one thing to add....Pork.....pork is a great versatile meat and you can do almost anything with it....grind it and make your own Italian sausage....or make breakfast sausage.....slow cook it in a crock pot ,drain, and add bbq sauce and cook a little longer...fantastic...
and pork is relatively cheap...go to the bigger stores or the stores that service the restaurants.....we have a "cash and carry " store here....they usually will have pork butts for 99cents a pound....