Gonna Bite My Tongue 👅

[16Adams]

Picked up some 0.77 cents per pound Pork Picnics over the weekend. This one store, United Amigos always has the interesting pieces and parts that I think can make cooking fun. Beef Cheek, Marrow Bones, hearts and my favorite for cubing into chili and stew the amazing beef tongue.
Cheapest tongue was $50. Hell thats a half tank of gas. And that’s what I did. Spent tongue money on gas.
Decisions were made.
Lingua rocks

 

[roademier]

With the price of gas now...

 

[Cat797]

You know Adams, the sad part is, a locker can't give the damn things away......Even Walmart sells them for ~$8 a pound. Every time I've bought beef from my buddies and they have a couple in the locker, I get all the tongues and all the livers. Nobody eats it except me I think! I'm not paying north of $35 for a tongue..........

 

[HogGrog]

That’s putting your money where your mouth is!! :-D

Or is it the opposite?

Gonna be tasty!

 

[Big George's BBQ]

Guess you can’t say Bite your tongue

 

[1MoreFord]

Half a tank of gas?? That's more than a tank of gas for my little car even buying E0.

 

[16Adams]

4$ gallon 22 gallon tank in my Jeep

 

[sudsandswine]

Prices on offal are weird here over the past year or two. Oxtail selling for more than ribeye, tongue $7-8/lb, shank $4-5/lb.

 

[16Adams]

Found beef cheek under $3# but only bought one package. Guess I was in shock at tongue prices turned and walked away.

 

[Harbormaster]

Found beef cheek under $3# but only bought one package.

Can't even find beef cheeks here. Something I really want to try too.
One year at my gramma's I was eating these tasty little 1/2" morsels out of a dish at Christmas. Asked gramma what the were. "Pickled heart and tongue" she said.
:shock:
Got a tongue with the meat when my dad had a steer butchered once. Tried making a tongue and lentil soup.
First time cooking lentils.
First time cooking tongue.
Even the dog wouldn't eat it.

 

[Beerwolf]

Problem being .... once it becomes "Hip" to cook, the price goes up... Look at what happened to Tri-Tip and Brisket. Tongue is getting crazy, Heart soon to follow. Invest in Liver and Kidney before its too late

 

[oldgfbbq]

prices

I've been a little shocked lately. Not really followed corned beef prices, but at Costco, it has been more expensive than Prime brisket. Though I like corned beef and cabbage, think I would rather have the Prime brisket.

I'm not going to comment on gas prices, other than to say this made me pause and stare at the pump. $4.60 for 89 Octane in my 4Runner. In the last two weeks, seems like my wife's 91 Octane was $3.60.