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On Sat, 30 Jun 2012 10:14:05 -0400, "monroe, of course"
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>
>I see a pennies-per-pound diff between Wally-world's brisket and my
>local butcher's! I mean Whiskitty Tango Foxytrot?!?!!
>Sure does explain why I haven't cooked a brisket in a coon's age.
>Pork butt prices are just as frickin' ree-dick-luss a swell.
>Here's to cheap chicks and markdown steaks.
>
>monroe(meat prices like unto fireworks upupupBOOM)


Whole briskets at another store a about 50¢ more per pound. Flats are
very high 4.5 to $6.

Pork is cheap. I still see butts and picnics for 1.09 to 1.49 on a
regular basis. Whole boneless loins are 1.99, a price that is about
10 years old now.