The price at Publix for corned beef brisket dropped $2 today to
$4.99/lb. (For Leona, the brands available in my area are Murphy & David
or Grobbel's and the price is the same for each.)

Food Lion has them for $5.99/lb. That price *may* come down as we get
closer to March 17th but I won't hold my breath.

Last year Food Lion had them for $2.99/lb. which is the cheapest I've
seen in about 10 years. At that price naturally they sold out. I got a
rain check but they didn't get the additional order they were expecting
the next day. My bad, I neglected to check back after St. Patrick's
Day. They probably would have honored the rain check.

Is anyone seeing any fabulous sale prices for corned beef brisket yet?
I always hear about them but with the exception of the Food Lion deal
which I missed out on, rarely see them.

Jill

On Thu, 05 Mar 2015 09:11:46 -0500, jmcquown >
wrote:

> Is anyone seeing any fabulous sale prices for corned beef brisket yet?
> I always hear about them but with the exception of the Food Lion deal
> which I missed out on, rarely see them.

I haven't seen a real sale on corned beef either before or after the
17th in years. I think I'll go to the other end of the scale this
year and buy mine from the place that supplies corned beef to local
restaurants. So, I'll be spending more (not less) - on purpose.

--
A kitchen without a cook is just a room

On 2015-03-05, jmcquown > wrote:

> Is anyone seeing any fabulous sale prices for corned beef brisket yet?

Kroger's usually gets post-SPD corned beef briskie points down to
below $2 lb, flats usually double that. No doubt I'll be shocked,
this coming St Paddy's Day. ;(

nb

On 3/5/2015 11:40 AM, notbob wrote:
> On 2015-03-05, jmcquown > wrote:
>
>> Is anyone seeing any fabulous sale prices for corned beef brisket yet?
>
> Kroger's usually gets post-SPD corned beef briskie points down to
> below $2 lb, flats usually double that. No doubt I'll be shocked,
> this coming St Paddy's Day. ;(
>
> nb
>
The lowest price I've seen in years was last year at $2.99/lb. I missed
out on that deal. I do love corned beef brisket, though. No doubt if I
can't find it for less but I'll wait a bit and see. Then I'll buy a
couple to stock the freezer. I love it and there is no reason to only
cook it once a year.

Jill

On 2015-03-05, jmcquown > wrote:

> couple to stock the freezer. I love it and there is no reason to only
> cook it once a year.

Yep. I usually buy 2-3 to make to next SPD.

nb

On Thursday, March 5, 2015 at 6:11:53 AM UTC-8, jmcquown wrote:
> The price at Publix for corned beef brisket dropped $2 today to
> $4.99/lb. (For Leona, the brands available in my area are Murphy & David
> or Grobbel's and the price is the same for each.)
>
> Food Lion has them for $5.99/lb. That price *may* come down as we get
> closer to March 17th but I won't hold my breath.
>
> Last year Food Lion had them for $2.99/lb. which is the cheapest I've
> seen in about 10 years. At that price naturally they sold out. I got a
> rain check but they didn't get the additional order they were expecting
> the next day. My bad, I neglected to check back after St. Patrick's
> Day. They probably would have honored the rain check.

If these were Leona's choices I would say get the Grobbel's -- it's
outstanding. I am tempted to buy one every time I am in Gratiot Central
Market.

>
> Is anyone seeing any fabulous sale prices for corned beef brisket yet?
> I always hear about them but with the exception of the Food Lion deal
> which I missed out on, rarely see them.

I'm not thinking St. Patrick's day yet.

On Thu, 5 Mar 2015 12:13:45 -0600, Sqwertz >
wrote:

>On Thu, 05 Mar 2015 09:11:46 -0500, jmcquown wrote:
>
>> Is anyone seeing any fabulous sale prices for corned beef brisket yet?
>> I always hear about them but with the exception of the Food Lion deal
>> which I missed out on, rarely see them.
>
>$3.79 at Restaurant Depot. These are whole, lightly trimmed. Raw,
>untreated packer cut briskets are about $3.75-$4 retail here, so I
>wouldn't expect to see prices on corned beef lower than that. Any
>loss-leader pricing is bound to be sold out.
>
>-sw

In NYC corned beef brisket is practically at give away prices before
St Paddy's Day, typically less than $1/lb, cabbages and spuds are dirt
cheap too... NYC has a LOTTA Micks, they even get a parade. Where I
live now the fixin's for St Paddy's Day dinner are just as pricey as
the rest of the country... I haven't bothered for the past few years,
I don't love it that much.

On 3/5/2015 12:15 PM, wrote:
> On Thursday, March 5, 2015 at 6:11:53 AM UTC-8, jmcquown wrote:
>> The price at Publix for corned beef brisket dropped $2 today to
>> $4.99/lb. (For Leona, the brands available in my area are Murphy & David
>> or Grobbel's and the price is the same for each.)
>>
>> Food Lion has them for $5.99/lb. That price *may* come down as we get
>> closer to March 17th but I won't hold my breath.
>>
>> Last year Food Lion had them for $2.99/lb. which is the cheapest I've
>> seen in about 10 years. At that price naturally they sold out. I got a
>> rain check but they didn't get the additional order they were expecting
>> the next day. My bad, I neglected to check back after St. Patrick's
>> Day. They probably would have honored the rain check.
>
> If these were Leona's choices I would say get the Grobbel's -- it's
> outstanding. I am tempted to buy one every time I am in Gratiot Central
> Market.
>
Leona's choices were brands I've never heard of. Freirich, Old
Neighborhood. Likely regional as so many things tend to be.

>> Is anyone seeing any fabulous sale prices for corned beef brisket yet?
>> I always hear about them but with the exception of the Food Lion deal
>> which I missed out on, rarely see them.
>
> I'm not thinking St. Patrick's day yet.
>
I start thinking about it because of the timing of the sales in my local
grocery stores. I can only hope the price will come down the closer it
gets to the 17th. But again, I won't hold my breath. Still, I love
corned beef so I'll buy a couple or three for the freezer.

Jill

jmcquown wrote:
>
> I start thinking about it because of the timing of the sales in my local
> grocery stores. I can only hope the price will come down the closer it
> gets to the 17th. But again, I won't hold my breath. Still, I love
> corned beef so I'll buy a couple or three for the freezer.

I've never made corned beef and have no interest in doing so. That
said, since it's been talked about here lately, I checked out the
prices this morning at my local store. $6.99 per pound and no spice
packs added. LOL...I don't think so.

G.

On Sat, 07 Mar 2015 11:18:07 -0500, Gary > wrote:

> jmcquown wrote:
> >
> > I start thinking about it because of the timing of the sales in my local
> > grocery stores. I can only hope the price will come down the closer it
> > gets to the 17th. But again, I won't hold my breath. Still, I love
> > corned beef so I'll buy a couple or three for the freezer.
>
> I've never made corned beef and have no interest in doing so. That
> said, since it's been talked about here lately, I checked out the
> prices this morning at my local store. $6.99 per pound and no spice
> packs added. LOL...I don't think so.
>

You don't like corned beef hash? If you want more seasoning, just buy
a jar of pickling spices to add. It's the same thing.

I haven't checked my grocery store yet and probably won't until after
the 17th. I placed my order (pre-spiced with an extra spice packet)
yesterday at the place where local restaurants, deli's and hofbraus
get their corned beef from. It's not cheap, but at least it's
slightly less than what yours is going for.

--
A kitchen without a cook is just a room

On Saturday, March 7, 2015 at 11:13:36 AM UTC-6, sf wrote:
>
> You don't like corned beef hash? If you want more seasoning, just buy
> a jar of pickling spices to add. It's the same thing.
>
>
Personally I love corned beef but do not like it when it's turned into hash. Blech.

On Sat, 7 Mar 2015 09:18:57 -0800 (PST), "
> wrote:

>On Saturday, March 7, 2015 at 11:13:36 AM UTC-6, sf wrote:
>>
>> You don't like corned beef hash? If you want more seasoning, just buy
>> a jar of pickling spices to add. It's the same thing.

Actually the pickling spice packet that comes with corned beef is
crap, not only is it old and flaccid it's mostly mustard seeds, the
cheapest spice there is. Buy pickling spice from Penzeys, they have a
blend special for corned beef.
Regular Blend:
https://www.penzeys.com/online-catal...-24/p-246/pd-s
Corned Beef Blend:
https://www.penzeys.com/online-catal...c-24/p-85/pd-s

>Personally I love corned beef but do not like it when it's turned into hash. Blech.

Maybe you never had proper corned beef hash... I would always reserve
some for hash.

Sqwertz wrote:
>itsjoannotjoann wrote:
>
>> Personally I love corned beef but do not like it when it's turned into hash. Blech.
>
>If you make your own corned beef hash from real corned beef and
>potatoes it's excellent. But the stuff you buy in cans is pretty
>horrible.

The crap in cans is awful, inedible. About a year ago someone told
me thqt canned corned beef makes good bait for trapping feral cats,
nonsense, ev en hungry cats won't eat that slop... and I tried some
and had to spit it out, besides tasting awful its texture is
disgusting. Now I'm rembering that I still hav e two of the three
cans of Hormel corned beef I bought, will get donated to the next food
pantry drive... says products of Brazil, best before Apr. 2018 so
still good for the food bank but I'll bet no one who has ever tried it
will want it.
>
>https://www.flickr.com/photos/sqwert...05511/lightbox

I chop mine a bit finer, fill a small roasting pan, make depressions
with the back of a big spoon, crack an egg in each depression and
bake. I think I like the hash better than the sliced corned beef.
Corned beef hash n'egg on a toasted English muffin makes a good
brunch. I can never decide if I prefer it with mustard or ketchup so
I have two.

I won't bother this year, there's no one else here but me that likes
corned beef and it's too much work for just one or two briskits, plus
it's not the healthiest food so if I make any I will pig out and I
don't need all those salts. My daughter, her husband, and the grands
won't eat corned beef... the grands are more into mac n'cheese from a
box, last I made it from scratch they wouldn't touch the real deal,
guess it wasn't lurid orange enough... just proves the new generation
are all afflicted with TIAD. Last summer they wouldn't eat my fresh
ground burgers off the Weber, they went out for fast food mystery meat
burgers... I don't get it. I don't bother cooking for young people
anymore, all they want for breakfast is Fruit Loops, not even with
milk, just from the box... pre-teens ate dry Fruit Loops while
tethered to their laptops, imagine, a seven year old's thumbs type ten
times faster than me. They can tweet but they can't have a
conversation, the entire time they're here they had on headphones...
the ten year old is awake all night on his laptop. The grands were
here an entire week, I never heard them speak. Anyone else experience
this? And here I thought when they got to be like fourteen years old
I would teach them to drive a tractor so they could help me mow, never
gonna happen. They can't write either, don't even know what's a
pencil.

On 2015-03-07 20:08, Brooklyn1 wrote:

>> If you make your own corned beef hash from real corned beef and
>> potatoes it's excellent. But the stuff you buy in cans is pretty
>> horrible.
>
> The crap in cans is awful, inedible. About a year ago someone told
> me thqt canned corned beef makes good bait for trapping feral cats,

The stuff on cans was the only corned beef I knew when I was a kid. It
was quite edible if you put enough mustard on it. It was some time in
the early 60s that we could get small bags of corned beef that were
supposed to be heated in boiling water before serving. There was a world
of difference.

On Sun, 8 Mar 2015 06:19:40 -0500, Sqwertz >
wrote:

>On Sat, 07 Mar 2015 20:08:06 -0500, Brooklyn1 wrote:
>
>> Now I'm rembering that I still hav e two of the three
>> cans of Hormel corned beef I bought, will get donated to the next food
>> pantry drive... says products of Brazil, best before Apr. 2018 so
>> still good for the food bank...
>
>No foods in the U.S. may be freshness-dated more than 3 years into the
>future. That includes your Libbyy's and Whormel pyramid-shaped corned
>beef turds. Try again, Katz.
>
>-sw

I was not aware of that and could not find anything about it. I did
find a few other interesting things though.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shelf_life
Regulation in the US

Sale of expired food products, per se, is lightly regulated in the US.
Some states (like New York) bar such sale, and/or require expiration
dates on all foods, but many (like California) do not. However, sale
of contaminated food is generally illegal, resulting in product
liability.

US federal government guidelines

The Food and Drug Administration, which regulates packaged foods and
drugs, only requires a use-by, or expiration, date on infant formula
and some baby foods, because formula must contain a certain quantity
of each nutrient as described on the label. If formula is stored too
long, it loses its nutritional quality, and also separates or form
lumps that will clog the bottle nipple.

The Agriculture Department (USDA), which regulates fresh poultry and
meats, only requires labeling of the date when poultry is packed.
However, many manufacturers also add sell-by or use-by dates.


Confused? So are the states
http://articles.mercola.com/sites/ar...xpiration.aspx
Adding to the confusion, even when products are regulated, the rules
vary by state and even then definitions are vague and provide little
usefulness, if any. According to the report:
•In Florida, all milk and milk products “shall be legibly labeled with
their shelf-life date,” but shelf life date is never defined.
•In California, milk is required to have a date that the processor
decides is the date “to ensure quality, such product is normally
removed from the shelf” but sale after that date is not restricted.
•In Montana, milk must have a “sell by” date within 12 days of
pasteurization, while Pennsylvania requires it within 17 days.
•In New Hampshire, a “sell by date” is required for cream but not
milk.
•New York, Texas, and Wisconsin, among many other states, have no
requirements for date labels on milk or dairy.

Even dates on medication is suspect.
http://www.pharmacytimes.com/news/So...xpiration-Date
The researchers worked with samples of 8 medications that had expired
28 to 40 years earlier and contained 15 different active ingredients
in all.
The results showed that 11 (79%) of the 14 drug compounds were always
present in concentrations of at least 90% of the amount indicated on
the drug label, which is generally recognized as the minimum
acceptable potency. All samples of aspirin and amphetamine were
present at less than 90% of the labeled content, and phenacetin was
present at greater than 90% of the labeled amount in 1 medication, but
less than 90% of the labeled amount in another medication. In
addition, 3 compounds were present at greater than 110% of the labeled
content, which is generally seen as the maximum acceptable potency. -
See more at:
http://www.pharmacytimes.com/news/So....MeKe63zp.dpuf

Brooklyn1 wrote:
>
> Last summer they wouldn't eat my fresh
> ground burgers off the Weber, they went out for fast food mystery meat
> burgers... I don't get it.

LOL Sheldon, that doesn't really speak too highly about your cooking.


> They can't write either, don't even know what's a
> pencil.

Grandkids: "Can you believe Grandpa still uses a pencil?" heh

My own grandkids will be here next weekend with my daughter. They are
too young to be so difficult now (ages 5 and 3) but this will most
likely happen to me too in several years.

On Sun, 8 Mar 2015 06:19:40 -0500, Sqwertz >
wrote:

>On Sat, 07 Mar 2015 20:08:06 -0500, Brooklyn1 wrote:
>
>> Now I'm rembering that I still hav e two of the three
>> cans of Hormel corned beef I bought, will get donated to the next food
>> pantry drive... says products of Brazil, best before Apr. 2018 so
>> still good for the food bank...
>
>No foods in the U.S. may be freshness-dated more than 3 years into the
>future. That includes your Libbyy's and Whormel pyramid-shaped corned
>beef turds.

The dwarf's shrimp brain expired long ago, he's never going to learn
that I don't post stuff I can't prove... clearly indicates;
Production Date 09/02/13
Best Before End of Apr. 2018:
http://i59.tinypic.com/6htehj.jpg
And your shrimp wrapped bacon is TIAD... should have done bacon
wrapped tofu and saved the shrimp for a better use.

Sheldon wrote:

> On Sun, 8 Mar 2015 06:19:40 -0500, Sqwertz >
> wrote:
>
> >On Sat, 07 Mar 2015 20:08:06 -0500, Brooklyn1 wrote:
> >
> >> Now I'm rembering that I still hav e two of the three
> >> cans of Hormel corned beef I bought, will get donated to the next food
> >> pantry drive... says products of Brazil, best before Apr. 2018 so
> >> still good for the food bank...
> >
> >No foods in the U.S. may be freshness-dated more than 3 years into the
> >future. That includes your Libbyy's and Whormel pyramid-shaped corned
> >beef turds.
>
> The dwarf's shrimp brain expired long ago, he's never going to learn
> that I don't post stuff I can't prove... clearly indicates;
> Production Date 09/02/13
> Best Before End of Apr. 2018:
> http://i59.tinypic.com/6htehj.jpg


Lol...Steve as of late is suffering from "foot-in-mouthus" disease...he never *did* offer any definite *proof* of when bacon went off - ration after WW II - AND he was the one that *started* the argument.

<chuckle>


> And your shrimp wrapped bacon is TIAD... should have done bacon
> wrapped tofu and saved the shrimp for a better use.


Yup...I was wondering about that, as the bacon must *really* diminish any flavor that the shrimp might have.


--
Best
Greg

"Brooklyn1" > wrote in message
...
> On Sun, 8 Mar 2015 06:19:40 -0500, Sqwertz >
> wrote:
>
>>On Sat, 07 Mar 2015 20:08:06 -0500, Brooklyn1 wrote:
>>
>>> Now I'm rembering that I still hav e two of the three
>>> cans of Hormel corned beef I bought, will get donated to the next food
>>> pantry drive... says products of Brazil, best before Apr. 2018 so
>>> still good for the food bank...
>>
>>No foods in the U.S. may be freshness-dated more than 3 years into the
>>future. That includes your Libbyy's and Whormel pyramid-shaped corned
>>beef turds.
>
> The dwarf's shrimp brain expired long ago, he's never going to learn
> that I don't post stuff I can't prove... clearly indicates;
> Production Date 09/02/13
> Best Before End of Apr. 2018:
> http://i59.tinypic.com/6htehj.jpg

Let me guess his next retort: Obviously a fake photo, you spelled Brazil
wrong!

wrote:
>
> Sheldon wrote:
> > And your shrimp wrapped bacon is TIAD... should have done bacon
> > wrapped tofu and saved the shrimp for a better use.
>
> Yup...I was wondering about that, as the bacon must *really* diminish any flavor that the shrimp might have.

That bacon would definitely erase the subtle flavor of the shrimp but
I'll bet you that tasted fantastic anyway. the shrimp would give you a
little more body to chew on.

On Sunday, March 8, 2015 at 7:48:20 AM UTC-7, Brooklyn1 wrote:
> On Sun, 8 Mar 2015 06:19:40 -0500, Sqwertz >
> wrote:
>
> >On Sat, 07 Mar 2015 20:08:06 -0500, Brooklyn1 wrote:
> >
> >> Now I'm rembering that I still hav e two of the three
> >> cans of Hormel corned beef I bought, will get donated to the next food
> >> pantry drive... says products of Brazil, best before Apr. 2018 so
> >> still good for the food bank...
> >
> >No foods in the U.S. may be freshness-dated more than 3 years into the
> >future. That includes your Libbyy's and Whormel pyramid-shaped corned
> >beef turds.
>
> The dwarf's shrimp brain expired long ago, he's never going to learn
> that I don't post stuff I can't prove... clearly indicates;
> Production Date 09/02/13
> Best Before End of Apr. 2018:
> http://i59.tinypic.com/6htehj.jpg
> And your shrimp wrapped bacon is TIAD... should have done bacon
> wrapped tofu and saved the shrimp for a better use.

Bro is almost right. The production date is 09213, which should mean
Julian date 092 of 2013, or April 2, 2013. That would make the best
by date five years later to the month.

On Sun, 8 Mar 2015 09:35:00 -0700, "Reggie" >
wrote:

>
>"Brooklyn1" > wrote in message
.. .
>> On Sun, 8 Mar 2015 06:19:40 -0500, Sqwertz >
>> wrote:
>>
>>>On Sat, 07 Mar 2015 20:08:06 -0500, Brooklyn1 wrote:
>>>
>>>> Now I'm rembering that I still hav e two of the three
>>>> cans of Hormel corned beef I bought, will get donated to the next food
>>>> pantry drive... says products of Brazil, best before Apr. 2018 so
>>>> still good for the food bank...
>>>
>>>No foods in the U.S. may be freshness-dated more than 3 years into the
>>>future. That includes your Libbyy's and Whormel pyramid-shaped corned
>>>beef turds.
>>
>> The dwarf's shrimp brain expired long ago, he's never going to learn
>> that I don't post stuff I can't prove... clearly indicates;
>> Production Date 09/02/13
>> Best Before End of Apr. 2018:
>> http://i59.tinypic.com/6htehj.jpg
>
>Let me guess his next retort: Obviously a fake photo, you spelled Brazil
>wrong!

I stopped reading after BRA. lol

Gary wrote:
>gregorymorrowchicago07 wrote:
>> Sheldon wrote:
>> > And your shrimp wrapped bacon is TIAD... should have done bacon
>> > wrapped tofu and saved the shrimp for a better use.
>>
>> Yup...I was wondering about that, as the bacon must *really* diminish any flavor that the shrimp might have.
>
>That bacon would definitely erase the subtle flavor of the shrimp but
>I'll bet you that tasted fantastic anyway. the shrimp would give you a
>little more body to chew on.

If I wanted more body to chew I'd wrap this in bacon:
http://i59.tinypic.com/ajt00k.gif

On Thursday, March 5, 2015 at 9:11:53 AM UTC-5, jmcquown wrote:

> Is anyone seeing any fabulous sale prices for corned beef brisket yet?

Woo hoo!

$1.99 a pound for point cut this week at Hannafords (New England).
I got 3. One is in the pot as I type.

(The price of corned beef around here drops dramatically the week
before St. Patrick's Day but jumps back to "normal" almost immediately
after.)

--
Silvar Beitel

On 3/7/2015 8:08 PM, Brooklyn1 wrote:
>
> I won't bother this year, there's no one else here but me that likes
> corned beef and it's too much work for just one or two briskits,

Too much work?

> it's not the healthiest food so if I make any I will pig out and I
> don't need all those salts.

This is where a crock pot comes in handy. Yes, I know you hate them but
what's the difference from simmering on the stove top? I have had baked
corned beef but prefer it simmered with just enough water to cover. Oh,
and rinse it first, then add fresh water. Twice if necessary.

> My daughter, her husband, and the grands
> won't eat corned beef... the grands are more into mac n'cheese from a
> box, last I made it from scratch they wouldn't touch the real deal,
> guess it wasn't lurid orange enough... just proves the new generation
> are all afflicted with TIAD. Last summer they wouldn't eat my fresh
> ground burgers off the Weber, they went out for fast food mystery meat
> burgers... I don't get it. I don't bother cooking for young people
> anymore, all they want for breakfast is Fruit Loops, not even with
> milk, just from the box... pre-teens ate dry Fruit Loops while
> tethered to their laptops, imagine, a seven year old's thumbs type ten
> times faster than me. They can tweet but they can't have a
> conversation, the entire time they're here they had on headphones...
> the ten year old is awake all night on his laptop. The grands were
> here an entire week, I never heard them speak. Anyone else experience
> this? And here I thought when they got to be like fourteen years old
> I would teach them to drive a tractor so they could help me mow, never
> gonna happen. They can't write either, don't even know what's a
> pencil.
>
Sheldon, I'm not trying to be a smartass. I'm sorry for that sense of
sadness but I don't really know why you're surprised. Did you really
expect your grandkids to be immune to the 21st century? Or thrilled
with the idea of mowing all that grass?

When my brothers and I mowed the lawn we didn't think of it as an
adventure (it was a self-propelled mower, which was a big deal to our
dad; the yard wasn't big enough to warrant a riding mower). We thought
of it as "Dad is getting free labor." We also didn't appreciate having
to weed his vegetable garden. That was 40 years ago, well before
personal computers, cell phones, tweeting and texting. We simply
weren't interested in gardening. Not everyone is.

As for what they'll eat, obviously they are used packaged stuff. You
could blame your daughter and her husband but that won't change
anything. My grandmother used to can pears and peaches. To me it was
just one of those things Grandma did. Your wife knits. So did my
grandmother. I never had any interest in canning. Or knitting.
Neither did my mother. Things change with every generation.

It is, perhaps, time to accept they aren't going to take over your very
pretty acreage and maintain it, feeding the deer and the geese. More
likely someone will sell it to a developer and it will be subdivided
into smaller lots. As singer Joni Mitchell once said, "They paved
paradise and they put up a parking lot." Please do enjoy it while you
are able.

Jill

On 3/11/2015 11:26 AM, wrote:
> On Thursday, March 5, 2015 at 9:11:53 AM UTC-5, jmcquown wrote:
>
>> Is anyone seeing any fabulous sale prices for corned beef brisket yet?
>
> Woo hoo!
>
> $1.99 a pound for point cut this week at Hannafords (New England).
> I got 3. One is in the pot as I type.
>
> (The price of corned beef around here drops dramatically the week
> before St. Patrick's Day but jumps back to "normal" almost immediately
> after.)
>
Are you lucky or what! I don't see prices like that where I live
(southern South Carolina). Enjoy!

Jill

On Thursday, March 5, 2015 at 9:11:53 AM UTC-5, Jill McQuown wrote:
> The price at Publix for corned beef brisket dropped $2 today to
> $4.99/lb. (For Leona, the brands available in my area are Murphy & David
> or Grobbel's and the price is the same for each.)
>
> Food Lion has them for $5.99/lb. That price *may* come down as we get
> closer to March 17th but I won't hold my breath.
>
> Last year Food Lion had them for $2.99/lb. which is the cheapest I've
> seen in about 10 years. At that price naturally they sold out. I got a
> rain check but they didn't get the additional order they were expecting
> the next day. My bad, I neglected to check back after St. Patrick's
> Day. They probably would have honored the rain check.
>
> Is anyone seeing any fabulous sale prices for corned beef brisket yet?
> I always hear about them but with the exception of the Food Lion deal
> which I missed out on, rarely see them.
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> Jill

This year, $4.89 at Publix for points. I hate to say this BUT the price for a point at Walmart is $2.86.