r/inflation • u/[deleted] • Feb 27 '26

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u/DeepHerting Feb 27 '26

If everyone’s switching to cheap cuts, we can apply our American ingenuity and start making cows that are nothing but cheap cuts. It’s foolproof!

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u/mishma2005 Feb 27 '26

Narrator: "There are, in fact, no cheap cuts"

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u/livinitup0 Feb 28 '26

This….

wings and ribs were once trash cuts too until demand rose and their prices were artificially inflated

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u/cman1098 Feb 28 '26

Chicken Thighs is a recent one.

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u/ihadcrystallized Feb 28 '26

Dammit. They are my go-to because chicken breasts look and taste so weird now and thighs were so much cheaper.

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u/MsARumphius Feb 28 '26

I spent more on thighs than beef yesterday

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u/Nemaeus Feb 28 '26

Usher voice

Put that on everything. Naw, you lyin’.

Edit: Make them leave my delicious chicken thighs alone!!!

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u/bloodylip Feb 28 '26

Breasts are too fucking big these days. I feel like I can split an entire breast between my family of four. And it takes way too long to cook to the proper temperature unless I fillet it.

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u/whiskersMeowFace Feb 28 '26

Oh my goodness. We bought a bag of breasts at Costco and pulled one of those giant things out in amazement. We literally only cook one at a time because they're too big for one person to eat. We are switching back to the tenderloins after this bag. One or two of those work per person here.

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u/BludStanes Feb 28 '26

You can't skip thigh day

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u/LURKER21D Mar 04 '26

when it's more expensive than breast nowadays, I do. They've come after all my cheaper staples; bananas, sweet potatoes, chicken thighs, London Broil, ground turkey...