[mpayne]

My wonderful neighbor has offered us a chest freezer - for FREE! She doesn't use it anymore, and wants to free up the space in her utility room. I'm so happy!!!

Now, I need help filling it! Looking for great meat buys, mostly. We have Lowes, Food Lion, Super Walmart (I don't really care for their meats), and Harris Teeter not too far away.

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[DawnG]

I noticed Lowes Foods had their Ball Park Hot Dogs $2.99 BOGO use 2 $1/1 IP's and get 2 pack for .99 YMMV.. Sale ends today.

[wildpookey]

Not sure of the deals because I dont have the sales flyers with me but definately pay attention to the BOGO deals!

[eaturpasta]

want to share in a 1/2 cow ? or 1/2 pig? The farmers market has vendors that offer this!

[puglyduckling]

Now is the time of year for 4H sales at the fair! I usually prefer to buy the carcass hog (below market value) over the live auctions.

Also, know of any local farmers?

[mpayne]

eaturpasta, how much is that??

[eaturpasta]

well...I am not exactly sure but the one website I found said around $6 per pound for the beef. I looked it up under Eatwild.com The only problem I forsee...is about 1/2 of it is ground beef. Do you use that much gr. beef?

Here's one of the local sites... Wells Branch Farm: FAMILY PACKS

They also have pigs... I do use a lot of gr pork since we are meatball junkies around here!

[stampinonthefarm]

$6 a pound for beef? We can get ground beef on sale for $1.69 - $1.99. I never pay more than that. My uncle just bought half a beef and half a hog in Northern WI and paid $2.20 a pound for everything, cut and wrapped.

I did pick up the Land of Frost lunch meats with the free coupons today at Wal-Mart. $3.98 each, the coupons are up to $3.99, so they were free!

[Gabby818]

Ralphs has the oscar weines for $1 if you use the buy 2 get a $1 off they are .50 not bad also the lemonade is $1 there is a coupons buy 2 get on $1 also .50 these are on last sundays paper

[mdrlnya]

watch for the Food Lion bacon to go on sale . . . there's a $1 off FLIP in the generator--we've been getting it for under a dollar and freezing tons!

[mpayne]

We use ground beef for tacos, spaghetti, and sloppy joes - but that's about it. I don't think I'd want to pay $6.00/lb... that seems a little steep to me. I'll check out that site, though, and talk to DH about it!

Thanks for all the good tips!

Does the Land o' Frost freeze well??

[sweetmom]

farmland bacon at walmart for .50 after 2.00 coupon, farmland ham for .88 after 2.00 coupon that expires on 8/31/2008.

[mpayne]

Where can I find the Farmland coupon? (I searched the database here, did I miss it?)

[stampinonthefarm]

I just tried freezing the Land o Frost, so I hope so. I know the Farmland lunchmeat I got last week freezes very nice!

[kristieboyd]

Any ideas how to go about finding a local place to buy a cow? I'd be interested in that!

[grace.maddie]

i know this is strange but make sure you try some fresh meat before you stock up your freezer. my inlaws butchered a cow last year and everyone got a freezer full and i was so excited until i tried to cook the first package. the smell of fresh blood made me puke! i tried to cook it sevral times and just could never get over the smell.

[kristieboyd]

Originally Posted by grace.maddie

i know this is strange but make sure you try some fresh meat before you stock up your freezer. my inlaws butchered a cow last year and everyone got a freezer full and i was so excited until i tried to cook the first package. the smell of fresh blood made me puke! i tried to cook it sevral times and just could never get over the smell.

Really? Thanks....never would have thought of that!

Is it anything like venison? That smell doesn't bother me, although I don't care for the taste! Sucks since DH is a hunter!

[grace.maddie]

Originally Posted by kristieboyd

Really? Thanks....never would have thought of that!

Is it anything like venison? That smell doesn't bother me, although I don't care for the taste! Sucks since DH is a hunter!

i have never had venision. it is just a much stronger smell. and lots of people think i am crazy and love the taste of fresh beef. but i was raised on all the frozen and processed stuff and i have not been able to get over that smell. and you know its bad if i gave away a whole freezer of sirlions, and t bones

[mpayne]

Can anyone tell me where the Farmland meat coupons are?? We love us some pork 'round here.

[stampinonthefarm]

I got my Farmland coupons in the mail after filling out a "contact us" form on their website. Hope that helps.

[herold314]

I know there were some coupons back a few weeks for the al fresco all natural chicken sausage. I know it sounds gross but they are good they have different flavors like sundried tomato, buffalo style(my dh is in love), and sweet. And they have 70% less fat than the normal stuff. Walmart has them and I believ they were around $3.00 a pack.

[latrice0723]

I was going to start a new thread on this same subject. We just purchased a new freezer this past weekend and I need to fill it.
Other than meat, veggies, and cheese what else is good to freeze?

[laney5454]

• Other things to freeze:
• Cake - I slice it up and freeze individually wrapped in aluminum foil - take a few minutes to thaw - instant dessert. Sure you could do that with cupcakes etc. Also saves you from eating it all at once.
• Loaves of Bread, bagels etc
• I will make a pan of lasagna and the next day, cut into squares and wrap in plastic wrap - microwave and quick lunch.
• I will make big pot of chicken, sauce, peppers and onion and freeze leftover for quick weekday dinner versus the weekend when I let it simmer in the crockpot for hours. Just need to make some pasta and microwave a few slices of frozen baguette pre-sliced that I in freezer and dinner in 15 minutes or less!
• I always have extra Cool-Whip in the freezer and currently have lunchmeat too
• Another post, they were freezing OJ and juices in cartons.

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Hope that helps - my problem no chest freezer (which is not needed since no kids) but often what I have is filled to the limit.

[hunnypotsmom]

I hear you can freeze milk, know you can freeze eggs(but mine always crack), people keep coffee in the freezer to stay fresh(not sure on that one!).........and hum........breast milk! hehehe....

[Honor]

I think that the best way to stock up is by using rebates. You can stock up on meat when it is cheap & then send in a rebate that requires a meat purchase. Alot of the time you can get all of your money back.

Plus there are a lot of summer rebates out there that are good for meat.