# Are there any cheap cuts of meat we can buy or is it all expensive? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** food-cooking\ **Created:** [April 8, 2025, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-cheap-cuts-of-meat-we-can-buy-or-is-it-all-expensive/1016782 "2025-04-08T05:56:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 10
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2025, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-cheap-cuts-of-meat-we-can-buy-or-is-it-all-expensive/1016782/181 "2025-07-29T16:45:22Z")
I haven’t gotten that far. I just saw him slice the meat into “pages”. ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2025, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-cheap-cuts-of-meat-we-can-buy-or-is-it-all-expensive/1016782/182 "2025-07-29T17:49:40Z")
The Secretary of agriculture calls for backyard cows. /s ---
**Author:** ![bob\_2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bob_2/32/3341_2.png) [@bob\_2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bob_2)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2025, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-cheap-cuts-of-meat-we-can-buy-or-is-it-all-expensive/1016782/183 "2025-10-20T18:34:18Z")
You can always use offal. Kidneys, liver, hearts, for a start. Cooked right, it can be very tasty and nutritious. This evening, we had venison stew. 1kg of venison was half price at £7.00, and, with some root veggies in the slow cooker for eight hours, it’s enough for six. ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2025, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-cheap-cuts-of-meat-we-can-buy-or-is-it-all-expensive/1016782/184 "2025-10-20T19:12:00Z")
I wish we could get some pig’s stomach here. When we lived in NJ it was available, and my wife made it stuffed with potatoes and sausage. Not that unlike boudin, which is stuffed with rice and sausage. Pigs stomach has Mennonite roots. The Housewife’s Market in Oakland had pigs stomach, but it had slits cut in it so it was useless for the dish. ---
**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2025, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-cheap-cuts-of-meat-we-can-buy-or-is-it-all-expensive/1016782/185 "2025-10-20T20:41:36Z")
When I was a kid tripe was common to see in the supermarket (as was tongue). I have not seen it in many years though. I’d suggest finding an actual butcher in your town. If you have one I bet they could get it for you. ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2025, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-cheap-cuts-of-meat-we-can-buy-or-is-it-all-expensive/1016782/186 "2025-10-20T20:51:08Z")
> [@Whack-a-Mole](#): > > My mom used to make a pot roast with condensed cream of mushroom soup and dried Lipton Onion soup mix. > > The whole thing sounds nasty but it was actually really good! It was one of the very few things my mom could make that tasted good. > > But, is a pot roast cheap these days? My mom was Lipton onion soup and beef broth and a couple of bay leaves. I am Campbell’s golden mushroom, beef broth and a couple of bay leaves. ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2025, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-cheap-cuts-of-meat-we-can-buy-or-is-it-all-expensive/1016782/187 "2025-10-21T00:15:47Z")
> [@bob\_2](#): > > You can always use offal. Kidneys, liver, hearts, for a start. Beef kidneys and liver are not particularly cheap at my local store; about the same price as regular pork loin. Pork kidneys and liver are cheaper, though. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-cheap-cuts-of-meat-we-can-buy-or-is-it-all-expensive/1016782.md?page=9)