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Default Sirloin tip vs. rump roast

In article >,
George Shirley > wrote:

> Omelet wrote:
> > In article >,
> > zxcvbob > wrote:
> >
> >> I need to make several pounds of beef jerky this week (preferably
> >> tomorrow night.) I usually use beef rump roast when I'm making it for
> >> gifts, or beef round-steak when I'm making it for myself and I get the
> >> steaks on sale really cheap. (it's been about 2 years since I've seen
> >> any cheap beef.)
> >>
> >> I was at Sam's today and saw that they have whole sirloin tips for $2.28
> >> per pound. Average weight is about 10 or 12 pounds. That's comparable
> >> to rump roast, ain't it? Sam's has some of the best meat in town, but
> >> they don't have a very big selection, and they didn't have anything
> >> labeled "rump roast".
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >> Bob

> >
> > So long as it's really lean beef, I don't think it really matters. :-)
> > I never chose a specific cut for jerky, just whatever looked lean and
> > was cheap.
> >
> > When it comes to jerky (imho anyway!), beef is beef. I've also made it
> > from venison and emu.

> How was the emu Om? A friend over in Texas has offered me a whole one of
> them. He will even butcher it and bring it to me. He says it's about the
> color of beef and quite tasty but we don't have wild emu in Louisiana
> that I know of.


Emu makes lovely jerky. Like other birds, the fat is under the skin so
the meat is not marbled. It's also red since the emu is a running
animal. There is NO breast meat. It's all on the thighs and back legs.
The wings are vestigial.

To me, emu tastes similar to venison. A lot depends on what it was fed.

Several years ago, I ended up with a LOT of free emu meat for "labor
trade". We butchered for those with excess birds that needed to go and
got to keep 1/2 the meat. It takes me, by myself, about 2 hours to
slaughter an emu, but that includes deboning.

We finally learned to not bother plucking prior to skinning unless I
wanted the feathers for crafts.
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