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Default Corned Beef Brisket and Other Grocery Shopping

On 3/6/2021 8:41 AM, 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


We have the el cheapo point cut at ALDI for $1.99, and flat cut
for $2.99. The point cut ones are almost 50% fat.

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