Ah, the glory days of 322 pounds of beef in the freezer.
Well, it finally happened.
I mentioned in November that I didn’t think our beef supply was going to last until our next cow came back from butchering. I was right.
I’ve been rationing my meat consumption for almost a month now. Weeks of eating Hamburger Hash at pretty much every meal, and I think it’s safe to say the monotony is getting to me.
Plus, my energy levels are dragging. I know I’ve been sick, and haven’t been getting enough sleep, but I know the lack of protein in my diet is affecting me, too.
So I had to buy grass-fed beef at the co-op.
The 3 steaks and 3 pounds of ground beef I bought cost almost 1/10th as much as buying a WHOLE COW.
What a racket.
Still, I’m grateful the racket exists, because now I can have hamburgers and steaks again until our cow comes back from the butcher. It was taken in last Monday, so hopefully we’ll have it back this week sometime.
I’m positively drooling at the thought of a nice Rib steak, and some more pot roast, and even though I have to save it for when I go back to work, the delicious beef jerky I’ll be able to make from all the round steak. Oh, yum!
Strangely, even though the diet is now at the extreme end of monotonous, I still like eating the Hamburger Hash. Weird, right? I guess good food is good food, even when you eat it every. single. meal.
Well, I just can’t wait to see our freezer full of beef again. Rationing stinks.
Anyone else been down to eating the same thing for every meal? How long did that last for you, and what did you most look forward to when you could eat other things?
