On 2021-03-06 9:16 a.m., jmcquown wrote:
> 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.Â* Flat cut brisket is $5.99/pound
>>>> at my grocery.Â* Corned beef (flat cut brisket) is $6.99/pound.
>>>> Packer cut appears to be nonexistent.
>>>>
>>>> Cindy Hamilton
>>>>
>>> Â* The flat cut corned beef briskets were $3.99/lb.Â* That's about the
>>> best price I'll find.Â* 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.Â* OTOH, fresh cabbage is about a
>> dollar a pound now.Â* That price probably won't get better for several
>> months as the flooding and freezing took outÂ* 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.Â* Yes, the freeze in
> Texas might very well have a widespread affect on brassicas.Â* I think
> most of the produce in supermarkets around here is grown in SC, GA or FL.
>
> Jill
Brassicas survive wintry temperatures quite well. Indeed, in the UK it
was traditional not to eat Brussel Sprouts until they'd gone through a
severe frost.