On Sunday, March 7, 2021 at 3:06:27 AM UTC-6, bruce bowser wrote:
> On Saturday, March 6, 2021 at 8:20:08 PM UTC-5, US Janet wrote:
> > On Sat, 06 Mar 2021 15:38:40 -0500, Boron Elgar
> > > wrote:
> >
> > >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.
>
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ffD8...tart_radio =1
>
> > the stems of mine got furry with aphids and I could see I wasn't going
> > to win that battle.
>
> Incredible! Some people don't like being near gardening, though. If anyone gets bitten
> or electrocuted by an eel or something, it kinda has a repel effect from then on.
>
Fortunately, my garden doesn't have any eels. I've already put tomato seeds in the
ground, and my blackberries are budding out.

If you want great tomatoes, you either have to pay really high prices
or grow your own. I'm going to plant a lot of them this year, and I'm
going for interesting varieties. I'm ordering from these folks.
https://www.tomatofest.com/aboutus.asp
They are total tomato nerds, and their prices aren't too high. Sunlight
is free, and digging in soil is mentally restorative.

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