Are dollar steaks worth it?
I remember years back some anon posted pictures of him cooking it.
It did not end well as I remember it.
If you have to ask...
>>7745324
They are fine for shit like stir Fry's n shit, pretty poverty on their own
>>7745324
looks like the type of steak served by all the local mexican places
makes sense why my diarrhea only costs $4
There are a couple of taste-test videos, one was a soccer mom who actually said it was pretty good and one was some manchild who just said EEEEWWWW IT'S SALTY
It's probably edible and could even be decent if you know how to cook it, based on pictures I've seen it just seems like there's 90% connective tissue and like one bite of actual steak
>>7745324
Those stripes look painted on.
iirc, there's a YouTube video about the dollar steak. It is literally all fat and as thin as roast beef only he said the taste was terrible
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Rqs5siPalo
This lady is pretty excited about them, must be good.
>>7745324
>Are dollar steaks worth it?
it's a freakin' steak, for a freakin' dollar... what's not worth it?
>>7745336
>makes sense why my diarrhea only costs $4
oh god.. i just snorted a piece of ice out my nose
>>7745341
magic marker?
How can a steak not be a steak
>>7745342
It's true, I bought a few of them before with the intent of making fajitas on a budget. They're tiny, full of fat and connective tissue, and thin as fuck. They don't taste bad, per se, but they definitely taste like cheap meat.
You're better off just biting the bullet and paying for an actual steak from a regular grocer.
I found this cringe in my search for a 1$ steak review
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MSVXvEhSccI
be ready to cringe
>>7745324
Poorfag/thriftfag here
Dollar store doesn't inherently mean bad. Some items in stock are actually pretty decent quality, and end up as a pretty good deal.
Some items are totally shit, and you should avoid them regardless of price (like their "American slices" or "pizza shreds", because they're legally not sliced or shredded cheese)
Some things might be of a decent quality, or not, but are sold in such packaging that their unit price makes them horrible deals.
As I understand it, the meat, even steaks, isn't really that bad. Not gourmet, edible, but sold in like 3oz packages for a dollar. I won't do the quick math to figure the unit price for a pound, but suffice it to say, you can get a better product cheaper somewhere else.
When you look at the price of an item, one dollar never seems unreasonable, but when you count how many items (and thus dollars) you're getting (and paying) at the end once it's all on the conveyor, I have a tendency to ditch a lot of my items because with perspective, the trick wears off.
>>7745324
I was thinking about doing this for the gains, but I have a feeling that this shit is terrible for you. It's probably full of the ghettoest hormones and shit.
>>7745766
go for chicken and fish for gains
>>7745324
>uneven char lines that were very obviously painted on
I guess not all food stylists are worth their fee.
>>7745708
Oh god that voice, that is the voice of an autist
>>7745618
>smoke alarm actually going off
nigga wut
>>7745708
that voice
just end my life senpai
>>7745753
I know what you mean about the price per $ being shit.
I see poorfags buying 1 liter of soda when normalfag grocery stores sometimes have pepsi or coke for $1
There's a lot of stuff you can do with cheap ass steak besides eating it straight up. It's great in chili, stews, soups and stir-frys, or as taco filling
>>7745324
I had a $1.99 steak w/ some mashed potatoes and green beans at the california in vegas. its was bretty gud.
7/10 Id eat it again.
>>7746301
Just go to Taco Bell.
>>7745342
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J0zySGE82HY
>>7747090
>>7746402
That $1 steak can be used for a lot more though. For $1.09 I can get one burrito from Taco Bell. For $1.07 I get that steak I can split up between three of my tortillas I already have.
>>7745708
what sort of autiste thinks banquet shitmeals need reviews?
>>7745324
In my experience, no. With the amount of meat your getting for the price, you're better off getting some burger patties.
Also, most of that shit is literally glued together from scrap pieces.
>>7747090
3.5 oz steak
1.5 oz is brine
so they're getting 1 buck per 2 oz or so, 8 dollars a lb. dollar tree cut is prob 20%, so packager is getting 6.40/lb. considering it's probably utility grade beef and they're probably the meat packer, they probably get their beef on the hoof, so probably cost them 2-3/lb.
>>7747280
that's just how god put those animals together
>>7747227
So you only put one ounce of steak in each burrito? What type of Sadness Food are you making?
>>7745708
His fat hands are almost as big as the container. What the hell? I have big hands but they don't look like I'm wearing flesh mittens.
>>7745634
Well, if you braise or slow-cook it, and use it in a recipe, even pure connective tissue could be good, Nigga. But you're kind of right, a steak is a steak, you don't buy a steak to make a braised or slow-cook recipe, or for connective tissues.
Jesus, assuming they have halfway decent margins whoever makes these "steaks" has to produce them for less than a quarter.
Now let's just assume they make it for exactly a quarter. Google tells me that these steaks are 3.5 ounces. Google also tells me that an adult steer yields about 430 pounds of cuts that can be called "steak". This would mean that a cow produces 6880 ounces, or 1908 of these 3.5 ounce steaks. Going under our assumption that they make 75 cents for every steak they sell, that would mean the purchase of one cow makes them 1431 dollars. But, that's assuming they got the cow for free which they didn't, and a cow of that size is worth 900 dollars approximately, meaning they only netted 531 dollars per cow BEFORE paying the wages of the massive amounts of employees and cost of infastructure needed to mass produce these $1 steaks.
Conclusion, there's no way these steaks are made of cow.
>>7745324
>Buying steak from Dollar Tree
> Paying only $1 for a steak
Christ, not even fucking once.
>>7748136
It's old meat that didn't sell sliced thinly and repackaged. There is no mystery, here.
A few of the videos reviewing them say that most of the meat was gray and they had to dig through the freezer just to get one that looked fresh.
Kudos on the needless calculations, though. I'm sure someone out there is impressed.
>>7748141
>getting intimidated and defensive because someone "took the time" to present simple arithmetic
I bet if books came in condensed green text form you would take to reading.
>>7748146
It's not our fault you don't understand how food works. Not every part of the cow is worth the same amount, these are the parts that aren't worth much.
>>7745658
Okay here's your steak anon. Eat up.
I bought these once to give to my dog while I grilled actual steaks. I tasted a piece of course. It was bad. Very bad
>>7748146
I bet I read more books a year than you have in your lifetime.
Reading has nothing to do with your very specious arithmetic which assumes, at every step, way too much to be of any use at all, by the way.
>>7748167
1. There is more than one person on /ck/.
2. State your own opinion instead of hiding behind others (e.g.: "It's not our fault...").
3. Use proper punctuation when attempting to articulate your sophomoric ideas to adults.
>>7748176
So you literally have no argument. Thanks for sharing.
>>7745618
>Getting ingredients for a full meal at Dollar Tree
>Warming steak in the microwave
>Steak looks water-fed as fuck
>Having a kid taste-test
This is so fucking flyover
tfw you try to make a funny post about the hypothetical cost of these steaks and accidentally derail the thread into fighting.
me on the right this thread on the left
>>7745341
The slaughterhouse ships them to China to have dirt-poor workers draws those marks with markers and then ship it back to U.S. for sale.
>>7748182
Flyover people would actually know a thing or two about proper steaks since they raise them.
>>7747227
Sorry to inform you sir, but I have cooked $1 steaks before and they come out to about one taco worth of meat.
>>7745708
This is late-stage, debilitating autism.
>>7748182
>hurr durr i'm from new york city i know about meat lol
So shit.
>>7748175
>I bet I read more books a year than you have in your lifetime.
I read hundreds of papers a year on top of probably 40-50 books.
>>7748182
I live in a flyover state, and my city is known around the world for the quality of our steaks.
>>7748207
Omaha?
>>7748207
>Be sure to stop into CRAZY JOES for our WORLD FAMOUS FRIES AND BARBEQUE SAUCE
Sorry anon, but unless you have a steak place with a michelin star, silver in the county fair doesn't make you world class : ^)
>>7748218
>implying a car company knows shit about steak
>>7748218
Sorry, I couldn't hear you over the sound of our world class meat.
>>7748206
I bet you think that's a lot.
Very sad. What a shame.
>>7748225
They are more known for their distribution and marketing not quality.
What is so special about their meat? It's standard American beef full of all the shit that allows the producers to maximize their profit at the expense of small thing like antibiotic resistance, animal welfare, and taste.
>>7748184
epic post man well memed xd
>>7748232
I had to cut down on my leisure reading the last couple years because of my PhD thesis and a baby, so I have only about 30-45 min a night to read of I'm lucky.
>>7748225
Should I? Sounds pretty good.
>>7748254
It's not much of a deal. You could get almost 65 steaks for that price elsewhere.
>>7748260
Where is this magic place that sells steaks for a dollar?
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>>7748263
If only dollar steaks grew on a magic tree... a dollar tree, if you will.
>>7748269
Nice.
>>7748254
>all-beef meatballs
meatballs made with a mixture of meat can taste better
>boneless chicken breasts, pork chops
not anything special
>potatoes
filler
>$200 now only $65!
they probably marked it up to make it seem like a huge discount
>>7748169
Christ, that (dis)coloration.
>>7748193
Bullshit. Unless they are cattle workers or butchers, flyovers don't know a quality steak from a cucksteak.
>>7748199
Aww, you buttmad lil flyover man?
>>7748207
That doesn't mean the average trailer dweller knows quality or is willing/able to pay for it.
>>7748316
>I live in city X so I'm better
This is the exact kind of provincial attitude one would expect from small town folk.
It is funny how people genuinely believe that where they grew up/live is the best place without considering the psychological reasons behind this biased thinking.
>>7748333
>This is the exact kind of provincial attitude one would expect from small town folk.
>New Yorkers are known for being the most territorial and vain people in all of existence
>>7748333
Where the fuck did I ever say what city I lived in?
>>7748339
Small town people are worse...much worse. Cliquey, judgemental, arrogant and small-minded. Grew up in a small town, you can take it to the bank.
>>7748359
God forbid people have some pride about their hometown. I can see why NYC residents wouldn't though. I'd be ashamed too.
>>7748359
>God forbid people have some pride about their hometown
Having pride in a place that you just happened to be born in is a little absurd.
I can see fondness and nostalgia, but pride is a bit much. It's like following the religion you were raised in and thinking it is the "true faith" without any irony.
>>7748391
>>7748371
>>7748359
>>7748354
>>7748339
>>7748333
mfw I remember this thread was about $1 steaks
>>7748391
>raised in a liberal democracy
>believes human rights, universal suffrage and rule of law are good values without any irony
wew lad
>>7745324
Those grill marks look like drawn on eyebrows.
>>7748371
Except these same people haven't done shit or been anywhere outside their county. They have no reason to be so pompous.
>>7748391
>It's like following the religion you were raised in and thinking it is the "true faith" without any irony.
So if someone got told something is true every day of their life for 25+ years you would fault them for sincerely believing it?
>>7748624
Yes, I would. Unless the education was disgustingly poor or the person in question dropped out of school at a young age.
>>7748371
>Being proud to be from Pisswater, Nowhere instead of the city that has literally everything.
wew lad.
No one is ashamed to be from NYC. Plenty of people are, however, shamed to be from Cuck's Corners in Who Gives A Fuck County.
![uRbrpaK[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/FFRj8iB.jpg "uRbrpaK[1].jpg")
>>7745708
>Luigi!
>I UH NEED-A SOME-A DA PASTAAAA
>Mario!
>I don't know what to tell you, I already told you you already ate all the pasta
>No, Luigi, you get me some more GOD DAMN PASTA, I told you once Luigi, IT'S-A-ME MARIO
Good thread.
>>7745678
Marketing
>>7748641
Why be proud of being from a city though?
Everyone I know that is ecstatic about being from city ____ usually says it is great because of the culture, 4 star restaurants, etc.
How many times do you go to museums? See plays or musicals? Go to a concert? Actually go to an expensive, good restaurant IRL?
Oh, you can buy lots of stuff in New York. Guess what, you can do that in virtually any city over 1-2 million people in the world.
My life doesn't revolve around consumerism and my interests go beyond what you can find in a city, especially New York.
This kind of thinking is probably a result of being insulated in your city and not actually traveling around the world.
>>7748640
I think you're underestimating psychology. People who get raised from birth to believe something just can't shed that so easily.
>>7748624
>So if someone got told something is true every day of their life for 25+ years you would fault them for sincerely believing it?
Absolutely. What is the point of education and critical thinking, the pinnacle of human evolution, if you don't question your own belief system?
This isn't to say you must reject or rebel against them, but you should at least question. It may even result in a stronger faith.
There is a reason nutbar Muslims kill themselves for their religion and think it is #1... and it isn't because they thought it through soberly and intellectually.
>2016
>buying old steakmeat
>at dollar tree
nigga are you crazy?
>>7748721
that looks like baby shit with worms stuffed into taco shells
>>7748721
are those hashbrowns in those tacos
looks pretty good desu
>>7748721
Fair point there is other things to put on a taco than meat
>>7748169
The one on top looks edible, and there are a couple of good bites on the bottom one.
Honestly better than what i remember them looking like in that video with the long-haired autist
You get what you pay for, OP. I didn't care for them.
>>7748254
I've got a rich aunt who always sends Omaha steaks for Christmas, I'd go for it since it's a pretty good deal. Definitely the best quality frozen stuff you can buy. The stuffed sole is amazing, and I remember the kielbasa being really good too. Steaks are great, always very good thick cuts that cook up very nicely.
I ate all four of the caramel apple tartlets while baked one year, shit was cash.
>>7749977
>I ate all four of the caramel apple tartlets while baked one year, shit was cash.
Nice.
>>7747296
allahu akbar
![hc-national-cheeseburger-day-deal-at-mcdonalds-20150914[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/cdBCSGu.jpg "hc-national-cheeseburger-day-deal-at-mcdonalds-20150914[1].jpg")
How is a $0.79 cheeseburger perfectly acceptable but a $1.00 steak isn't?
>>7748701
>Insulated in your city
Right, I'm insulated in a city of 11 million people, but you're not "insulated" in your little trash dumpster of a town. I'm not talking about people from cities of 1-2 million people, I'm talking about flyovers from towns of 5,000 people who think they have the world figured out. These small town people are the most arrogant, judgemental and cliquey.
>>7751668
Well ground beef is known to be low quality. Steak is different.
>>7748169
It looks like something that sloughed off your mother's crusty Uteran wall
>>7745618
This is the exact video I thought of when I opened this thread.
Thank you.
I just wanted to see her eating with scissors again.
>>7752269
It's one of those weird over protective mom things.
She's probably an anti-vaxxer.
>>7745341
They were probably sloppily applied with a heated steel rod.
I'm too poor to go to the butcher's myself so I'll buy a ribeye roast and cut a few thick steaks from that sometimes. They're nice steaks. Nicer than anything you find in a freezer for a dollar I reckon.
>>7745618
>microwaving the steaks
>cutting it with scissors
It's such a shame, she sounds cute too, but how in the hell could she feed this trash to her family? It's absolutely repulsive. I feel bad for the man that he puts up with this type of "dinner" every night.
>>7748176
Get a load of this faggot.
>>7752322
The pussy game mus be ridiculous
>>7752422
Not really, many man settle for whatever they can get past a certain point. And divorce will cost them more than staying together.
>>7751718
>Right, I'm insulated in a city of 11 million people, but you're not "insulated" in your little trash dumpster of a town
In the last 3 years I have been to Amsterdamn 3 times,Bangkok, Beijing, Hong Kong, Tokyo, Nagoya, Frankfurt, Berlin, Paris, Zurich, and a few other cities. Mostly for conferences but also leisure travel.
But hey, staying in NYC your whole life and thinking you are in the centre of the universe must work for you. Aside for being a consumer, what benefits do you get from being in NYC (i.e.: do you take advantage of the culture)?
>>7748225
>world class meat
>doesn't know his meat's name
any anything named and centered in fucking nebraska is as pleb as pleb can be, pleb
>>7745324
I hate when people say their favorite food is steak. I hate when people try to pass off some lousy piece of meat, as if it is something of quality, by calling it steak. I'm American and I love this country, but some of us can't distinguish good food from garbage. I'm pissed that a living thing was butchered just to be turned into this shit. For fuck's sake it's only a dollar - they KNOW it's worthless.
Kinda unrelated question but can you sear the steak in the fire of the stove without the pan. I know you're supposed to use butane torch for it but can use just use the methane flame from the stovetop instead? Is it toxic or something?
>>7754015
The mid-west is the beef capital of the world m8. It's the whole reason why cattle ranches and cowboys were even a thing.
>>7754965
>The mid-west is the beef capital of the world m8. It's the whole reason why cattle ranches and cowboys were even a thing.
Factory farmed beef =/= traditionally raised beef. Things have changed a lot, there is no comparison.
>>7745324
Only if you like getting to know your toilet really well.
>>7745336
Fucking done, just so fucking done.
/thread
>>7748225
>world class meat
Over priced bull shit is now world class meat...
>>7748339
>no substance in response
>further proves point
>>7745618
>says she's poor and can't afford food
>buys meat that's $4,5 per pound (not american, my math might be wrong, fuck your system jesus christ I got a massive headache now)
>could instead but minced meat for $3/pound and can last a couple of days
>tons of food that's cheap and healthier than that shit
I'm not saying that her spending has made her poor, but jesus fuck it's not helping
>>7745618
Apparently you're paying more than you normally would for the amount of actual meat you get
>>7745708
this guy is hilarious
>>7745618
That looks gnarly,I wouldn't even feed that shit to my dogs.
>>7751668
Those are like 1.39 now faggot, get with the times. I agree though, people should have the same revulsion and fear of McDonalds as they do of these $1 steaks.
>>7756739
Shit really? I would not pay $1.39 for a McDonald's burger.
>>7755858
>$3/pound
>Any meat
>America
It's like you don't even into rampant corporate greed and freedom
>>7748254
find a good butcher, you'll be loads happier
they can be hard to find, though.
for every good butcher, theres probably 3 shitty ones.
>>7748312
What's a cucksteak?
>>7756742
I think the cheeseburger is $1, mcdouble and McChicken used to be $1 but now they're like 1.20-30
>>7756744
I pay like $1,5 per pound here in Sweden, thought I was being generous af
>>7745708
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J0zySGE82HY
>>7748169
How'd your dog like em?
>>7758091
>got the squirts two hours later
fucking bullshit
Fuck me. My girlfriend brought a box (like fucking 20 of them) home a few weeks ago and I've been dreading cooking them. "Oh anon look what I found. Such a great deal!" I guess it's time to hit her.
>>7758111
The digestive system works like a train
If you get something in your stomach that your body really doesn't want in there. It pushes the rest of the shit in your system out
>>7745618
>ilovebonelessbeefribeyesteak!
>>7745708
He should use the mafia-Mario voice 100% of the time.
>>7748647
stop talking about the damn mushrooms
>>7749977
Literally an Omaha Steaks shill.
>>7745618
id fuck her, she has a cute voice, and obviously isn't high maintenance
>>7754585
It would make a mess.
Especially doing it with any regularity.
I personally like to keep an immaculately clean home, not just to avoid pests/microbes/fungus, but for the peace of mind I get from having a well ordered and immaculate living space.
But if you like scrubbing your stove top in detail after every meal, go ahead.
its only a dollar a bag
>>7758096
Loved em
>>7748136
>beef is 100% ribeye
>>7745618
looking at it flop limply on the skillet makes me want to puke
>>7758119
Happens to me every time I eat a salad. The sudden rush of fiber cannot be contained. Sometimes it's back out in under 2 hours. And I don't mean what was already in there, I'm talking lettuce bits and all.
>>7759145
>Happens to me every time I eat a salad. The sudden rush of fiber cannot be contained. Sometimes it's back out in under 2 hours. And I don't mean what was already in there, I'm talking lettuce bits and all.
lol murka
you are probably talking about iceberg lettuce too
>>7759492
No I'm not a pleb. I use green leaf.
>>7751718
Im not American, although i've worked and studied with Americans.
Big city americans are the fucking worst. These people are mostly the reason the entire world hate you. On the contrary, the kind of americans who come from places you've never heard of are actually some of the nicest, chill, most laidback people i have ever met.
So you can take your argument and shove it up your ass, you pretentious cocksucker.
>>7745324
Sure...if you want worms
>>7758115
>im too good for 1 dollar meat
Who the fuck do you think you are?
>>7745324
Ye I usually Blanch them for about 60 seconds on each side and serve with ketchup and mustard mixed together
>>7751718
at least everyone on /ck/ can agree that you are a faggot
i hope shitskins blow up some more of your buildings you arrogant cunt. no one gives a fuck about your shitty city full of douchebags
>>7759625
Someone who is too good for 1 dollar meat, obviously.
>>7759625
>who do you think you are?
Literally anyone that can afford to eat better quality meat
>>7759633
So you boil your $1 steaks then put them in an ice bath? Disgusting
>>7759145
My girlfriend loses her shit literally every time she eats a salad when we go out to dinner. She swears it's because "they put preservatives on the lettuce in restaurants to keep it crisp and fresh" while I continuously point out how that absolutely isn't the case. We always have to rush home so she can sprint to the toilet and shit out a half digested salad.
She generally eats pretty healthy however, so I hadn't thought that she might just be unaccustomed to the fiber.
>>7761411
I eat salads about twice a week, and by salad I mean a big salad that takes 20 minutes to finish, like a full head of lettuce. I never can seem to get adapted to handling them but I love them anyway. I think it's just the sheer amount that I can't handle all at once. I used to pad it out with a loaf of french bread to "absorb" some of the fiber for me but that got to be too much food overall.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J0zySGE82HY
some of yall need to chill the fuck out. goddamn.
>>7748254
They used to be good but they've gone to shit.
Don't do it man.
>>7761427
>I eat salads about twice a week, and by salad I mean a big salad that takes 20 minutes to finish
Shit I do the same thing
>>7752222
Thanks asshole. Spit out my drink AND woke up my kid. You unlocked an achievement.
>>7745708
>literally the voice of someone with asbergers. They all sound the same.
>>7745324
Okay for something like fajitas, but I'd still rather get top sirloin
>>7758397
i love your dog.
he looks super cool.
like he's my bro or something... super cool.
>>7752294
I work in a butcher's shop and that's actually the way to go if you wanna cut your own ribeyes
I buy my dog 1$ steaks
better than that caesar trash though
>>7763642
Is it? Is it really?
>>7756786
A sign that the term 'cuck' has been used so many times it's lost all meaning.
>>7745324
Even if it's only mediocre it was only a dollar so who cares
>>7764432
There's less mediocre foods for that cost.
>>7766061
Euaghhh jesus....
>>7766061
god it looks like rotten fish
1$ ribeye
Suuuuuuuuuuuuuuure
Have some 100$ ribeye
>>7745618
OOOOHHH MAMA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PCBlqgjAffs
>>7756744
I buy chicken thighs or whole chicken for 99c/lb
and I live in WA so it's not because I'm in a shitpoor state
>>7766919
She knows what she's doing.
>>7766894
looks mediocre
i buy a ribeye roast for 50$ and cut 8 steaks from it at costco every few months and my >10$ steaks look better than that
>>7761411
sounds like she's giving herself anxiety diarrhea. it's not pleasant. tell her to chill out. they keep it crisp by keeping it cold and airtight.... whys she so /x/
>>7745708
memes aside it doesnt look half bad for a dollar
>>7766919
where can i tip her?
>>7758397
Good dog!
>>7745618
BUILD THE WALL
>>7767628
>>7745618
Takes two seconds to check out her videos. She's Vietnamese, which makes the lack of creativity with poor mans food even worse in this case.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9HYsVRHoDWU
>>7745324
This is why they are bad. They can last a year before going bad.
>>7767807
That and they are mechanically tenderized.
>>7767770
I will never understand why people post this stuff on Youtube.
There are so many funeral videos and one guy who literally filmed his daughter dying and posted that, why would you want others to see that?
>>7751718
I like your style kid
>>7766985
She must've watched too many Kitchen Nightmares
>>7768009
Please kill yourself
>>7767807
That's a good thing. It's a better value if you don't have to worry about them spoiling and wasting food.
>>7767936
It's an outlet for grief. Share you experience, let it out, others comment and you don't feel so alone in it. No one else wants to see it I'm sure, but it's helpful for the uploader.
>>7745324
Adult diapers are a dollar there, too.
You may need them.
>>7769009
Whatever, b*tch.
>>7745618
I am enraged by her sons' loud chewing more than anything else.
