A Freezer and half a cow

A neighbor wants to go halfs on a full cow. This should save some $$$ but it's rare that people do this around here. Has this worked out for anyone? (except the cow of course) 

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HitRed wrote:Has this worked out for anyone?
mrswdk wrote:It has worked out for no one ever, when you consider the contribution that cow has made to the world's greenhouse gases and therefore to the rising sea levels and increasing prevalence of freak weather events that will eventually destroy your food supply, your homes and your family.
HitRed wrote:A neighbor wants to go halfs on a full cow. This should save some $$$ but it's rare that people do this around here. Has this worked out for anyone? (except the cow of course)
KoolBak wrote:Done it many times when my sister was raising them (they all farted in Mr. Swdke's general direction).
Never heard of NOT getting it butchered and wrapped. That's part of the process. Ends up being similar cost to buying in store typically but much better quality (so I guess it's cheaper....lol). Hopefully you know the source so you know what type of beef it is and that it was raised / fed properly....
Our last one was a Highland (Long Haired Scottish) and it was outstanding....
riskllama wrote:KoolBak wrote:Done it many times when my sister was raising them (they all farted in Mr. Swdke's general direction).
Never heard of NOT getting it butchered and wrapped. That's part of the process. Ends up being similar cost to buying in store typically but much better quality (so I guess it's cheaper....lol). Hopefully you know the source so you know what type of beef it is and that it was raised / fed properly....
Our last one was a Highland (Long Haired Scottish) and it was outstanding....
hmm, fer realz? whenever we'd go in w/somebody on one when i was growing up, we'd always get an uncut side of beef - but, me ma & later, myself, knew how to butcher so that's probly why we always did it that way. my advice would be to def. go for the wrapped & butchered option if you don't know how...
2dimes wrote:My parents used to get half a cow from the farm my grandma and her second husband had, in exchange for a little money and help in the slaughter of two or three of the critters.
If you don't enjoy it at least a few times a week it's going to be a lot for a family of four to get through in a year.
If it is vacuum sealed it should last a couple of years frozen.
It spoiled me for really good beef. My wife can enjoy any old beef but I am fairly particular.
I pretty much avoid it in England.
betiko wrote:2dimes wrote:My parents used to get half a cow from the farm my grandma and her second husband had, in exchange for a little money and help in the slaughter of two or three of the critters.
If you don't enjoy it at least a few times a week it's going to be a lot for a family of four to get through in a year.
If it is vacuum sealed it should last a couple of years frozen.
It spoiled me for really good beef. My wife can enjoy any old beef but I am fairly particular.
I pretty much avoid it in England.
i have absolutely no idea how much that represents in terms of meals.... is half a cow, after removing all the bones and unedible parts something like 150kg? I guess you can go for 1,5kg of meat per course in a family of 4, so 100 meals, so 2 meals per week? geez, never thought of it like that. But I guess a pig gives more meals per KG, you literally eat everything from them...
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