Pork Chop Bonanza

[dem in texas]

One of the secrets of thrifty shopping is to check the meat on Mondays as generally the stores mark down meats that have not sold by the weekend. Before I retired, I always did the grocery shopping, but now my old boy is doing most of it. I have showed him all the tricks I know on how to shop and showed him where to look for the Monday meat markdowns.

Today, he hit the jackpot; he found a 9 1/2 pound pork loin marked down from $24.00 to $9.50. Best of all, it was already cut into pork chops. It was probably a custom order that was not picked up. The store's loss was our gain! I bagged them up, 3 chops to a bag and got 4 bags. Also have the end-cuts which were equal to two bags, will use them for cooking some pork in the crock pot to use for tacos or another dish.

[Wilms]

1. Well, that explains what happened to me on Monday!

Thanks for the tip. Monday it is!

[Galileo126]

2. He shoots...He scores!!

Great find.

I went looking myself this morning, but didn't go early enough. The "early birds" beat me to it, and got the choice stuff. DOH!

[Major Nikon]

3. Monday or Tuesday is always when I go shopping for meat

The downside is if you are looking for something in particular, it might be gone. Friday is the best day for selection as that's when the stores in my area usually get their meat shipments for the weekend. So if I'm looking for grass-fed ribeye, that's usually the day I have to shop or it's all gone by Monday.

[rusty quoin]

4. All great tips. I need to rethink my market days.

[grasswire]

5. my favorite pork chop recipe

It's from Mama Leone's famous Italian restaurant in NYC

melt some butter in saute pan, add sliced garlic, fresh rosemary, and some olive oil

brown the chops with a little salt and pepper

add to the pan a can of tomatoes (san marzano would be great, but just plain work well), and half a bunch or so of parsley.

simmer for about an hour until chops are very tender

boil some pasta

drain pasta and toss with more butter, a good portion of grated parmesan cheese, and half of the pan juices.

Serve by turning the pasta onto a platter, topping with the chops, and pouring all the pan juices over it all. A bit more grated cheese.

Delicious with some sourdough bread.