[Sca-cooks] Re: pantry foods

[Stefan li Rous]

Johnna Holloway said:
> > > So does anyone else have the day-before-payday-food stories? Stuff you
> > > remember fondly or stuff you never want to eat again? 'Lainie
> -----------------------------------------
> We grew up on a farm, so we always had a beef in the
> freezer... about the worst would have been the year
> the one cow ended up ground up as all hamburger...
> We ate every variation of meatloaf, chili, etc.
> throughout that entire year with no roasts or steaks
> except for what was purchased special which wasn't
> very often.

Okay, here's a city boy question. Why would you make the entire
cow into hamburger? Was it a particularly old, tough cow? Or is
it a lot cheaper or less waste just to grind up the whole thing?

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