Oops I did it again!
By NJ Chicaa
@NJChicaa (116006)
United States
December 7, 2017 4:42pm CST
I was at the grocery store today doing the weekly shop for next week and to get what I needed to make cookies for a Christmas cookie swap on Saturday. I went over to the meat cases to pick up steaks to make for dinner tonight and then I couldn't help myself. . .
. . . I went over to the Manager's Sale section. It was loaded up! I swore not to buy any more meat until I used up a bunch of what we already had in the freezers but I couldn't help myself! 
I got small packages of organic skirt steaks for less than $3 each, bison filet 2 packs for $5.35 each, and 2 packages of beef braciole for $7 each. The steaks and bison went into the freezer (and fit! 
) but I put the braciole into the fridge. I will make a pot of homemade red sauce on Sunday and simmer them in that. Yum! I haven't had braciole in forever.
Have you ever had bison before? (I haven't.) What about braciole?
I got small packages of organic skirt steaks for less than $3 each, bison filet 2 packs for $5.35 each, and 2 packages of beef braciole for $7 each. The steaks and bison went into the freezer (and fit! ) but I put the braciole into the fridge. I will make a pot of homemade red sauce on Sunday and simmer them in that. Yum! I haven't had braciole in forever.
Have you ever had bison before? (I haven't.) What about braciole?9 people like this
11 responses
@Happy2BeMe (99399)
• Canada
7 Dec 17
I have never had braciole before but i have has bison before and i really liked it. It was quite some time ago though.
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@NJChicaa (116006)
• United States
7 Dec 17
oh wow braciole is soooo good. I'm such an Italian-American it is gross! 
It is beef (or pork) pounded out thinly, sprinkled with a filling of grated Parmesan, garlic, parsley (and sometimes other herbs), and some people even put a hardboiled egg inside too! Then they roll the meat up, tie it, and slowly braise it in a flavorful tomato sauce.
Braciole is one thing that I've never attempted making myself though I bet I could make a banging version of it. Maybe in 2018!
It is beef (or pork) pounded out thinly, sprinkled with a filling of grated Parmesan, garlic, parsley (and sometimes other herbs), and some people even put a hardboiled egg inside too! Then they roll the meat up, tie it, and slowly braise it in a flavorful tomato sauce.
Braciole is one thing that I've never attempted making myself though I bet I could make a banging version of it. Maybe in 2018! 1 person likes this
@Happy2BeMe (99399)
• Canada
7 Dec 17
@NJChicaa that sounds really good. I know I would like it. I must look around and see if I can find it.
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@NJChicaa (116006)
• United States
7 Dec 17
@Happy2BeMe My local grocery store has it in the specialty meat case. If you have a butcher or a specialty Italian shop, they will likely have it.
If you really want to get crazy, you can make "Sunday Gravy". That's when you make a big pot of red sauce with a few different types of meat--meatballs, sausage, braciole, pork ribs and/or beef short ribs (I've done both at once)--and let it simmer slowly for hours on a weekend day while you are at home. Makes the most outstanding sauce plus you get all of that yummy meat to put on your pasta!
If it is just you and your fiance, pick 2 or 3 meats and do those so it isn't super expensive and you don't have 45 gallons of sauce/meat to deal with!
If it is just you and your fiance, pick 2 or 3 meats and do those so it isn't super expensive and you don't have 45 gallons of sauce/meat to deal with!2 people like this
@Morleyhunt (21737)
• Canada
7 Dec 17
I've not had either. My freezer holds very little meat at the moment (besides the two frozen turkeys). Some good sales would be welcome.
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@Morleyhunt (21737)
• Canada
8 Dec 17
@NJChicaa I do the same...but my grocery store doesn't have a lot of meat in the reduced...last day bin. The cashier is usually impressed by the number of 50% off stickers in my grocery cart.
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@NJChicaa (116006)
• United States
7 Dec 17
I get most of my meat on the manager's "last day" sales. . . the stuff that is on the last "sell-by" date. It is still perfectly fine so I buy up as much as I can of whatever they have of things that we eat--ground turkey, skirt steak, ground chicken, hell I even snagged 2 packages of Pat LaFrieda (very well-known NYC meat-seller) Truffle burgers at 50% off 3 weeks ago! (must remember to buy buns one of these weeks!) I get pork tenderloins, chicken thighs, even steaks sometimes. I just freeze it when I get home and then defrost when I'm ready to use it.
@Blondie2222 (28611)
• United States
8 Dec 17
I haven't had either before and don't plan to try it. You'll have to let us know how the braciole is when you have it. I don't even know what that is ?
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@Marilynda1225 (79769)
• United States
8 Dec 17
Gee I haven't had braciole in ages and actually I never had bison. Does bison taste like beef?
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@Scrapper88 (5957)
• United States
7 Dec 17
I have not tried either one yet. I would like to try bison though.
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@NJChicaa (116006)
• United States
7 Dec 17
@Happy2BeMe cool! I look forward to trying it!
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@Happy2BeMe (99399)
• Canada
7 Dec 17
@NJChicaa it does have a much stronger taste then beef. It is very lean.
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@DianneN (246881)
• United States
8 Dec 17
You are too funny! Lol! I've had braciole a few times, thanks to my paraprofessional who was Italian. Yay to her for feeding me. I heard bison was good from my older son, but I can't bring myself to eat it. Let me know what you do with it and what you think.
@andriaperry (116860)
• Anniston, Alabama
8 Dec 17
No not braciole but I have had Bison and I liked it.
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@NJChicaa (116006)
• United States
8 Dec 17
If you are ever in the mood for a good Italian-American meal, buy some braciole and simmer it low and slow in homemade red sauce or your favorite bottled one with or without your favorite other meats. There is nothing like Sunday Gravy. See above for instructions! hahaha
@JohnRoberts (109857)
• Los Angeles, California
8 Dec 17
I have never had either. Don't know what braciole is.
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@misunderstood_zombie (8142)
• United States
8 Dec 17
No, I never have. Your story reminds me of my husband. He loved the sale area in the meat department, and was always so happy to find a steak at a good price.
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