individually, Ii have only had it because it was part of the quater steer we bought from 4-hers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ailaena Posted December 4, 2015 Share Posted December 4, 2015 https://masterpurveyors.com/shop/beef/hanger-steaks-prime/ $21.67 per pound...not cheap!! Crazy. I usually pay $10-12/lb. At whole foods! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EmseB Posted December 4, 2015 Share Posted December 4, 2015 I made a flank steak once with a marinade. The way to prepare it was criss-cross knife scores into the surface, then pour on the marinade and leave it for several hours. It was so delicous, but I lost the recipe! I don't know where it came from - maybe it was a library book - but I haven't made it since. I have never bought flank steak individually, Ii have only had it because it was part of the quater steer we bought from 4-hers. My go-to marinade for flank steak is olive oil, balsamic vineagar, soy sauce, minced garlic, red pepper flakes, and maybe a tiny bit of brown sugar. I don't measure, though. :/ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EmseB Posted December 4, 2015 Share Posted December 4, 2015 https://masterpurveyors.com/shop/beef/hanger-steaks-prime/ $21.67 per pound...not cheap!! Isn't Prime beef something like the top 2% of all graded beef? Or is that Choice? I can never remember, but I don't think Prime or Choice are ever going to be cheap, no matter the cut. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farrar Posted December 4, 2015 Share Posted December 4, 2015 It used to be less expensive. Then it got to be more popular. Oh well. I like skirt steak better than flank. Or are those the same? I feel compelled to point out that a salad with flank steak in it would be extra yummy. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sassenach Posted December 4, 2015 Share Posted December 4, 2015 Beef is really expensive here. Even ground beef is $5 a pound. I love flank steak, but it's not cheap. Strangely, the beef that seems to most often go on sale is trip-tip. I've gotten pretty good at making it in the oven. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SparklyUnicorn Posted December 4, 2015 Author Share Posted December 4, 2015 Crazy. I usually pay $10-12/lb. At whole foods! even that's not cheap! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SparklyUnicorn Posted December 4, 2015 Author Share Posted December 4, 2015 Isn't Prime beef something like the top 2% of all graded beef? Or is that Choice? I can never remember, but I don't think Prime or Choice are ever going to be cheap, no matter the cut. Neither in my experience. They only sell prime or angus around here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seasider Posted December 4, 2015 Share Posted December 4, 2015 Ten years ago, it WAS inexpensive! We used to grill it at least every two weeks. But I don't know what happened, the price seemed to skyrocket over night. I once asked the butcher and he told me it had become popular and that there was not much flank steak cut from each side of beef - supply and demand - the price went up. I'm thinking there was some food network show that featured flank steak that ruined it for the rest of us! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gingersmom Posted December 4, 2015 Share Posted December 4, 2015 I haven't eaten steak in over 35 years. Even the smell grosses me out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinder Posted December 4, 2015 Share Posted December 4, 2015 I remember not too long ago buying flat iron steak for $3.99/lb. Now it's $8.99. :ohmy: I'd rather have apple pie than any kind of cupcakes. :leaving: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mamiof5 Posted December 4, 2015 Share Posted December 4, 2015 You got me with your title!! Not an easy day over here, so I was wondering how steak could have a heavy mood. Not sure exactly what I was thinking :) I don't think we've had flank steak (and we are big meat eaters), dh always buys it. I've heard tri tip and other cuts, not flank. No cupcakes for me, but coffee, rum, or carrot cake? Yum! Or lemon cheesecake or pie. Or pumpkin bread. Hmmm...now I want dessert ;) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SparklyUnicorn Posted December 4, 2015 Author Share Posted December 4, 2015 I remember not too long ago buying flat iron steak for $3.99/lb. Now it's $8.99. :ohmy: I'd rather have apple pie than any kind of cupcakes. :leaving: Oh yeah. And honestly, flat iron is not that special. The flavor is good, but there are some very tough pieces in it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cintinative Posted December 4, 2015 Share Posted December 4, 2015 (edited) I noticed the same thing. I do like Flank steak but I can't stomach the price for it. I might as well pay another $2 a pound and buy good steak. They also said that the chuck roast was cheap. On sale chuck roast is about $4.50/lb normally here. I don't consider that "cheap." Chicken at $1.99/lb or pork at the same price maybe. Maybe these "cheaper" cuts of meat--the flank and skirt steaks, and chuck roasts, have become more popular and are more expensive as a result??? ETA: skirt steak and flank steak are not the same, btw Credit to Alton Brown Have you all found any cuts of meat that are beef that are worth my trying under $6/lb?? Edited December 4, 2015 by cintinative 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SparklyUnicorn Posted December 4, 2015 Author Share Posted December 4, 2015 I noticed the same thing. I do like Flank steak but I can't stomach the price for it. I might as well pay another $2 a pound and buy good steak. They also said that the chuck roast was cheap. On sale chuck roast is about $4.50/lb normally here. I don't consider that "cheap." Chicken at $1.99/lb or pork at the same price maybe. Maybe these "cheaper" cuts of meat--the flank and skirt steaks, and chuck roasts, have become more popular and are more expensive as a result??? I've noticed that beef in general has just gotten expensive. Chicken is relatively cheap. Pork isn't too bad either. I don't buy beef that often because I'm the only one who eats it, but I like it once in awhile. I love chuck roast, but only if it goes on sale. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 4, 2015 Share Posted December 4, 2015 Just bought NY Strip for $6.99 lb. What would you do with it? I bought some montreal steak seasoning and was going to grill it but...boring, no? I hate you! Strip here is $14 a pound or so, from everywhere but Costco. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SparklyUnicorn Posted December 4, 2015 Author Share Posted December 4, 2015 I had NY Strip for lunch. I bought it a couple of months ago on sale. It's not my favorite, but it beats tasteless cheap steak. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marbel Posted December 4, 2015 Share Posted December 4, 2015 For Costco shoppers: there is a huge hunk of meat - I think it's called Round Tip roast, maybe? - that is cheap and pretty good. We cut some of it into steaks and use some for a roast. It's not the very. best steak out there, but in my house, it's better than no steak. I can't remember the cost last time I bought it, but it was less than $5 a pound, maybe even less than $4. Obvs it's not grass-fed beef. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PinkTulip Posted December 4, 2015 Share Posted December 4, 2015 My favorite flank steak marinade is beef broth, soy sauce, lime juice, green onions, and brown sugar. We grill it a lot in the summer and serve in tortillas. Yum! (But not cheap - maybe 3 times total throughout the year) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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