I Have to Get to Work Soon
By Jim Bauer
@porwest (109478)
United States
October 17, 2025 10:06am CST
Normally my wife is here to help me with this sort of thing, but she's out of town for the weekend and I am on my own.
But I bought a whole pork loin on Wednesday, and I have to get to cutting it up into a roast, some loin chops and country style ribs, wrap it in freezer paper, and freeze it.
I got it on sale at just $1.49 per pound, which is a good deal and the sale goes until next Tuesday. I might just go and get another one. Nowadays you really have to take advantage of cost savings wherever you can.
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@porwest (109478)
• United States
7h
I am really looking for bargains now since pork steaks went from $1.94 per pound to $2.24 per pound, and I am out of ground beef and haven't bought since it's almost $5 a pound and I just won't pay that. I'm hunting for any bargain I can find, trust me.
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@Marilynda1225 (86569)
• United States
15h
That is a good price for the pork and it would probably be a good idea to buy another one. I do love pork tenderloin
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@lovebuglena (47986)
• Staten Island, New York
5h
I was about to ask why you got that big piece of meat if your wife is out of town. I guess freezing it is not a bad idea. I prefer fresh meat though, especially since we have no way of knowing if what we buy at the store has been previously frozen or not.
@LindaOHio (203593)
• United States
10h
That's a really good price. Probably because you have to cut it up yourself.
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@LindaOHio (203593)
• United States
Just now
@porwest Read it. The idea of country style ribs is making my mouth water.
@porwest (109478)
• United States
7h
That's mainly it. But it's a MASSIVE cost savings. I did a little break down in my response to @Looeyville if you want to peruse it. It's worth the work and we'll get a ton of meals out of it.
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@LooeyVille (65)
• United States
15h
Good savings, but sounds like a lot of work cutting it.
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@porwest (109478)
• United States
7h
The work is worth the cost savings, all day, twice on Sundays. The way I look at it is, what cuts can I get and what are the average prices of those cuts pre-butchered?
If I buy country style ribs, I am looking at over $3 a pound.
If I buy pork loin chops, they'd run me $4 or more a pound.
A pork loin roast would be anywhere between $3 and $4 a pound.
Basically, I will cut it into all three of those and then do 1 or 2 pounds diced for soups, casseroles or stir-fry. This was 8 pounds, so if I do 2 pounds of CS ribs, a 2 pound roast, 2 pounds diced, I should be able to cut the pork loin chops into 2 pounds and divide it into 8 chops 4 each to a package and be good.
I paid about $12 for it, and imagine all the meals I will get out of this.
@RasmaSandra (89869)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
10h
That is a good deal for pork Best of luck getting it all cut up.
@moffittjc (125952)
• Gainesville, Florida
10h
With today's astronomical prices, it definitely pays to shop around for the best deals. You got a darn good deal on the pork loin.
@JudyEv (364231)
• Rockingham, Australia
7h
I'd be buying a second one too. As you say, you need to take advantage of whatever savings are offered.
