Most of us know that around Christmas and Thanksgiving you can get turkey cheaply but there are other holidays.
For the two weeks before St Patrick's Day my local stores run a special on corned beef. It is less then half price.
Meat is easy to can when you have a pressure cannier which I strongly suggest you get. I pack the meat into pint jars which is about a pound and pressure can.
They also generally have cabbage at very low prices. Cabbage stores well for a few months if you stuff it into a net bag and hang it. One cabbage per bag. The bags can be washed in bleach water and re-used.
Thanks for the advice Bear. I’ll bring that to the groups attention. We are planning on canning garden produce so I guess meats wouldn’t be any harder.
Cabbage can also be “replanted.” Bury it in the ground head first with a little of the root sticking up. Cover with straw or some type of insulation. It will keep most of the winter. The outer leaves will rot, but the inside will be all white and so very sweet.