Top round roast

[SCHawkeye2]

I don't eat a lot of meat, get my protein from other sources

I eat a lot of eggs, excellent source of protein, cheese omelets with sautéed onions
and peppers are my usual breakfast

Haven't eaten a single bite of ham in Sixty Years

Growing up in Philadelphia we had ham every Sunday and leftovers throughout the week

We had Ham every New Year, Easter, Fourth of July, Thanksgiving and Christmas

There were four children in the family and after WWII, my dad had to work two jobs
He was an assistant manager at the A&P that was close to home, and he worked
for the Philadelphia Transportation System, troubleshooting on the trolleys and
subways to keep things safe

Told me one time he watched a man carve his initials on his arm with a knife
He wasn't a danger to the passengers and my Dad kept a close eye on him
until he got off the subway

I used to eat sausage sandwiches and there was a place called Alright Pizza near
North High School that had the best sausage sandwiches in DM
All my friends went there religiously until it eventually closed

Then I lookup up the ingredients of sausage and immediately stopped eating it

Now I eat Roast Beef, Filets and Tenderloins

And cook round and chuck roast in a Crock Pot, cook it slowly with onions, carrots and
potatoes

I cook it for hours and it always turns out very well, tender and tasty

Speaking of sausage sandwiches....
Does anyone remember an Italian place on the south side of DM in the early '70's.
Papa Joes I think? Or Joes?
Best Italian sausage sandwich ever.

 

[CP87]

I was a decent athlete when I was younger. In my 30s I biked about 3,000 miles a summer and ran in probably 6-8 5k's a year, sometimes more. Got down to about 19-20 minute 5k. Hit my 40s and got busy with coaching/umpiring/kid's sports, and let that slide. My biggest downfall was trying to get back into it multiple times WAY too hard. I didn't want to believe that once you hit your 40s your body doesn't work the way it used to. What finally got me past the early burnout/injury bug was to just swallow my pride and baby step it to the point I thought it was ridiculous.

To get to even running a 5k again I did this... I walked 3.1 miles 6 days a week on a treadmill. I like treadmills because they keep your pace honest. I set it at 3.9 mph and just walked 3.1 miles.

After a week of that I started jogging part of it 4 of those 6 days, but I started with 10 seconds. Yeah, that's ridiculous and I could have run way longer than 10 seconds, but if I jumped into jogging 5 minute stretches within a week or whatever I'd end up tweaking something. Sounds dumb, but in a week you'll be running a full minute, in a month you'll be running 4 minutes, just 10 seconds at a time. It's amazing how my body will do great with that. Didn't take too long before I was jogging a full 3.1, and once I was at that point, I could really focus on getting fit again. The problem is when you hit middle age, our lungs/cardio can usually handle more than our muscles and joints. We feel like we're not doing anything building up that slow because it doesn't exert our bodies, but in my opinion your muscles and joints need that slow ease into it once you get to 40 or 45 years old.

Obviously be skeptical of what I'm telling you because you're the one teaching physiology at a university and you're way smarter than me, but that's what worked in my case.

I have had to do the exact same thing. Especially when it came to getting back into lifting. About 3 years ago, I started back lifting 2 days per week, literally doing almost nothing. I would do like 3 exercises, 1 set, miles below failure. While it felt like nothing, that allowed me to slowly build back up, and within a year I was deadlifting 300 lbs (not great, but a lot better than where I started). But, even within that year I had some setbacks. When things are going well, and I am making progress, instead of saying, "Well, this is clearly working, I should stay the course," I instead say, "This is clearly working, now I am going to really drop the hammer!" And then I mess myself up, somehow.

I fell out of the habit of lifting when my workout partner left, I am trying to get it going again.

For the last couple of summers, it has mostly been biking. I have always liked to bike, and my kids have gotten involved with the MTB club here in town. That has given me an excuse to learn some stuff about MTB and get out and ride some. This has mostly gone well, but I always get to a point where I pile on too many miles, too quickly. I know better, but I just can't help myself, it seems.

So, I will definitely take your advice, and I will hope to show better discipline in the process.

 

[Fryowa]

This has mostly gone well, but I always get to a point where I pile on too many miles, too quickly. I know better, but I just can't help myself, it seems.

My best friend had a hunting dog that got way up there in years, couldn’t see for shit and his body was shot. Struggled getting up and down stairs, up on the couch, etc. Loved hunting though.

Any time my buddy got a shot gun out that dog would go nuts and start running around the house like crazy, ran right to the truck wanting to get in and go. He’d lift him up in the pickup and take some training decoys out to a farm place, throw them up in the air and shoot them. The dog was in heaven and would hobble out after the decoys and bring ‘em back. Then he’d get home and the dog would basically sleep for two days straight, I’m assuming in pain lol. He couldn’t resist it.

I feel like that dog a lot of times.

 

[thedukeofearl]

Speaking of sausage sandwiches....
Does anyone remember an Italian place on the south side of DM in the early '70's.
Papa Joes I think? Or Joes?
Best Italian sausage sandwich ever.

Don't recall that one but Graziano Brothers on South Union has Sausage that is well known nationally
and is considered by many to be the best sausage in America

They make very good sandwiches, especially sausage that are very good

 

[Fryowa]

What're you folks cooking this weekend?

 

[CP87]

What're you folks cooking this weekend?

Probably a top round roast!

Besides that, I always get one of those cheap packs of chicken breast from Hy-Vee ($3.59 - 3.99/lb), brine them, and then roast in the oven. Gives me cheap, easy protein throughout the week. You can always take a cup of rice, a cup of frozen veggies, a cup of chopped chicken breast, and some sort of tasty sauce...away you go!

I haven't made this in a few weeks, but one of the best sauces to have on hand is a chimichurri. https://www.loveandlemons.com/chimichurri-sauce/

You can mix and match whatever fresh herbs you want to use, and I always make mine spicy. If you like herbs, but you get sick of how fast they go bad, this is the way to go.

I usually try to make myself some large bean dish, as well. The rest of my family doesn't really eat that sort of thing, so I can make something on the weekend and then have it available for lunch the whole next week. Lentil curries are pretty tasty, but my favorite is probably Cajun Red Beans with Rice. Just basic great northern beans with some garlic, onion, and chicken broth is also pretty good (very creamy).

 

[Fryowa]

Probably a top round roast!

Besides that, I always get one of those cheap packs of chicken breast from Hy-Vee ($3.59 - 3.99/lb), brine them, and then roast in the oven. Gives me cheap, easy protein throughout the week. You can always take a cup of rice, a cup of frozen veggies, a cup of chopped chicken breast, and some sort of tasty sauce...away you go!

I haven't made this in a few weeks, but one of the best sauces to have on hand is a chimichurri. https://www.loveandlemons.com/chimichurri-sauce/

You can mix and match whatever fresh herbs you want to use, and I always make mine spicy. If you like herbs, but you get sick of how fast they go bad, this is the way to go.

I usually try to make myself some large bean dish, as well. The rest of my family doesn't really eat that sort of thing, so I can make something on the weekend and then have it available for lunch the whole next week. Lentil curries are pretty tasty, but my favorite is probably Cajun Red Beans with Rice. Just basic great northern beans with some garlic, onion, and chicken broth is also pretty good (very creamy).

Love this.

GF and I love pulled pork and we always have lots of it in the freezer. Aside from really enjoying the flavor of it it's ridiculously cheap ($1.74/lb at Walmart), and you can make a ton of different things out of it to keep from getting bored. Can eat it plain, make tacos/quesadillas, we put it omelets, nachos, you name it. Typically I'll buy two pork shoulders and do both at the same time, smokes for about 12 hours. I start it early Saturday morning about 5AM (I'm up early anyway) and then we can have some for supper. I shred it, then put it a couple 9x13's overnight in the fridge overnight. Vac seal it in 10 oz. portions, and leaving it in the fridge overnight solidifies everything up so it doesn't pull any juice into the sealer. We buy meat in bulk when it's on sale and the vac sealer has been a godsend for saving money even after the bags which we get on Amazon crazy cheap.

Last weekend HyVee here had whole pork loins on sale $1.78.lb, I was able to get 19 boneless pork chops out of it one, sealed those 2 to a pack and threw them in the freezer.

One of the best deals is when HyVee has sales on chicken hind quarters which is about once a month, they do 10lb bags for $7. I take all the skin off and do the whole works at once on the smoker (you could easily do the oven). When they're done I pull the bones out, throw the meat in a stand mixer and use the paddle attachment to shred it. Then vac seal like the pork. Super cheap and pretty efficient.

One other nice thing about the vacuum bags is they work great to boil in. I like that way better because you don't lose any moisture or flavor and when you cut the bag open its' basically like it came straight from the oven/grill.

She and I are both tightwads and we waffled for a couple months over spending $120 on a sealer, but it's paid for itself long ago.

 

[Fryowa]

Side note, you don't have to have a smoker to do really great pulled pork. Yeah you don't have smoke flavor, but do it in the oven with BBQ rub like normal, then mix a little more rub in it after you shred it and you're golden. Oven works great if that's what you have.

Trim most of the fat cap off, put the rub on, then throw it in the oven at 275 ish until 205 internal. It will stall out around 160 internal, if I'm pressed for time I'll wrap it at that point and it helps get the rest of the way. Check for probe tender, shred 'er up, and enjoy the hell out of it.

 

[Fryowa]

Probably a top round roast!

Besides that, I always get one of those cheap packs of chicken breast from Hy-Vee ($3.59 - 3.99/lb), brine them...

What's your brine? Just salt or do you spice it up?

I've brined pork loin before but not chicken. I can see how that'd be good with white meat.

 

[Fryowa]

About $0.70 per chop out of a whole loin.