Do You Eat More Red Meat Or White Meat?

natzini

We eat more white than red, as red meat triggers my IBS, especially beef, no matter what quality it is. So to avoid me taking too many tablets, we eat it less regularly.

Olliebeak

Mostly white meat in the Ollie household - preferably chicken, turkey (diced or steaks) or pork (steaks or chops). Minced beef usually once a week and lamb maybe once a month (usually shanks).

Mr Ollie is a fish-lover but I have a distinct phobia about it. If it looks like a fish, or smells like a fish, it gives me the shudders!! I can only manage tinned tuna, cod in batter WITHOUT the skin and - very surprisingly - scallops.

I'm more likely to have a veggie day when Mr Ollie is having a fish-day!

Penny-Pincher!!

I didnt realise Pork was a red meat.

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custardy

more red meat now im getting in shape though previously mainly white meat

Debt_Free_Chick

Assuming Game is classed as "white meat" (as it's closer to poultry) then about 60/40 red meat/white.

We simply love all meat, but are fortunate enough to have an excellent butcher, who "finishes" his own meat. The most difficult question you can ask me is "What's your favourite meat" as I simply can't make my mind up. Rare roast rib of beef, or a sirloin or rib-eye steak; pink leg of lamb, or slow cooked shoulder or pink rack of lamb; roast leg of pork with crispy crackling covered in salt & pepper; roast pheasant (had that last night) ..... I could go on and on ... but not make up my mind!

But we eat plenty of fish too, which we can buy straight off the boats at Hastings. Spoilt for choice, I think

Debt_Free_Chick

Penny-Pincher!! wrote: »

I didnt realise Pork was a red meat.

PP
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I understand that "white" meat is the general term for poultry and, I think, game.

Anything with four legs is considered red meat. Not sure where rabbit & hare fit into that, though! (I would have said "game").

LearningToSave.

hmmmm i dont think i could say what we eat more of! we like everything and eat lots of all meats and all fish. we only buy reduced stuff though because of cost and finances and stock up as we have huge freezers.

lil_me

We usually eat MUCH more chicken than anything else but running the stocks down at the minute so it's whatever is in. I'd say most weeks we eat chicken about 4 times. Red meat used to be 1-2 a week but more so at the minute as we have a lot in. Fish I usually do one day a week. I do a veg meal for me weekly aswell, occasionally DP will have it but not too often. Mince meals are bulked out usually with soya as DP dislikes lentils in things I have made so far.

The children eat much less red meat than us, they usually live on chicken and fish really. Many of the meals on my plan are just for us, sometimes they will have burgers or sausages but they are much more keen on fish and chicken.

I don't really choose it out of cost, just what we prefer, DP is a chicken addict, he will mainly have chicken or beef so I suppose chicken is the cheaper one of those 2. Pork usually only in sausages and scrummy pork and apple burgers the farm shop does. Lamb mince I occasionally buy, mainly for when I am doing things to go with a curry like sheek kebabs, keema rice etc. I sometimes do lamb in a stew which DP is ok with, just isn't keen on it as a roast etc. I also buy some quorn products as alternatives for me and the boys, DP not keen. Sirloin steak is a fortnightly ish treat for us usually, the ones from the farm shop I use are cheaper/kg than Tesco Value and soooo much nicer.

I've always classed pork and lamb as red meat aswell. White meat I've always thought of as just poultry.

(these are just for evening meals by the way but we tend to use mainly chicken and ham for lunches)

Hardup_Hester

We eat more chicken or turkey than anything else, because it's cheaper, I'm happy with veggie food, but hubby isn't. The lodger is vegetarian, but doesn't eat most vegetables & doeasn't eat pulses.
Hubby won't eat pulses at all, apart from the lentils I put is cottage pie & thats cos he doesn't know they are there!

Nordictat2

Actually it depends on what's on sale..when it comes to our household. If beef is sale then we tend to eat more beef...same goes with pork or chicken but I have to admit..nothing like a Sunday roast with mash and veg. MMMMmmmmmmmmmm