So, last weekend Travis, Anya, and I explored the apple orchard and pumpkin patch. This weekend we decided to try the Brickyard Meat Processing place that is here locally. The general public is allowed to go in there and buy organic wholesale meats. After I comparison shopped Wal Mart w/ the types of meat we bought it breaks down like this according to what we bought Saturday…
Ribeye steaks, 2, about 1 1/4 lbs
BMP (Brickyard Meat Processing) – $14.00
WM (Wal Mart Supercenter) – less than a 1 lb. – $11.53
2 chicken breasts, boneless, skinless, about 3lbs.
BMP – $3.12
WM – $4.74 for 3 Tyson chicken breasts, about 2lbs.
1 full rack of Baby Back Pork Ribs
BMP – $11.13
WM – $14.03
Grand total:
BMP – $31.44 w/ tax
WM – $32.80 w/ tax
We grilled the steaks Saturday night and I have to say they did taste different. The only way I can
describe them is that they tasted clean…We really liked them. I’m pretty sure we will start buying all our meat from here. We are even thinking of getting us a small freezer for our garage because as long
as the other meats taste as good to us it seems the far healthier thing to do, even if it does eventually end up costing slightly more in the end than Wal Mart would, but we were impressed that it was a little cheaper than Wal Mart would have been. Keep in mind we don’t have but 3 grocery stores here in Cullman, with Wal Mart of course being the biggest one. I wish we had a Super Target here because I went to the one in Huntsville yesterday and they have a great grocery selection. I love all of their choices, especially the Archer Farms store brand of their foods. I would go to Super Target any day over Wal Mart, but alas our closest Super Target is almost an hour away.
The rest of our weekend was spent playing with Anya and Travis painted her bathroom yesterday, a really pretty ocean blue color. Its bright, but I like it.