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How long does it take you to consume a half cow? I can't fathom buying that much beef at one time. Aside from storage, it would take us years to eat it all, eve
by alistairSH 4y ago
How long does it take you to consume a half cow? I can't fathom buying that much beef at one time. Aside from storage, it would take us years to eat it all, even if we switched all our animal protein consumption to beef.
- bumbledraven 4y agoHow long it takes a group of people to eat an amount of food depends heavily on the number of people in the group.
- sdwr 4y agoMy friend's family did this when they had growing boys. They might have split w another family, down to 1/4 of a cow, and it still took them the better part of a year to get through it.
- Scoundreller 4y agoDeep freezers don’t cost that much to operate, and in cooler climates, cost even less to run in a detached/attached garage. But yeah, you need the space. I think it’s usually a bigger family that goes in on it and spreads it out across their kids/nephews/nieces, etc. I know I’m happy that someone coordinates it and just asks how much I want and here’s the price. Most of the cow becomes ground beef.
- eric-hu 4y agoIs a deep freezer the same as a chest freezer?
- debacle 4y agoWe split it among 3 families and it lasts ~6 months or longer.
- ttcbj 4y agoMy in-laws did this (think they got 1/4), but they ended up with a bunch of cuts they weren't used to/didn't like and ended up throwing away a significant amount.
- ceejayoz 4y agoYeah, I think a lot of first-time buyers forget how few of the premium cuts are on one cow. With a 1/4 purchase you're gonna get half a tenderloin roast, half a rib roast, etc.
- bluedino 4y agoOur family of 4/5 would buy a half cow every year
- balderdash 4y agoI think half a cow is like ~250lbs of beef, so with an 8oz serving sizer per person that’s 125 meals for a family of four so maybe a year eating beef every third dinner?
- barbazoo 4y agoImperial is fun!
- 2ICofafireteam 4y agoForm a small, informal coop with friends and family. My grandparents were part of what they called the meat circle. It was a bunch of farmers that took turns slaughtering a cow of their own to share with the group so they didn't have too much meat to deal with at home.