Local beef and pork products

samchez0
samchez0 Posts: 364 Member
edited November 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
Anyone but their beef and pork locally? We bought half a cow and a whole hog. I have no clue the calories in the stuff or the best way to calculate it. This meat will last us all year so it's pretty much exclusively what I'll use. Any suggestions?

The meat includes burgers, ground beef, steak, roast, bacon, ham, pork chops, etc.

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  • Numer1ca
    Numer1ca Posts: 284 Member
    Did the butcher label the cuts?
  • cortesd
    cortesd Posts: 58 Member
    Go to the USDA website, look up the various raw cuts of meat then create entries under "My Foods." It won't be perfect, but better than guessing!
  • kommodevaran
    kommodevaran Posts: 17,890 Member
    edited February 2016
    Can't help you, except suggest the UDSA database - but I do enjoy buying from the local butchers; they're all Halal, so no pork though :#
  • samchez0
    samchez0 Posts: 364 Member
    cortesd wrote: »
    Go to the USDA website, look up the various raw cuts of meat then create entries under "My Foods." It won't be perfect, but better than guessing!

    Pefect. Didn't even think of that. I've never used the "my foods" took.
  • rosebarnalice
    rosebarnalice Posts: 3,488 Member
    I get meat from a CSA. All of the cuts are labelled, so I kook up the cut+"usda" in mfp.
  • chandanista
    chandanista Posts: 986 Member
    I bought a pig locally this year, previously we've bought and butchered sheep. I use the USDA entries.
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