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  1. Show Pony

    Show Pony DI Forum Patron Highly Rated Poster Showcase Reviewer

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    MKKS meats near the Dumaguete cockpit (across from Citi Hardware has Tenderloin from Brasil.
    It's just under 800 Peso/Kg and you have to buy the whole tenderloin which is about 2 Kg.
    Sometimes they has Texas beef at a little higher price.

    The Brasil meat can be a bit hit and miss. Sometimes it is tender and sometimes a little tough. When it's tough I just cut it to strips and stir fry it.
    One time I bought a rib eye roast and it was okay, the next time it was too tough to describe.

    Overall I would rate MKKS as good with the occasional, Oh Crap.
     
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    Show Pony, Sep 15, 2015
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  2. DavyL200

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    We use the slow cooker for a few meals,chop up the veg,fry the meat off in flour in the fry pan and throw it all in there with a casserole/stew mix and leave on high for 6-7 hrs.
    Also they have a good chillie mix in hyper made by mc cormick,half kg of ground beef,one onion,small tin mushrooms,big tin of toms and a tin of kidney beans. Add chillie to your licking. Dinner this evening.
     
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    Well, I guess you just can't win

    At least here you can get all the dried fish and rice you can gag down

    I guess I shouldn't even care about any of this ... We are going back to the US (Florida) at the end of November.

    And then it will be time to pull the car cover off my baby and drive it again! .... :smuggrin:

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    Why hang it for 21 days in a cold locker? After all the locals still buy it as is and nothing goes to waste especially as they will sell it even after what in other countries would be considered the sell by date. Yes they could have better tasting beef but prices would go up and the only ones who may care are foreigners who won't be happy seeing the price go up 20%.
     
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    Wrap your beef in paper, then put it into the lowest point in your refrigerator for ten days. Remember to write the removal date on the paper. We use this process all the time, as most of the meat sold in the markets is still walking. Also slow cooking in a pressure cooker or crock pot also gives acceptable results. As for a good steak, that's something that we can only dream about.
     
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    I have no problems getting all the chicken, pork or vegetables I can gag down here either. If someone comes here expecting to have all the things they had in their home country, all while thinking they will be saving money making the move, they are almost certainly setting themselves up to be disappointed....and miserable. If you can't live without something it's probably best to check to see if it is available where you will be moving before you move there.

    Nice pony car though. :wink:

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  7. Rye83

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    I've seen a few cows like I see back in the US while going up to Casaroro Falls. They are around. It takes a lot of land to raise cows and most of the land good for that is used for crops that feed more people per acre. Cows are a very unsustainable animal to raise. It simply can't be done on a large scale in a country that is so densely populated.

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    If you look on the boards above the meat section at robs you will see a selection of cuts,they do have imported beef but it's frozen and you have to ask for it and thickness you want.
    Have tried a few of the steaks and are sort of ok,nowt like back home though. Think the last one was around p650 and was ok on the bar b q
    The biggest problem here is none of the meat is hung for 21 days,it's just killed and cut up into chunks.
     
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    I get your point about size but just to educate those who my have never been down on the farm, cows have a vagina and bulls have a penis.
     
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    PatO, Sep 23, 2015
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    Gosh You Know I have had the Filet Migon at Moons (Robinsons) Bacon wrapped a few times now and thought it was excellent ????????????????????? I one time bought the Shrimp in a red sauce appeitizer and tried dipping my steak in the leftover red sauce and was it ever delicious
     
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    Ten Twenty Lenny, Sep 18, 2015
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