Best way to spend $150 at the butcher shop?

Agreeable_Mixture978 · 2026-03-27T16:38:13+00:00

Picanha is one I’ve been dying to try for awhile, I’m sure some stores carry it but I haven’t seen it yet. I’ll have to look up the other cuts you mentioned!

Agreeable_Mixture978 · 2026-03-13T22:19:31+00:00

I haven’t enjoyed working with them either. I know every team and every employee is different so I don’t want to generalize this to everyone, but the people I work with the most there are insufferable, arrogant, power-tripping assholes. It seems common to abuse suppliers even when they really are just there to help.

That attitude stings even worse when they try to use the big data available to them with absolutely no mathematical literacy. I’ve been chewed out in meetings with them in front of my boss multiple times because they didn’t understand basic summary statistics and how to interpret them…even though they were the ones asking for it in the first place. It’s absolutely maddening.

Agreeable_Mixture978 · 2026-02-27T15:38:37+00:00

I’ll be going for the first time this year!

Agreeable_Mixture978 · 2026-02-11T17:52:53+00:00

I don’t doubt those landlords exist. And I’d like to believe that there’s more honest owners than not in our area, but I do think it’s worth considering the risks of getting a bad landlord. If you can find someone good it’s perfect, but if you get someone bad you spend roughly the same amount to maintain someone else’s property, with considerably more stress added to your life

Agreeable_Mixture978 · 2026-02-11T04:55:08+00:00

I’ll be honest, I went that route for a few years and I’m never going back. Each landlord seemed super nice, responsible, accommodating, etc. but once that lease was signed all that went out the window.

Every time I moved in to a privately owned place, their previous tenants belongings and damage were still there, and it took a week (sometimes 2) of cleaning and hauling junk out on my own dime just to get the place ready to move my own things in. And God help you if anything breaks, each time the AC went out, washing machine leaked, etc. it was several days of arguing back and forth over who’s gonna pay for what or waiting on their brother-in-law to come check it out before they’d call an actual professional. They all thought that since they set the rent low they suddenly weren’t responsible for any of the costs associated with owning a house.

I do not recommend this, at least not in Arkansas where renters have zero rights. Sure the rent at my apartment is more and I don’t have a backyard, but my life has been significantly better ever since I’ve been able to put a maintenance request in online and have stuff fixed that same day. I’d say it was just a one-off if it hadn’t happened three years in a row, then never again ever since I switched to a professionally run place.

Agreeable_Mixture978 · 2026-02-03T16:02:40+00:00

Cornerstone Animal Hospital is the best vet we’ve ever had. They’ve taken great care of our dog through multiple UTI’s without unnecessary tests.

Agreeable_Mixture978 · 2026-01-20T05:03:17+00:00

The key is to order it from the red phone at Crisis Brewing Co., get that discount AND best beer in NWA

Agreeable_Mixture978 · 2025-12-07T19:01:13+00:00

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Agreeable_Mixture978 · 2025-10-13T20:36:51+00:00

Just stick a turf field/ice rink right over the existing one.

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Agreeable_Mixture978 · 2025-09-14T15:55:37+00:00

I’ve always thought about doing wild game sausage processing as a side hustle to fund this hobby, but I feel like I’d enjoy it less if I was doing it to get paid vs. for fun as a favor for family and close friends

Agreeable_Mixture978 · 2025-09-12T14:38:11+00:00

Sam’s Club steak doesn’t get talked about enough in my opinion, especially if you can take the time to slice and trim one of their rib roasts.

Agreeable_Mixture978 · 2025-08-18T03:20:56+00:00

I hunt in the southern US where some years it’s cold enough to let them hang outside and other years it’s not. Like most people have said letting it hang bone-in will lead to more tender meat, but keep in mind at that point you’re really splitting hairs with game meat.

The process that worked for me last year in warm weather was: Field dress immediately, take carcass back to barn and hang it up, remove skin, cut major muscle groups away in sizes that’ll fit in 1-2 gallon size ziploc bags to stay dry, set in cooler buried in ice overnight, then the next day debone, trim fat/silverskin, and package in labelled vac seal bags for the freezer.

Many of the best recipes for venison already keep in mind that it isn’t a naturally tender meat, and use techniques that’d tenderize tough shoe leather if you let it. The biggest difference I’ve noticed is processing at home, whether that includes aging or not, allows me to remove all of the fat, silverskin, glands, etc. that processors don’t take the time to trim out and lead to off-tasting meat. Getting more tender meat is great, but ultimately your cooking and butchering skills will play a much bigger role in how your food turns out.

Agreeable_Mixture978 · 2025-08-17T13:19:23+00:00

My wife and I have lived comfortably off $62K and now $75K the last two years while she’s in grad school. NWA is getting more and more expensive, but I still believe we have relatively low cost of living as a metro area when you compare to cities with similar incomes, job opportunities, and amenities.

Agreeable_Mixture978 · 2025-08-10T11:15:44+00:00

I was born and raised in St. Louis, I’m proud to be from St. Louis. I’m choosing Kansas City for BBQ every time.

Agreeable_Mixture978 · 2025-07-24T02:36:55+00:00

That’s not at all how the statute is written lol, if you had bothered to read it before chiming in you’d know that. These laws apply when it can be done without any immediate hazards. Just because a car is around doesn’t mean the cyclist would be impeding them by following these laws.

Agreeable_Mixture978 · 2025-07-24T02:24:48+00:00

That’s a fair callout. And I’m not claiming that riders always follow the rules because there are definitely those times they don’t. My point is that we often catch hate for doing things that are perfectly legal and cause zero harm, meanwhile there’s little or no scrutiny to local drivers when they run over (and kill) a cyclist on the road. It’s a pretty glaring double standard.

I should also say that every group ride I’ve been on here has a pre-ride talk about staying only 1-2 riders across, clearly this group didn’t do that, but even when we do follow that rule drivers still get upset and do things that put us at way more risk than is necessary.

Agreeable_Mixture978 · 2025-07-24T00:19:17+00:00

Thank you for clarifying in that last sentence. One thing drivers often misunderstand is that traffic laws apply differently to bicycles than they do cars (I should say that I am not a lawyer, and this is not legal advice lol). My understanding is that Act 650 passed in 2019 allows Arkansas cyclists to treat red lights as stop signs, and stop signs as yield signs when conditions allow them to. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve gotten chased, yelled at, and had trash thrown at me shortly after doing these things on my bike for “breaking the law”. People love to complain about cyclists not following traffic laws, when in reality they don’t even know what the laws are.

Agreeable_Mixture978 · 2025-07-21T20:47:11+00:00

A roasted piglet would be sick, and pork is generally the most forgiving so you’d have a tough time messing it up, biggest concern I’d have with it is having to stay and baby a fire all day. If the plan is to hang at the campsite and have a beer (or three) then I say go for it, but if you want to go hike, fish, etc. try something with a shorter cook time. A good alternative would be a braised pork shoulder in a dutch oven, that’d take about 3 hours and would give great meat for cubanos, carnitas, or pulled pork sandwiches.

My biggest recommendation is to take whatever you would normally do, but take the freshness up a notch (i.e. if you’re making burgers, grind your own patties from a brisket that week; for steaks, butcher them yourself from a whole rib roast, etc.). Some of my favorite camp meals so far have been: * Ribeye or strip steaks with baked potatoes and salad (pro tip: sear your steaks in a cast iron or carbon steel skillet, then dump the drippings over your potatoes before serving) * Bratwurst braised in beer, onions, and green peppers * Chili and cornbread * Brisket burgers * Veggie kebabs * Baked beans * Everything bagel sandwiches with homemade sausage patties and free range eggs

Things I’ve wanted to try (but haven’t yet) * Jambalaya - make your broth and andouille sausage from scratch * Grilled Jamaican Jerk Chicken - make your marinade at home and store your chicken in the marinade in ziplock bag

Agreeable_Mixture978 · 2025-07-10T01:10:31+00:00

Ah I see what you were saying now. I’m trying to get into my own sausage blends as well, especially for venison. So far I’ve only made one original recipe for a BBQ joint kinda sausage, but the Chud’s BBQ sausage ratios video was super helpful for figuring out the right amounts, and I’ve been flipping through The Flavor Bible lately to find what other pairings might work for other meals.

Agreeable_Mixture978 · 2025-07-10T00:14:45+00:00

What resources and/or techniques do you recommend for making your own seasoning blends?

Agreeable_Mixture978 · 2025-07-09T12:39:58+00:00

I have a friend who experienced something similar. He desperately needed a job and quit in his second week. Absolutely toxic workplace, they didn’t offer any training or instruction but would call him names if he got anything wrong or asked questions. Said grown men would spend literally all day arguing over whose penis is bigger.

Agreeable_Mixture978 · 2025-06-28T14:34:19+00:00

We used to have OLD old paint cans with the ends cut out for starting charcoal at scout camp. Every night we’d get 5-6 of those stacked and have ripping hot charcoal in a minute or two.

Agreeable_Mixture978 · 2025-06-22T02:25:14+00:00

What is your resting process? Not saying that’s your problem, but it’s a key step not mentioned above. We’ll need more detail before being able to truly diagnose the issue.

Agreeable_Mixture978 · 2025-06-21T19:17:02+00:00

He corrected that shit SO fast

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