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15 Feb 2025, 12:54 pm

funeralxempire wrote:
I just wish there was a cut with the flavour of eye round and the tenderness of tenderloin (filet mignon). Of course it would probably be even more expensive than tenderloin.


I suggest cooking 6oz beef chuck cubes in a 1quart slow cooker.
1cup of water with a 1tsp Better than Bouillion beef broth
chopped carrots, celery, onions
potatoes optional
Simmer for a couple of hours.
target heat 190* F, do not want to reach 212* or boiling.
With my slow cooker that is either the low or keep warm setting, depending on how much stuff is in the pot.



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15 Feb 2025, 3:26 pm

Bean to cup coffee machine is next on my hit list..

https://www.argos.co.uk/product/1489431


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15 Feb 2025, 3:30 pm

Yeah and you get a 2 year warranty

900 quid 8O


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15 Feb 2025, 3:44 pm

Yea, I can afford it so I thoght sod it, let's get a decent one.


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15 Feb 2025, 3:55 pm

Yeah you deserve to treat yourself mate

You go for it


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15 Feb 2025, 4:00 pm

BTDT wrote:
funeralxempire wrote:
I just wish there was a cut with the flavour of eye round and the tenderness of tenderloin (filet mignon). Of course it would probably be even more expensive than tenderloin.


I suggest cooking 6oz beef chuck cubes in a 1quart slow cooker.
1cup of water with a 1tsp Better than Bouillion beef broth
chopped carrots, celery, onions
potatoes optional
Simmer for a couple of hours.
target heat 190* F, do not want to reach 212* or boiling.
With my slow cooker that is either the low or keep warm setting, depending on how much stuff is in the pot.


I'm just after a flavourful steak to grill. The tougher cuts tend to have a bit more flavour, some of the tender cuts seem to be a bit milder. I was only saying it would be nice if there was a cut with the best of both worlds instead of it being a balancing act.

I usually only buy steak on clearance, because it lets me afford decent cuts but I don't mind eye round just grilled or fried to medium or medium rare.

Thank you for the recipe though. :nerdy:


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15 Feb 2025, 4:08 pm

babybird wrote:
Yeah you deserve to treat yourself mate

You go for it
Trying to stay under the Universal Credit savings limit of £16,000 so buying a load of stuff. Really fancy being able to get a good quality cappuccino in the mornng.


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15 Feb 2025, 4:17 pm

:lol: i knew it


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16 Feb 2025, 9:16 am

I buy name-brand snacks & soda. My parents stock up on soda when it's on a decent sale. There's usually quantity limits on sales & mom checks out a batch with the other household stuff & dad goes in a separate register & checks out a batch of soda himself. It's not that uncommon for my parents to have 8 boxes of 12 packs of different kinds like 8 of Coke, 8 of Dr. Pepper, & another 8 of rootbeer. I like the idea of being able to buy on sale but me & Cass cant drive so we have to use public transportation &/or walk to places & buying more than a couple packs at a time is not feasible. I won't eat fine cuisine or health food stuff so I'm saving money that way but it's not good for my health :shrug:

I spent a couple hounded on my headphones a few years ago & they've gotten lots of use. They're having some issues now though probably partly because I leave them on my computer stand when not wearing them & my computer chair's armrest sometimes bumps the cord & knocks them on the floor when I move the chair :oops: I really need to buy new ones but I'm not sure which ones to get & for good ones I'd have to pretend that I have money to spare or that we don't have lots of credit-card debt :( I should buy a new computer chair as well because the cushion is having some issues.

I do buy name-brand over the counter meds & supplements partly because the off-brands may not be as effective & Cass may be slightly allergic to certain inactive ingredients. Certain generic brands of prescribed meds work better for her than others so buying the name-brands of over the counter stuff seems like less of a gamble.


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Depends, lol with some tech things I go more expensive like a bosie speaker for my t.v and a 9,000 dollar PC with my tax return, but yeah outside of the PC and Xbox series X I don't have anything even a little bit valuble, unless a mueseum would want to pay me for the very nice chunck of copper I have from lake superior when I used to live in duluth. interstingly the piece I found was shaped like lake superior but after keeping it so many years the chunck that make it look like that has fallen off. So to give it that look I have to show where the chunk came off but yeah idk how valuble that is I still have it and I dare sat it is a nicer specimen than the Denver museum of nature and science has, so for a time I have considered if I should give them my peice. LIke idk its copper and has like gems starting to grow in it and idk I have never wanted to give it up cause I Like how it looks but maybe everyone should be able to see it so maybe I should give to a museum. If theyd be interested in a nice thick copper float from minnasota that looks like lake superior if you put the broken peice back on right.
The copper sounds pretty interesting. I highly recommend keeping it because you like it & it means something to you. You could ask someone to try donating it after you die so you won't have that weighing on your conscious so to speak. You cant take it with you but you can keep & enjoy looking at it till then :wink:


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Yesterday, 11:49 am

BTDT wrote:
I buy expensive cuts of meat like ribeye and filet mignon.
I don't eat big portions so it is cheaper than getting a burger and fries at a restaurant.


As a child, I once had to wait for someone outside a butchers, who had a box of high priced prime steaks on a sloped table in the window, with a similar box of "economy" cuts above it. The prime cuts sold like hot cakes, and when the box was emptied, it was taken out, allowing the "economy" box to slide down to be recategoriesd as "prime", which then went on to sell like hot cakes...



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Yesterday, 1:14 pm

I shop at a market that sells a lot of meat. When I buy steak I can choose among dozens of wrapped steaks and choose the one that looks the best. They also have a counter with the very best of the day on display!