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The stores are too crowded but with the 2 day free delivery you barely need to go to the store anymore, at least for essentials. I have no idea how they make money free shipping me 100 pounds of bottled water. 

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    Jesus, if you dress like that, there won’t be any pussy left for the rest of us.

  • Etexhorn13
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    $80 worth of filets mislabeled as stew meat at the bunker hill Costco… felt so wrong and so right at the same time. 

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1 hour ago, horn4life said:

Well fuck nuts!  I am bummed...

Costco discontinued carrying ground Buffalo.... that was one of our go to purchases the last year or so.  I will say it again and again, but for some reason the italian meatballs we made out of buffalo were simply the best we ever made.  Hell I thought it was a fluke, and did identical recipies 1 with organic beef, one with organic buffalo, and the results were confirmed.  Not sure why they were better, but they were.

Now I guess I will be heading to sprouts for my fix.  Luckily I have been filling that gap by going to H Mart and buying Poke.  Then my daughter discovered that the prepared foods like poke are half off after 7 (maybe 6 pm). 

But still very bummed by the dropping of the ground buffalo.

Crap when did they discontinue the ground bison, it was there last time I went.  That’s my go to for meat loaf.

1 hour ago, Hank Scorpio said:

The stores are too crowded but with the 2 day free delivery you barely need to go to the store anymore, at least for essentials. I have no idea how they make money free shipping me 100 pounds of bottled water. 

I think the prices online are higher than in store. At least that has been my experience on a few items that we have shipped to us due to hit or miss inventory in store.

7 hours ago, gsoda3 said:

technically no they're different animals, but "ground buffalo" in the stores here is actually ground bison.  i don't like it, it tastes like 97/3 beef which is too lean for me. i like the 80/20 and would rather eat 70/30 than 90/10. what i've been doing since covid is combining 80/20 with ground turkey at a 1:1 ratio and the texture the turkey adds makes it so velvety. 

I prefer the 30/70 from Food 'n Stuff.

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11 hours ago, gsoda3 said:

what i've been doing since covid is combining 80/20 with ground turkey at a 1:1 ratio

This seems satanic 

3 hours ago, Deej said:

I prefer the 30/70 from Food 'n Stuff.

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They didn’t have our regular 85/15 organic packs today so I had to buy the 3 pack of ground “wagyu” which is 75/25. 

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19 hours ago, gsoda3 said:

technically no they're different animals, but "ground buffalo" in the stores here is actually ground bison.  i don't like it, it tastes like 97/3 beef which is too lean for me. i like the 80/20 and would rather eat 70/30 than 90/10. what i've been doing since covid is combining 80/20 with ground turkey at a 1:1 ratio and the texture the turkey adds makes it so velvety. 

Thanks for this suggestion.  I'm going to give this a try.

 

I was telling my wife that losing the bison, means I will just experiment more with making my own ground meats.  I did it for the first time making some lamb burgers out some leg of lamb.  I understand the issue with very lean meats, but for me the bison just had a different more rustic flavor for my meatballs.  We did a lot of bison burgers, with blue cheese, and Crystal hot sauce, which were delicious.

I was telling the wife last night, who knows what interesting combos we might come up with.  Might even fold in some chorizo into my ground beef as an experiment.

RIP Costco ground Bison....

1 hour ago, horn4life said:

I was telling the wife last night, who knows what interesting combos we might come up with.  Might even fold in some chorizo into my ground beef as an experiment.

Recently I saw one of those TV "chefs" add butter to 80/20 beef for burgers.  He claimed it was great, but they always say that.  I haven't tried it.

44 minutes ago, jimmyjazz said:

Recently I saw one of those TV "chefs" add butter to 80/20 beef for burgers.  He claimed it was great, but they always say that.  I haven't tried it.

thought for sure it was paula deen til you said "he"

7 hours ago, jimmyjazz said:

Recently I saw one of those TV "chefs" add butter to 80/20 beef for burgers.  He claimed it was great, but they always say that.  I haven't tried it.

Many years ago, somebody on the old hornfans talked about adding tofu to the super lean ground beef.   It really works well.  Binds it together and adds moisture.

1 hour ago, Gil Bang said:

Many years ago, somebody on the old hornfans talked about adding tofu to the super lean ground beef.   It really works well.  Binds it together and adds moisture.

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I started playing around with "grinding" my own meat in the food processor.  Started off with a trimmed down leg of lamb, did a couple different grinds, and seasonings to compare as the initial experiment.  The more course grinds were too chewy, and we experimented on those as well.  

The key was cutting up the meat into smaller cubes and par freezing those before tossing into the food processor to grind.  Just like trying to run fat through a sausage grinder, warm fat just clogs the thing near instantly.  I kept the 1-1/2 x 1-1/2 chunks in the freezer and then just covered up the blades by a level of meat (do not over stuff) and it worked beautifully.  Basically any good burger needs some sort of fat component.  That's why blue cheese goes so well with bison, or tzatziki with lamb.  Or adding pork to lean beef.

Anyhow not to hijack the thread.  But we buy the leg of lamb at Costco, and I have been butterflying it down into a thinner brisket look profile and searing on the grill.  We started also using the leftover of that and making Shepard's pie with the leftovers, and that was the bomb.  There's just a lot of meat in a leg of lamb and cooking all one way burns out the wife on it for a while.  But making burgers I just froze a few for later, and we ate the seared lamb portions in a leftover or two.  The lamb burgers were a fun way to use some of the lamb. The lamb was pretty lean as I tossed most of the deckle-like fat, but made a slurry of feta and tzatziki instead of mayo to add that fat.

Highly recommend adding potentialy grinding up some of you oversize meat portions at costco to create your own burgers.  We had a lot of fun with it.

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43 minutes ago, horn4life said:

Highly recommend adding potentialy grinding up some of you oversize meat portions at costco to create your own burgers.  We had a lot of fun with it.

yeah they're great for grinding/slicing and deep freezing.  

 

traditionally ground pork tenderloin is what goes into the meat filling of most asian dumplings.  but one of my relatives showed us how in her family they used ground pork belly.  it made a pleasant difference in the tenderness and looseness of the filling.  so we've been buy pork bellies, grinding that, and freezing them in batches to use for dumpling fillings and also occasionally for whatever we'd use ground pork for.  another thing we do with costco pork belly is slice it down into thin korean bbq style pieces and use that on the tabletop grill.  no need to premarinate, grill it up and dip into sesame oil and salt, place on top of a pile of medium grain rice inside a romaine lettuce leaf and pop it into your mouth. 

50 minutes ago, horn4life said:

I started playing around with "grinding" my own meat

50 minutes ago, horn4life said:

Highly recommend adding potentialy grinding up some of you oversize meat

Thanks for the suggestion, but most of us have been doing it since we were like 11.

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On 8/26/2024 at 11:52 AM, Hank Scorpio said:

The stores are too crowded but with the 2 day free delivery you barely need to go to the store anymore, at least for essentials. I have no idea how they make money free shipping me 100 pounds of bottled water. 

This. I know this is the Coscto thread, but we only have Sam's near us and we do the free pickup. Why walk among the unwashed if you don't have to? If Sam's doesn't have it in stock, they'll ship it to your house for free. They're usually out of the same few items, which is why every week I receive a rather large box with puff Cheetos in the mail.

8 hours ago, horn4life said:

of mayo to add that fat.Highly recommend adding potentialy grinding up some of you oversize meat portions

No need to brag

7 hours ago, gsoda3 said:

another thing we do with costco pork belly is slice it down into thin korean bbq style pieces and use that on the tabletop grill. 

Is this bacon with Korean spices?

3 hours ago, Pato del Muerto said:

Is this bacon with Korean spices?

No it's not cured, smoked, or marinated in any way. Not even salt. Just sliced and then onto the tabletop grill. Once it's cooked thru, take it off, dip in sesame oil and salt, then on to a small riceball with a small piece of romaine under it.

The KS Sweet Heat mix is a conspiracy to make me fat.  I can crush several hundred calories of that stuff alarmingly fast

On 8/30/2024 at 10:16 PM, tx 3 putt said:

costco pharmacy staff is just top notch 

You talkin' 'bout tits?

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Garlic butter ain't exactly difficult from scratch, but this shit is $10 for two 1-pound bags currently. Cook your preferred pasta & bread, smash. Definitely need to brush your teeth after. 

 

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https://www.costco.com/a-ipower-2400w-yamaha-powered-inverter-generator.product.4000198526.html
 

$500 for a 2400 watt inverter genny feels like a deal. Good if you live in some shithole that has occasional tropical storms, winter ice storms, and or rolling blackouts from some intense summer heat.  Or a tailgate. 

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33 minutes ago, DoobieWah said:

Totes. 

The handles are good for that.

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Coke. No Pepsi.

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Coca-Cola lovers for more than a decade were forced to wash down their $1.50 hot dogs at Costco’s food courts with Pepsi. But Costco plans to bring back Coca-Coca at its food court soda fountains this summer and ditch its archrival.

“We will be converting our food court fountain business back over to Coca-Cola,” Costco CEO Ron Vachris said Thursday at the company’s annual shareholders meeting.

Rumors had been swirling that Costco planned to make the switch. A shareholder asked Vachris if the food court was “truly switching back to Coke products.”

Costco solicits bids from companies for its fountain drink business at food courts, and Pepsi has been awarded the fountain soda contract since 2013. The deal is not just for the machines and syrup in the sodas, but cups, straws and other products.

Coke had been a mainstay of Costco food courts for decades, but Costco switched to Pepsi in 2013.

 

https://edition.cnn.com/2025/01/24/business/costco-coke-pepsi-hot-dog/index.html

On 1/26/2025 at 8:06 PM, shadow_operative2.0 said:

Was the only place I ever got Sierra Mist, aka Starry. 

Cool, Starry bro...

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egg prices have almost doubled

blackberries are up at least 66% 

16 minutes ago, tx 3 putt said:

egg prices have almost doubled

blackberries are up at least 66% 

Went Thurs and they were out of eggs, sign said delivery fri. Went back fri after work and pallet was already 2/3 gone and everyone seemed to be grabbing multiple cartons. So I grabbed 2 myself.  Free range organic brown eggs- $10 for 2 dozen.  Pretty sure they were $7.50 until now. 

I joined Tribe Costco a few days ago. After going through belt-fed cheap tents at art shows, I sprung for one at Costco that's more expensive, but if properly described, better quality all around. It's wending its way around the tri-county listening area. We shall see.

Maui Costco (and every other store) been out of eggs for 2 weeks. Fiending over here

Just now, Hank_Hill said:

Maui Costco (and every other store) been out of eggs for 2 weeks. Fiending over here

Aren’t there chickens running around all over the islands?

5 minutes ago, Pato del Muerto said:

Aren’t there chickens running around all over the islands?

Yea I guess they haven’t been called up yet

On 1/28/2025 at 8:26 AM, hornian said:

Our long national nightmare is over. 

It’s been ten long years.  

My oldest is going through a picky eating phase, to the point that the only chicken nuggets he will eat are Chick-fil-A. What can I say, the kid has good taste. These Kirkland “chicken chunks” are about as close as you could possibly get to chickfila, from size, shape, quality, and flavor after popping in the air fryer for 10 min. We will be keeping these in the freezer for sure.

https://www.costcobusinessdelivery.com/kirkland-signature-lightly-breaded-chicken-breast-chunks%2C-boneless-skinless%2C-4-lbs.product.2001153194.html

1 minute ago, Etexhorn13 said:

My oldest is going through a picky eating phase, to the point that the only chicken nuggets he will eat are Chick-fil-A. What can I say, the kid has good taste. These Kirkland “chicken chunks” are about as close as you could possibly get to chickfila, from size, shape, quality, and flavor after popping in the air fryer for 10 min. We will be keeping these in the freezer for sure.

https://www.costcobusinessdelivery.com/kirkland-signature-lightly-breaded-chicken-breast-chunks%2C-boneless-skinless%2C-4-lbs.product.2001153194.html

Those are copies (or just repackaging) of the Bare brand that is also there. Bare has patties as well, if chick-fil-a sandwiches are also acceptable.  Don’t recall seeing the patties in the Kirkland packaging yet. 

One hearing aid died, 10 minutes at Costco they replaced the doohickey and its as good as new. 3 years into cheap ($1,500) Philips from Costco and they have by far been the best purchase of my entire life.

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