On Mon, 09 Mar 2015 17:03:42 -0400, Brooklyn1
> wrote:

>On Mon, 09 Mar 2015 13:56:31 -0600, Janet B >
>wrote:
>
>>On Mon, 09 Mar 2015 12:29:15 -0700, sf > wrote:
>>
>>>On Mon, 09 Mar 2015 15:09:13 -0400, Ed Pawlowski > wrote:
>>>
>>>> Ground beef .49 then should be 3.82.
>>>
>>>and it was on sale all the time @ 3lbs for $1.
>>
>>I concur.
>>Janet US
>
>Even back then I ground my own, my grandmothers did, my mom did, and
>so do I... I ain't eating mystery meat... takes ten minutes to grind
>ten pounds.
>
Back then you signaled the butcher and told him you wanted a pound of
ground chuck or sirloin or whatever. He'd take the meat from the
display right in front of you and grind it right in front of you. No
mystery there.
Janet US