tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21554899.post9028737328802044003..comments2024-03-26T04:26:04.911-07:00Comments on Lost City: Having a CowBrooks of Sheffieldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18297071358029060908noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21554899.post-48215377969461748682010-04-21T14:42:06.858-07:002010-04-21T14:42:06.858-07:00Please ask! we'd be thrilled to have you.
The ...Please ask! we'd be thrilled to have you.<br />The more people the more often we are able to do it.<br />The more frequently we buy the better.<br /><br />Join the FB group to stay in touch... you can initiate an order just by weighing in and seeing if other folks in the group want in.Mr. Fourwayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05341509655395632178noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21554899.post-52392896928503695802010-04-21T14:02:04.126-07:002010-04-21T14:02:04.126-07:00Oh, I was just joking, Fourway. I'm sure they ...Oh, I was just joking, Fourway. I'm sure they wouldn't have bilked me. The seemed like excellent and interesting people, and I really like the idea of getting together on shares of a cow. I would ask about getting in on it, but I think they have enough people as it is.Brooks of Sheffieldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18297071358029060908noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21554899.post-80430265367727139782010-04-21T12:54:04.536-07:002010-04-21T12:54:04.536-07:00Hi,
The folks you observed (I dont know if it was ...Hi,<br />The folks you observed (I dont know if it was Rich's group down below the heights or Joey's bunch up in Williamsburg) (I brought them each a steer) would absolutely not have bilked you... <br />I know these groups very well and I'm sure other meat share groups are similar, they are very invested in seeing to it that the shares are fair, often they will be setting aside shares for someone who was not able to attend and a great deal of attention is always paid to fairness.<br />When you think about it it makes sense, by making sure everyone who comes has a good experience the group gains vitality and works better, attracting new members and increasing the buying power of the collective.<br />The other thing to keep in mind is that even if a mistake or oversight were made in the split up and someone were to end up with a share that was suboptimal... while it certainly would be unfair that others got more, it would be almost impossible to screw up so badly that your less-than-fair share was actually poor economy.<br />For example, this most recent beefening folks paid a little under $200 for a share that left the meat-up weighing over 40lbs.... so everything in the bag from the hamburger to the porterhouse costs a little under $5 a pound for pastured, grass fed, corn finished naturally raised, humanely slaughtered prime usda angus beef from a family owned new york state farm.<br />A popular upstate ny meat purveyor who will deliver your order to NYC and offers very comparable meat charges $5.99 for their ground beef. 40lbs of just ground beef from them would cost around $250 with the delivery charge.<br />If you didn't leave the event you observed with a sample of the meat, you might be missing the point a little. I urge you to contact your friend who brought you along and ask him or her to hook you up with a package of the burger.Mr. Fourwayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05341509655395632178noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21554899.post-15352334401737078922010-04-21T10:49:42.592-07:002010-04-21T10:49:42.592-07:00Or, re the first photo, how about a cannibalistic ...Or, re the first photo, how about a cannibalistic serial killer whose last victim was a person named "Hamburger"??upstate Johnny Gnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21554899.post-3046022649696125622010-04-21T06:08:14.041-07:002010-04-21T06:08:14.041-07:00A pot(roast) bust.A pot(roast) bust.MM9Uhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01217049633583909918noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21554899.post-58511737148119924652010-04-20T21:03:33.042-07:002010-04-20T21:03:33.042-07:00Ken is right; it does sorta look like a police pho...Ken is right; it does sorta look like a police photo of a drug bust.MyMyMichlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00421373833440693096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21554899.post-53895934491296230012010-04-20T18:08:25.277-07:002010-04-20T18:08:25.277-07:00this looks like bags/blocks of cokethis looks like bags/blocks of cokeKen Machttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09100185198750536244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21554899.post-32546458596470308432010-04-20T10:57:02.643-07:002010-04-20T10:57:02.643-07:00This is exactly how i grew up. (granted on a cattl...This is exactly how i grew up. (granted on a cattle ranch in the middle of america)But every so often when the beef supply was low, my father went out to the pasture & picked out the best new candidate (highly likely it had a real name & was sorta a pet)it was taken to the butcher & would came back in tons of these packages. In which would stock our two large deep freezes in the basement to supply the family for ages.<br /><br />Sometimes my parents would trade beef with my grandparents for pork, lamb or chicken - all of it we could account for where it was raised, by who & what it was feed. Truly a pretty awesome thing - when i sit back and think about it now. (rather then that overpriced crap you buy at gristede's)~*~Lilly~*~https://www.blogger.com/profile/01671810709704817096noreply@blogger.com