It has offered filet mignon, creamed spinach and a Wine Spectator award-winning selection of vinos overlooking Lake Michigan for more than a decade.

Such calls are often also fueled by anecdotal accounts of people abusing the program to buy luxury items like lobster, filet mignon and crab legs.

Yes, filet mignon melts in your mouth, but it's also really expensive and not the only worthwhile meat on the market.