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Related: About this forumPork Chop Bonanza
One of the secrets of thrifty shopping is to check the meat on Mondays as generally the stores mark down meats that have not sold by the weekend. Before I retired, I always did the grocery shopping, but now my old boy is doing most of it. I have showed him all the tricks I know on how to shop and showed him where to look for the Monday meat markdowns.
Today, he hit the jackpot; he found a 9 1/2 pound pork loin marked down from $24.00 to $9.50. Best of all, it was already cut into pork chops. It was probably a custom order that was not picked up. The store's loss was our gain! I bagged them up, 3 chops to a bag and got 4 bags. Also have the end-cuts which were equal to two bags, will use them for cooking some pork in the crock pot to use for tacos or another dish.
Wilms
(26,795 posts)Thanks for the tip. Monday it is!
Galileo126
(2,016 posts)Great find.
I went looking myself this morning, but didn't go early enough. The "early birds" beat me to it, and got the choice stuff. DOH!
Major Nikon
(36,827 posts)The downside is if you are looking for something in particular, it might be gone. Friday is the best day for selection as that's when the stores in my area usually get their meat shipments for the weekend. So if I'm looking for grass-fed ribeye, that's usually the day I have to shop or it's all gone by Monday.
rusty quoin
(6,133 posts)grasswire
(50,130 posts)It's from Mama Leone's famous Italian restaurant in NYC
melt some butter in saute pan, add sliced garlic, fresh rosemary, and some olive oil
brown the chops with a little salt and pepper
add to the pan a can of tomatoes (san marzano would be great, but just plain work well), and half a bunch or so of parsley.
simmer for about an hour until chops are very tender
boil some pasta
drain pasta and toss with more butter, a good portion of grated parmesan cheese, and half of the pan juices.
Serve by turning the pasta onto a platter, topping with the chops, and pouring all the pan juices over it all. A bit more grated cheese.
Delicious with some sourdough bread.