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Graham

On 2019-08-03 7:33 p.m., wrote:
> On Saturday, August 3, 2019 at 8:11:56 PM UTC-5, jmcquown wrote:
>>
>> On 8/3/2019 8:49 PM, graham wrote:
>>>
>>> I have never understood the high price for "stewing beef", which is
>>> mostly shin, and what should be the cheapest cut.
>>
>> Well, I've never seen what you call shin beef. Anything labelled "stew
>> beef", however, I know will be very tough and I've no idea why it costs
>> so much. I don't purchase it.
>>
>> Jill
>>
> Stew meat is quite good in vegetable beef soup or as beef stroganoff and
> benefits for a long and slow cooking or the pressure cooker. I guess we're
> paying for the convenience of someone else cutting the meat into chunks.
>
I wondered whether the stupidly high price was because it is ~100% lean.