On 3/6/2021 10:57 AM, US Janet wrote:
> On Sat, 6 Mar 2021 09:41:34 -0500, jmcquown >
> wrote:
>
>> On 3/6/2021 6:41 AM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
>>> On Saturday, March 6, 2021 at 5:37:22 AM UTC-5, Sqwertz wrote:
>>>> On Thu, 4 Mar 2021 19:48:05 -0500, jmcquown wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I waited too late last year trying to catch the sales on Corned Beef
>>>>> Brisket. The local stores ran out. I shopped at Publix today after
>>>>> work (nary a soul there around 4:15 PM) and picked up two of them.
>>>>>
>>>>> Popped them both in the stand-alone freezer. I'll wait until closer to
>>>>> the 17th to buy the cabbage to go with one of them. The other I will
>>>>> save until Fall, when Corned Beef Brisket is impossible to find.
>>>>>
>>>> They;'ve given upon corned beef and St Patricks day here. Nobody in
>>>> Texas buys 35% solution added corned beef for $4-5/lb when it's
>>>> $1.80 pound with no added water all day long. It's our gift to
>>>> you.
>>>
>>> Texas is a whole 'nother country. Flat cut brisket is $5.99/pound
>>> at my grocery. Corned beef (flat cut brisket) is $6.99/pound.
>>> Packer cut appears to be nonexistent.
>>>
>>> Cindy Hamilton
>>>
>> The flat cut corned beef briskets were $3.99/lb. That's about the
>> best price I'll find. I've never seen anything other than the flat cut
>> in stores in this area.
>>
>> Jill
>
> I got my corned beef sometime around Thanksgiving because it was a
> beautiful piece of meat at $3.69/lb. OTOH, fresh cabbage is about a
> dollar a pound now. That price probably won't get better for several
> months as the flooding and freezing took out the brassicas in Texas.
> Janet US
>
I have never seen corned beef at the stores down here in November!
That's why I buy two of them when I can find them. Yes, the freeze in
Texas might very well have a widespread affect on brassicas. I think
most of the produce in supermarkets around here is grown in SC, GA or FL.

Jill