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Hank Rogers[_2_]

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> 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. Potatoes and carrots were
> cheap too. Corned beef was a bit pricy around here, however in NYC
> corned beef was also cheap. At St Paddys Day most gin mills in NYC
> serve all the corned beef and cabbage one can eat for free... just
> keep drinking green beer.
>

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