On Sat, 6 Mar 2021 10:36:44 -0700, Graham > wrote:
>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.* 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
>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.
That is always recommended for sprouts around here. Cuts bitterness.
I do not know if there is a variety that is naturally less bitter and
does not required.
I have not grown them in years. Losing full and ready-to-harvest stems
to a groundhog, just ticked me off too much to bother.