Archive for the ‘Meats’ Category
6 Comfort Foods Everyone Should Know How to Make
Is your son or daughter going off on their own and you’re worried about their cooking skills and how well they’ll eat?
Send them this link to Six Classic Comfort Dishes that are easy to make and pretty easy on the budget.
DinnerTool.com from P&G
New tool from Proctor & Gamble to help you plan, shop for, and prepare healthy meals. Want to build a meal around a particular food? Type it in and you’ll get multiple recipes. We put the system to the test with “sardines” and found 20 recipes as a main dish and another 9 as a side dish, and thankfully, none as a dessert.
Shoemaker’s IGA Store – The best meats at great prices
You don’t have to worry about forgetting your “membership card” at Shoemakers. Everyone gets the lowest price everyday. U.S.D.A. “Choice” meats, the same kind you find at fancy meat service counters, but without the fancy prices.
South Charleston store (Route 41 and Mound St)
Want a particular cut of meat? Let us know and we’ll be happy to customize your order.
Tell us your suggestions, please! Looking for a particular item we aren’t stocking? We have access to most everything on the market, so let us know and we’ll try to get it for you.
You’re invited to help us serve you better. We’ll be developing a number of online polls.
Besides groceries you’ll find Money Orders for only 75 cents, ATM, all Ohio Lottery Games, videos (including latest releases and 99 cent rentals), coffee and cappuccino by the cup, ice, and even firewood.
You’ll find great buys on close-out packaged items on the clearance shelves.
We certainly value you as a customer and we’ll do all we can to make everything right for you. Thanks for being our customer and thanks for reading.
Do you know the difference between meat grades? Why Shoemakers meats are better…
The United States Department of Agriculture, known as the USDA, inspects and grades meats based on nationally uniform federal standards of excellence. A cut of meat with USDA apporval must meet the same grade criteria no matter where or when you buy it. Each USDA beef grade is a measure of quality. There are eight grades.
Basically, the higher the ratio of marbling and the younger the beef, the higher the grade. It is the fat marbling that determines tenderness, juiciness and flavor. Age determines texture.
Choice Strip Steaks
Prime grade: the highest grade of meat, the most expensive, makes up only 2% of U.S. beef. Generally sold in high end restaurants and hotels.
Choice grade: High quality, roasts and steaks from the loin and rib will be very tender, juicy, and flavorful. Suited to dry heat cooling (grilled, roated, broiled). Cuts from the rump, round and chuck can also be cooked with dry heat, but be careful not to overcook them.
Select grade: Has less marbling and will lack the juiciness and flavor of the higher grades.
Standard and Commercial grades: Sold as ungraded or as “store brand ” meat. But not at Shoemaker’s IGAs. Our beef is exclusively choice cuts.
Utility, Cutter, and Canner grades: Seldom sold at retail but are used to make processed products.
Premium Steaks – via Rouxbe Cooking School
Another video from the Rouxbe Online Cooking School: What are Premium Steaks?
http://rouxbe.com/cooking-school/lessons/117-premium-beef-cuts-for-steak