I knew the price of beef was going up but really! I'm flipping through
the Publix weekly ad... pork butt, bone-in, once again $2.99/lb. Also
beef cubed Steaks, $5.49 lb. What?!

To me, cubed steak is a cheap cut of meat used for making things like
country fried steak. I can pound the hell out of a better cut of steak
and accomplish the same thing. The ad says it's "Premium Choice Beef"
Whatever the heck that means.

Chicken is still through the roof. I think I'll concentrate on what
sort of fish I can buy.

Jill

jmcquown > wrote in news:c3i6ijFrjjuU1
@mid.individual.net:

> I knew the price of beef was going up but really! I'm flipping through
> the Publix weekly ad... pork butt, bone-in, once again $2.99/lb. Also
> beef cubed Steaks, $5.49 lb. What?!
>
> To me, cubed steak is a cheap cut of meat used for making things like
> country fried steak. I can pound the hell out of a better cut of steak
> and accomplish the same thing. The ad says it's "Premium Choice Beef"
> Whatever the heck that means.
>
> Chicken is still through the roof. I think I'll concentrate on what
> sort of fish I can buy.
>
> Jill
>

Anymore. I just use meat, if any, as flavoring in most meals. A little
sausage in some bean soap, a little chicken in a bean buritto, etc.
Rarely have meat as the main portion of a meal, as I used to. At this
rate I'll soon be a vegetarian egain.


--
I love a good meal! So I don't cook.

On 7/26/2014 12:24 PM, jmcquown wrote:
> I knew the price of beef was going up but really! I'm flipping through
> the Publix weekly ad... pork butt, bone-in, once again $2.99/lb. Also
> beef cubed Steaks, $5.49 lb. What?!
>
> To me, cubed steak is a cheap cut of meat used for making things like
> country fried steak. I can pound the hell out of a better cut of steak
> and accomplish the same thing. The ad says it's "Premium Choice Beef"
> Whatever the heck that means.
>
> Chicken is still through the roof. I think I'll concentrate on what
> sort of fish I can buy.


We've been watching too... but we always buy meat on sale.

Chickens were just on sale for 77 cents a pound and we bought some for
the freezer. Pork ribs were $1.47 a pound but we already have some.
Ground Chuck (80/20) is on sale for $2.47 a pound and again, we stocked
up (Burritos for supper tonight).

George L

On 7/26/2014 1:34 PM, KenK wrote:
> jmcquown > wrote in news:c3i6ijFrjjuU1
> @mid.individual.net:
>
>> I knew the price of beef was going up but really! I'm flipping through
>> the Publix weekly ad... pork butt, bone-in, once again $2.99/lb. Also
>> beef cubed Steaks, $5.49 lb. What?!
>>
>> To me, cubed steak is a cheap cut of meat used for making things like
>> country fried steak. I can pound the hell out of a better cut of steak
>> and accomplish the same thing. The ad says it's "Premium Choice Beef"
>> Whatever the heck that means.
>>
>> Chicken is still through the roof. I think I'll concentrate on what
>> sort of fish I can buy.
>>
>> Jill
>>
>
> Anymore. I just use meat, if any, as flavoring in most meals. A little
> sausage in some bean soap, a little chicken in a bean buritto, etc.
> Rarely have meat as the main portion of a meal, as I used to. At this
> rate I'll soon be a vegetarian egain.
>
>
Good for you, Ken. I doubt I'll ever stop having it as mainstay. I
like lots of vegetables and legumes, etc. But I can't see giving up
meat. I can find other cuts that aren't ridiculously priced and
probably don't need to be "tenderized".

Jill

On Sat, 26 Jul 2014 13:24:34 -0400, jmcquown >
wrote:

> I knew the price of beef was going up but really! I'm flipping through
> the Publix weekly ad... pork butt, bone-in, once again $2.99/lb. Also
> beef cubed Steaks, $5.49 lb. What?!
>
> To me, cubed steak is a cheap cut of meat used for making things like
> country fried steak. I can pound the hell out of a better cut of steak
> and accomplish the same thing. The ad says it's "Premium Choice Beef"
> Whatever the heck that means.
>
> Chicken is still through the roof. I think I'll concentrate on what
> sort of fish I can buy.
>

That's expensive too.

--
All you need is love. But a little chocolate now and then doesn't hurt.

"KenK" > wrote in message
...
> jmcquown > wrote in news:c3i6ijFrjjuU1
> @mid.individual.net:
>
>> I knew the price of beef was going up but really! I'm flipping through
>> the Publix weekly ad... pork butt, bone-in, once again $2.99/lb. Also
>> beef cubed Steaks, $5.49 lb. What?!
>>
>> To me, cubed steak is a cheap cut of meat used for making things like
>> country fried steak. I can pound the hell out of a better cut of steak
>> and accomplish the same thing. The ad says it's "Premium Choice Beef"
>> Whatever the heck that means.
>>
>> Chicken is still through the roof. I think I'll concentrate on what
>> sort of fish I can buy.
>>
>> Jill
>>
>
> Anymore. I just use meat, if any, as flavoring in most meals. A little
> sausage in some bean soap, a little chicken in a bean buritto, etc.

A little bit of Monica in my life
A little bit of Erica by my side
A little bit of Rita is all I need
A little bit of Tina is what I see
A little bit of Sandra in the sun
A little bit of Mary all night long
A little bit of Jessica here I am
A little bit of you makes me your man

> Rarely have meat as the main portion of a meal, as I used to. At this
> rate I'll soon be a vegetarian egain.

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"KenK" > wrote in message
...
> jmcquown > wrote in news:c3i6ijFrjjuU1
> @mid.individual.net:
>
>> I knew the price of beef was going up but really! I'm flipping through
>> the Publix weekly ad... pork butt, bone-in, once again $2.99/lb. Also
>> beef cubed Steaks, $5.49 lb. What?!
>>
>> To me, cubed steak is a cheap cut of meat used for making things like
>> country fried steak. I can pound the hell out of a better cut of steak
>> and accomplish the same thing. The ad says it's "Premium Choice Beef"
>> Whatever the heck that means.
>>
>> Chicken is still through the roof. I think I'll concentrate on what
>> sort of fish I can buy.
>>
>> Jill
>>
>
> Anymore. I just use meat, if any, as flavoring in most meals. A little
> sausage in some bean soap, a little chicken in a bean buritto, etc.
> Rarely have meat as the main portion of a meal, as I used to. At this
> rate I'll soon be a vegetarian egain.

Well just make sure you stay healthy, whatever you decide!

--
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jmcquown wrote:
>
> I knew the price of beef was going up but really! I'm flipping through
> the Publix weekly ad... pork butt, bone-in, once again $2.99/lb. Also
> beef cubed Steaks, $5.49 lb. What?!
>
> To me, cubed steak is a cheap cut of meat used for making things like
> country fried steak. I can pound the hell out of a better cut of steak
> and accomplish the same thing. The ad says it's "Premium Choice Beef"
> Whatever the heck that means.
>
> Chicken is still through the roof. I think I'll concentrate on what
> sort of fish I can buy.
>
> Jill

The Fed's "Quantitative Easing" which is still going on and shows no
signs of stopping continues to devalue the dollar, so the cost of pretty
much everything is going up as the Fed effectively taxes your savings
and earnings away to prop up their house of cards.

The tiny amount of QE that was done back in the great depression had 15
years of negative impact on the economy (per NPR's economists), this
completely unprecedented QE which is many orders of magnitude more than
the GD QE can be expected to impact the economy for many decades.

00000000000000000
"Pete C." > wrote in message
. com...
>
> jmcquown wrote:
>>
>> I knew the price of beef was going up but really! I'm flipping through
>> the Publix weekly ad... pork butt, bone-in, once again $2.99/lb. Also
>> beef cubed Steaks, $5.49 lb. What?!
>>
>> To me, cubed steak is a cheap cut of meat used for making things like
>> country fried steak. I can pound the hell out of a better cut of steak
>> and accomplish the same thing. The ad says it's "Premium Choice Beef"
>> Whatever the heck that means.
>>
>> Chicken is still through the roof. I think I'll concentrate on what
>> sort of fish I can buy.
>>
>> Jill
>
> The Fed's "Quantitative Easing" which is still going on and shows no
> signs of stopping continues to devalue the dollar, so the cost of pretty
> much everything is going up as the Fed effectively taxes your savings
> and earnings away to prop up their house of cards.
>
> The tiny amount of QE that was done back in the great depression had 15
> years of negative impact on the economy (per NPR's economists), this
> completely unprecedented QE which is many orders of magnitude more than
> the GD QE can be expected to impact the economy for many decades.


The better explanation is the drought in the Midwest that has reduced feed
crops thus raising meat prices. Same in California.



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On Saturday, July 26, 2014 3:32:29 PM UTC-5, Paul M. Cook wrote:
> "KenK" > wrote in message
>
> ...
>
> > jmcquown > wrote in news:c3i6ijFrjjuU1
>
> > @mid.individual.net:
>
> >
>
> >> I knew the price of beef was going up but really! I'm flipping through
>
> >> the Publix weekly ad... pork butt, bone-in, once again $2.99/lb. Also
>
> >> beef cubed Steaks, $5.49 lb. What?!
>
> >>
>
> >> To me, cubed steak is a cheap cut of meat used for making things like
>
> >> country fried steak. I can pound the hell out of a better cut of steak
>
> >> and accomplish the same thing. The ad says it's "Premium Choice Beef"
>
> >> Whatever the heck that means.
>
> >>
>
> >> Chicken is still through the roof. I think I'll concentrate on what
>
> >> sort of fish I can buy.
>
> >>
>
> >> Jill
>
> >>
>
> >
>
> > Anymore. I just use meat, if any, as flavoring in most meals. A little
>
> > sausage in some bean soap, a little chicken in a bean buritto, etc.
>
>
>
> A little bit of Monica in my life
>
> A little bit of Erica by my side
>
> A little bit of Rita is all I need
>
> A little bit of Tina is what I see
>
> A little bit of Sandra in the sun
>
> A little bit of Mary all night long
>
> A little bit of Jessica here I am
>
> A little bit of you makes me your man
>
>
>
> > Rarely have meat as the main portion of a meal, as I used to. At this
>
> > rate I'll soon be a vegetarian egain.
>
>
>
> Combo number 5 - spicy bean and garlic
>
I'd be happy to give up meat in exchange for having seven girlfriends.

--Bryan

On Sat, 26 Jul 2014 18:10:51 -0500, "Pete C." >
wrote:

>
>jmcquown wrote:
>>
[...]
>>
>> Jill
>
>The Fed's "Quantitative Easing" which is still going on and shows no
>signs of stopping continues to devalue the dollar, so the cost of pretty
>much everything is going up as the Fed effectively taxes your savings
>and earnings away to prop up their house of cards.
>
>The tiny amount of QE that was done back in the great depression had 15
>years of negative impact on the economy (per NPR's economists), this
>completely unprecedented QE which is many orders of magnitude more than
>the GD QE can be expected to impact the economy for many decades.

Pete

I don't know whether your economic illiteracy or ability to ignore
what is going on around you is most annoying. In any case, OE and the
rest of your imaginary hob-gobblins were not the reason that 80% of
California has been in a severe drought for a couple of years, Kansas
(for example) is set to have a record low wheat harvest, and your
buddies the industrial meat producers have managed to infect tens of
millions of pigs with a fatal virus resulting in the death of up to
75% of some producers newborn. This won't be evident to you, so let
me make the point that these all have massive influence on prices. No
feed, no winter vegetables, no healthy newborn pigs, all contribute to
higher prices. And the pigs don't read the Wall Street Journal or
listen to that innumerate pretend economist Niall Ferguson babble on
NPR. (where he is save from criicism)

"jmcquown" > wrote in message
...
>I knew the price of beef was going up but really! I'm flipping through the
>Publix weekly ad... pork butt, bone-in, once again $2.99/lb. Also beef
>cubed Steaks, $5.49 lb. What?!
>
> To me, cubed steak is a cheap cut of meat used for making things like
> country fried steak. I can pound the hell out of a better cut of steak
> and accomplish the same thing. The ad says it's "Premium Choice Beef"
> Whatever the heck that means.
>
> Chicken is still through the roof. I think I'll concentrate on what sort
> of fish I can buy.
>
> Jill

Yeah. Most of my meals are meatless and I try to serve meatless or light on
the meat such as a little ground beef in spaghetti sauce to the others at
least twice a week.

jmcquown > wrote in news:c3i6ijFrjjuU1
@mid.individual.net:

> Chicken is still through the roof. I think I'll concentrate on what
> sort of fish I can buy.
>
> Jill

Not a solution in Massachusetts, at least. If you go into a supermarket
looking to buy fish around here, better bring a cosigner. Farm raised
salmon fillet is around $12 a pound, and I've seen sword and tuna as high
as $20+.

On 7/27/2014 3:29 AM, Alan Holbrook wrote:
> jmcquown > wrote in news:c3i6ijFrjjuU1
> @mid.individual.net:
>
>> Chicken is still through the roof. I think I'll concentrate on what
>> sort of fish I can buy.
>>
>> Jill
>
> Not a solution in Massachusetts, at least. If you go into a supermarket
> looking to buy fish around here, better bring a cosigner. Farm raised
> salmon fillet is around $12 a pound, and I've seen sword and tuna as high
> as $20+.
>

I would not pay 5 cents for farm-raised fish.

--
From somewhere very deep in the heart of Texas

Pete C. wrote:
>jmcquown wrote:
>>
>> I knew the price of beef was going up but really!
>> Chicken is still through the roof. I think I'll concentrate on what
>> sort of fish I can buy.
>
>The Fed's "Quantitative Easing" which is still going on and shows no
>signs of stopping continues to devalue the dollar, so the cost of pretty
>much everything is going up as the Fed effectively taxes your savings
>and earnings away to prop up their house of cards.
>
>The tiny amount of QE that was done back in the great depression had 15
>years of negative impact on the economy (per NPR's economists), this
>completely unprecedented QE which is many orders of magnitude more than
>the GD QE can be expected to impact the economy for many decades.

If I lived on an island (which I did) I'd have fishing gear (I do),
and I'd catch my own fish (which I did lots).
http://www.basspro.com/

"Janet Wilder" > wrote in message
b.com...
> On 7/27/2014 3:29 AM, Alan Holbrook wrote:
>> jmcquown > wrote in news:c3i6ijFrjjuU1
>> @mid.individual.net:
>>
>>> Chicken is still through the roof. I think I'll concentrate on what
>>> sort of fish I can buy.
>>>
>>> Jill
>>
>> Not a solution in Massachusetts, at least. If you go into a supermarket
>> looking to buy fish around here, better bring a cosigner. Farm raised
>> salmon fillet is around $12 a pound, and I've seen sword and tuna as high
>> as $20+.
>>
>
> I would not pay 5 cents for farm-raised fish.
>

We have farm raised fish labelled "product of China." I do not even go near
that end of the store.



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On 7/26/2014 7:32 PM, Bryan-TGWWW wrote:
> On Saturday, July 26, 2014 3:32:29 PM UTC-5, Paul M. Cook wrote:
>> "KenK" > wrote in message
>>
>> ...
>>
>>> jmcquown > wrote in news:c3i6ijFrjjuU1
>>
>>> @mid.individual.net:
>>
>>>
>>
>>>> I knew the price of beef was going up but really! I'm flipping through
>>
>>>> the Publix weekly ad... pork butt, bone-in, once again $2.99/lb. Also
>>
>>>> beef cubed Steaks, $5.49 lb. What?!
>>
>>>>
>>
>>>> To me, cubed steak is a cheap cut of meat used for making things like
>>
>>>> country fried steak. I can pound the hell out of a better cut of steak
>>
>>>> and accomplish the same thing. The ad says it's "Premium Choice Beef"
>>
>>>> Whatever the heck that means.
>>
>>>>
>>
>>>> Chicken is still through the roof. I think I'll concentrate on what
>>
>>>> sort of fish I can buy.
>>
>>>>
>>
>>>> Jill
>>
>>>>
>>
>>>
>>
>>> Anymore. I just use meat, if any, as flavoring in most meals. A little
>>
>>> sausage in some bean soap, a little chicken in a bean buritto, etc.
>>
>>
>>
>> A little bit of Monica in my life
>>
>> A little bit of Erica by my side
>>
>> A little bit of Rita is all I need
>>
>> A little bit of Tina is what I see
>>
>> A little bit of Sandra in the sun
>>
>> A little bit of Mary all night long
>>
>> A little bit of Jessica here I am
>>
>> A little bit of you makes me your man
>>
>>
>>
>>> Rarely have meat as the main portion of a meal, as I used to. At this
>>
>>> rate I'll soon be a vegetarian egain.
>>
>>
>>
>> Combo number 5 - spicy bean and garlic
>>
> I'd be happy to give up meat in exchange for having seven girlfriends.
>
> --Bryan

It seems like one woman is a handful of trouble all by herself. Not
speaking of myself, of course. ;-)

Becca

On 7/27/2014 5:58 PM, Sqwertz wrote:
> On Sat, 26 Jul 2014 13:24:34 -0400, jmcquown wrote:
>
>> Chicken is still through the roof. I think I'll concentrate on what
>> sort of fish I can buy.
>
> Chicken, except for wings, is still very cheap and affordable. It's
> probably seen the least inflation of any animal food product over the
> past 15 years. Heck, I pay twice as much per pound for tomatoes.
> Vegetables were always supposed to be cheaper than meat.
>
> -sw
>
Tell that to my local grocery store. The price of chicken is higher
than beef more often than not. Definitely cheaper than pork.

Jill

On 7/27/2014 7:52 PM, jmcquown wrote:
> On 7/27/2014 5:58 PM, Sqwertz wrote:
>> On Sat, 26 Jul 2014 13:24:34 -0400, jmcquown wrote:
>>
>>> Chicken is still through the roof. I think I'll concentrate on what
>>> sort of fish I can buy.
>>
>> Chicken, except for wings, is still very cheap and affordable. It's
>> probably seen the least inflation of any animal food product over the
>> past 15 years. Heck, I pay twice as much per pound for tomatoes.
>> Vegetables were always supposed to be cheaper than meat.
>>
>> -sw
>>
> Tell that to my local grocery store. The price of chicken is higher
> than beef more often than not. Definitely NOT cheaper than pork.
>
> Jill