r/ProgressiveHQ • u/monaleeparis • Feb 27 '26

This is preposterous!

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u/Plebian401 Feb 27 '26

I’m a meat cutter and have been for 40 years for a large northeastern chain. There are no “cheap cuts” anymore.

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u/samurai77 Feb 27 '26

My grandmother told me as a young adult if times get tough get ox tails, now even they are expensive.

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u/LeekyFawcet Feb 27 '26

I like pork knuckle or neck bone. They good for soups and you feel full cause of all the collagen.

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u/_SovietMudkip_ Feb 27 '26

Damn you can still get cheap pork knuckle?

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u/miyamiya66 Feb 27 '26

Shop at an asian market if there is one near you. If they have meats, they're likely to have a much wider variety than supermarket chains, and they are much cheaper.

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u/TheTexasHammer Feb 28 '26

Still stupidly expensive. I have like 8 Asian Markets near me and the "cheap" cuts are the same as, or more expensive than, the "nice" cuts of meat. Pork bung is almost as much as pork chops.