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Bruce[_28_]

On Mon, 04 Feb 2019 21:06:13 -0500, wrote:

>On Mon, 04 Feb 2019 18:26:41 -0700, U.S. Janet B. >
>wrote:
>
>>On Mon, 04 Feb 2019 15:05:01 -0500, wrote:
>>
>>>On Mon, 04 Feb 2019 U.S. Janet B. wrote:
>>>>
>>>>plain old regular cabbage was $1.49/pound today at Albertsons. The
>>>>last that I saw was 49 cents per pound.
>>>>Green onions are $1.69 per bunch. Bell peppers are $1.49 each.
>>>>I don't know what to blame this on. These were all U.S. grown
>>>>produce.
>>>
>>>Depends where you live. In cold winter areas cabbage can be pricy in
>>>February, best prices are in fall. If you like cabbage grow your own,
>>>harvest in fall and it can be stored in a cool place for 3-4 months...
>>>or buy when inexpensive, cook and freeze. This week nappa cabbage is
>>>on sale here at $1.49/lb. that's a dollar less than usual so I will
>>>buy a couple for Oriental dishes. Bok Choy is also on sale the same
>>>price.
>>>I grow cabbage but it never lasts until February unless I turn it into
>>>cabbage soup and freeze.
>>>I guess I can make kraut but that stinks, literally.
>>>One of my favorite cabbage dishes is sauted rough chopped cabbage in
>>>butter and tossed with wide egg noodles.
>>>This is not the time of year to find inexpensive cabbage in the US,
>>>best time is St. Paddy's Day, when there's a glut, could be 10¢/lb.,
>>>sometimes free with a purchase of corned beef.
>>
>>It's been 50 years since cabbage was 10 cents a pound
>> You think a jump from 49 cents/pound to $1.49/pound is not
>>remarkable?
>
>Last St. Paddy's Day cabbage was 9¢/lb.

When you say "Last St. Paddy's Day", you mean St. Paddy's Day 1954,
right?