Corned beef just went on sale at the supermarket I shop for $2.99/lb. I
bought a three pound flat. I generally eat corned beef once a year for
St. Pat's Day. Other times, the price is generally atrocious.
It turns out that their St. Pat's corned beef has a sell by date of
5/21 at this supermarket. They didn't sell it all for the big day and
upped the price afterward until the sell by date approached. I'll have
to remember the sell by date next year and plan accordingly.
So I'm going to cook it today, refrigerate it and figure out what to do
with it tomorrow. There's lots of stuff I "could do". I just haven't
decided what yet. It won't go to waste.

leo

On Thursday, May 16, 2019 at 5:51:51 PM UTC-5, Leonard Blaisdell wrote:
>
> Corned beef just went on sale at the supermarket I shop for $2.99/lb. I
> bought a three pound flat. I generally eat corned beef once a year for
> St. Pat's Day. Other times, the price is generally atrocious.
> It turns out that their St. Pat's corned beef has a sell by date of
> 5/21 at this supermarket. They didn't sell it all for the big day and
> upped the price afterward until the sell by date approached. I'll have
> to remember the sell by date next year and plan accordingly.
> So I'm going to cook it today, refrigerate it and figure out what to do
> with it tomorrow. There's lots of stuff I "could do". I just haven't
> decided what yet. It won't go to waste.
>
> leo
>
You bought just one? I'd probably have snapped another 2 and froze them for
a later date. Anyway, let us know how you prepare it.

In article >,
"> wrote:

> You bought just one? I'd probably have snapped another 2 and froze them for
> a later date. Anyway, let us know how you prepare it.

That would have been a good idea. Doh!

leo

Leonard Blaisdell wrote:
> In article >,
> "> wrote:
>
>> You bought just one? I'd probably have snapped another 2 and froze them for
>> a later date. Anyway, let us know how you prepare it.
>
> That would have been a good idea. Doh!
>
> leo
>
Pressure cooker.hand full salt, hand full brown sugar 1/2 cup vinegar 4
or 5 cloves 5 bay leafs, bit of nutmeg 3/4 to one hour

On 5/16/2019 8:27 PM, Leonard Blaisdell wrote:
> In article >,
> "> wrote:
>
>> You bought just one? I'd probably have snapped another 2 and froze them for
>> a later date. Anyway, let us know how you prepare it.
>
> That would have been a good idea. Doh!
>
> leo
>
Doh! is right! When I can find it at a good price I buy at least two of
them and freeze one. Sheldon claims you can't freeze corned beef
brisket, something about the brine, but he'd be wrong about that.

Jill

On Thu, 16 May 2019 15:51:47 -0700, Leonard Blaisdell
> wrote:

>Corned beef just went on sale at the supermarket I shop for $2.99/lb. I
>bought a three pound flat. I generally eat corned beef once a year for
>St. Pat's Day. Other times, the price is generally atrocious.
>It turns out that their St. Pat's corned beef has a sell by date of
>5/21 at this supermarket. They didn't sell it all for the big day and
>upped the price afterward until the sell by date approached. I'll have
>to remember the sell by date next year and plan accordingly.
>So I'm going to cook it today, refrigerate it and figure out what to do
>with it tomorrow. There's lots of stuff I "could do". I just haven't
>decided what yet. It won't go to waste.

I usually go for the Point cut, way lower cost, AND better taste.

But corned beef hash is always good, and sandwiches, of course.

On Thu, 16 May 2019 15:51:47 -0700, Leonard Blaisdell wrote:

> Corned beef just went on sale at the supermarket I shop for $2.99/lb. I
> bought a three pound flat. I generally eat corned beef once a year for
> St. Pat's Day. Other times, the price is generally atrocious.
> It turns out that their St. Pat's corned beef has a sell by date of
> 5/21 at this supermarket. They didn't sell it all for the big day and
> upped the price afterward until the sell by date approached. I'll have
> to remember the sell by date next year and plan accordingly.
> So I'm going to cook it today, refrigerate it and figure out what to do
> with it tomorrow. There's lots of stuff I "could do". I just haven't
> decided what yet. It won't go to waste.

Most frigerated corned beef has a date stamp of 8-12 months out from
manufacture. The stuff here has been $3.50/lb here all year long -
Before and after St Patruicks day. They just keep moving it from
one place to another in the meat coolers.

Nobody had Corned Beef on sale here for St Patricks Day. It used to
be $.99/$1.29 10 for St Pats 10 years ago. I think we're (Central
Texas) being punished for sucking up all the beef brisket from the
U.S. other times of the year. Smoked and trimmed brisket packer
brisket here comes with a 1000%-1200% markup from BBQ trailers and
restaurants ($2/lb raw retail, $24/lb smoked).

-sw

On Thursday, May 16, 2019 at 8:33:09 PM UTC-5, Sqwertz wrote:
>
> Most frigerated corned beef has a date stamp of 8-12 months out from
> manufacture. The stuff here has been $3.50/lb here all year long -
> Before and after St Patruicks day. They just keep moving it from
> one place to another in the meat coolers.
> -sw
>
I've never seen it under $3.99 per pound here. GRRRRRRRRR

On 5/16/2019 11:11 PM, wrote:
> On Thursday, May 16, 2019 at 8:33:09 PM UTC-5, Sqwertz wrote:
>>
>> Most frigerated corned beef has a date stamp of 8-12 months out from
>> manufacture. The stuff here has been $3.50/lb here all year long -
>> Before and after St Patruicks day. They just keep moving it from
>> one place to another in the meat coolers.
>> -sw
>>
> I've never seen it under $3.99 per pound here. GRRRRRRRRR
>
Don't recall what I paid but not cheap. In CT it was always a
promotional item for St. Pats and very cheap. Spend $20 and it was $1.09

Last week I bought a packer cut brisket and it was $3.89 and another
store had the trimmed flat for $7.99

On Thu, 16 May 2019 20:11:42 -0700 (PDT), "
> wrote:

>On Thursday, May 16, 2019 at 8:33:09 PM UTC-5, Sqwertz wrote:
>>
>> Most frigerated corned beef has a date stamp of 8-12 months out from
>> manufacture. The stuff here has been $3.50/lb here all year long -
>> Before and after St Patruicks day. They just keep moving it from
>> one place to another in the meat coolers.
>> -sw
>>
>I've never seen it under $3.99 per pound here. GRRRRRRRRR

$8 a kilo for bits of dead animal is pretty cheap to me.

On Thursday, May 16, 2019 at 10:55:03 PM UTC-5, Bruce wrote:
>
> $8 a kilo for bits of dead animal is pretty cheap to me.
>
Depends where those bits were located on the dead animal.

On 5/16/2019 11:11 PM, wrote:
> On Thursday, May 16, 2019 at 8:33:09 PM UTC-5, Sqwertz wrote:
>>
>> Most frigerated corned beef has a date stamp of 8-12 months out from
>> manufacture. The stuff here has been $3.50/lb here all year long -
>> Before and after St Patruicks day. They just keep moving it from
>> one place to another in the meat coolers.
>> -sw
>>
> I've never seen it under $3.99 per pound here. GRRRRRRRRR
>
I checked the online ads just before St. Patrick's Day. Publix,
$3.79/lb. That's 30 cents less than usual for St. Paddy's. Naturally,
they ran out of it. Food Lion's price was $3.99/lb. which is about the
norm that time of year. They ran out of it, too.

The man who was re-stocking the meat case at Publix tried to steer me
towards Boar's Head brand corned beef. It was in the produce section.
$10.99/lb. Not at that price! I love corned beef brisket and usually
buy two of them and freeze one when the price dips to $3.99/lb.

I could check and see if, for some odd reason, they got more in stock
and the price will be $3.99 or less right before the end of May...

Jill

On Saturday, May 18, 2019 at 1:19:21 PM UTC-5, jmcquown wrote:
>
> The man who was re-stocking the meat case at Publix tried to steer me
> towards Boar's Head brand corned beef. It was in the produce section.
> $10.99/lb. Not at that price!
>
> Jill
>
Only if it came with a family pack of 1-inch thick center cut pork chops.
:-))

On Sat, 18 May 2019 12:39:08 -0700 (PDT), "
> wrote:

>On Saturday, May 18, 2019 at 1:19:21 PM UTC-5, jmcquown wrote:
>>
>> The man who was re-stocking the meat case at Publix tried to steer me
>> towards Boar's Head brand corned beef. It was in the produce section.
>> $10.99/lb. Not at that price!
>>
>> Jill
>>
>Only if it came with a family pack of 1-inch thick center cut pork chops.
>:-))

I recently tried thin cut boneless pork chops and now I am a fan. They
barely require cooking time in the pan and therefore they are always
juicy and tender. Also good for sandwiches. Especially good for us
since we each eat very little meat anymore.
Janet US

On 5/18/2019 3:39 PM, wrote:
> On Saturday, May 18, 2019 at 1:19:21 PM UTC-5, jmcquown wrote:
>>
>> The man who was re-stocking the meat case at Publix tried to steer me
>> towards Boar's Head brand corned beef. It was in the produce section.
>> $10.99/lb. Not at that price!
>>
>> Jill
>>
> Only if it came with a family pack of 1-inch thick center cut pork chops.
> :-))
>
I would never buy it at that price.

Jill

On Thu, 16 May 2019 20:34:53 -0500, Sqwertz >
wrote:


snip
>Nobody had Corned Beef on sale here for St Patricks Day. It used to
>be $.99/$1.29 10 for St Pats 10 years ago. I think we're (Central
>Texas) being punished for sucking up all the beef brisket from the
>U.S. other times of the year. Smoked and trimmed brisket packer
>brisket here comes with a 1000%-1200% markup from BBQ trailers and
>restaurants ($2/lb raw retail, $24/lb smoked).
>
>-sw
Back in those days you could buy a whole brisket for $.89/pound.
Prices just aren't what they used to be.
Janet US

On Friday, May 17, 2019 at 12:55:04 AM UTC-4, U.S. Janet B. wrote:
> On Thu, 16 May 2019 20:34:53 -0500, Sqwertz >
> wrote:
>
>
> snip
> >Nobody had Corned Beef on sale here for St Patricks Day. It used to
> >be $.99/$1.29 10 for St Pats 10 years ago. I think we're (Central
> >Texas) being punished for sucking up all the beef brisket from the
> >U.S. other times of the year. Smoked and trimmed brisket packer
> >brisket here comes with a 1000%-1200% markup from BBQ trailers and
> >restaurants ($2/lb raw retail, $24/lb smoked).
> >
> >-sw
> Back in those days you could buy a whole brisket for $.89/pound.
> Prices just aren't what they used to be.
> Janet US

And wages are higher, too. Food costs in general are quite low,
even if meat prices have increased a lot in the past few years.


Cindy Hamilton

On 5/17/2019 6:38 AM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> On Friday, May 17, 2019 at 12:55:04 AM UTC-4, U.S. Janet B. wrote:
>> On Thu, 16 May 2019 20:34:53 -0500, Sqwertz >
>> wrote:
>>
>>
>> snip
>>> Nobody had Corned Beef on sale here for St Patricks Day. It used to
>>> be $.99/$1.29 10 for St Pats 10 years ago. I think we're (Central
>>> Texas) being punished for sucking up all the beef brisket from the
>>> U.S. other times of the year. Smoked and trimmed brisket packer
>>> brisket here comes with a 1000%-1200% markup from BBQ trailers and
>>> restaurants ($2/lb raw retail, $24/lb smoked).
>>>
>>> -sw
>> Back in those days you could buy a whole brisket for $.89/pound.
>> Prices just aren't what they used to be.
>> Janet US
>
> And wages are higher, too. Food costs in general are quite low,
> even if meat prices have increased a lot in the past few years.
>
>
> Cindy Hamilton
>
True, but some of the former cheap cuts are no longer cheap. The masses
have discovered them. Adjusted for inflation, the chicken wing in 5
pound bags used to be equal to 39 cents/pound but since Buffalo wings
they are $2.39. People that never heard of BBQ brisket a few years back
now buy brisket sandwiches at Arby's and packer cuts have triples in
price. The trimmed flat at Publix was not much cheaper than a nice rib
eye steak.

On Friday, May 17, 2019 at 9:52:58 AM UTC-4, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
> On 5/17/2019 6:38 AM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> > On Friday, May 17, 2019 at 12:55:04 AM UTC-4, U.S. Janet B. wrote:
> >> On Thu, 16 May 2019 20:34:53 -0500, Sqwertz >
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >> snip
> >>> Nobody had Corned Beef on sale here for St Patricks Day. It used to
> >>> be $.99/$1.29 10 for St Pats 10 years ago. I think we're (Central
> >>> Texas) being punished for sucking up all the beef brisket from the
> >>> U.S. other times of the year. Smoked and trimmed brisket packer
> >>> brisket here comes with a 1000%-1200% markup from BBQ trailers and
> >>> restaurants ($2/lb raw retail, $24/lb smoked).
> >>>
> >>> -sw
> >> Back in those days you could buy a whole brisket for $.89/pound.
> >> Prices just aren't what they used to be.
> >> Janet US
> >
> > And wages are higher, too. Food costs in general are quite low,
> > even if meat prices have increased a lot in the past few years.
> >
> >
> > Cindy Hamilton
> >
> True, but some of the former cheap cuts are no longer cheap. The masses
> have discovered them. Adjusted for inflation, the chicken wing in 5
> pound bags used to be equal to 39 cents/pound but since Buffalo wings
> they are $2.39. People that never heard of BBQ brisket a few years back
> now buy brisket sandwiches at Arby's and packer cuts have triples in
> price. The trimmed flat at Publix was not much cheaper than a nice rib
> eye steak.

It was amazingly difficult to find any analyses that were less than
10 years old.

Yes, there has been disruption in the supply/demand of some cuts
of meat. However, unless you live on meat alone:

<https://seekingalpha.com/article/92689-over-the-past-100-years-food-prices-have-fallen-by-82-percent>

Cindy Hamilton

On Fri, 17 May 2019 03:38:01 -0700 (PDT), Cindy Hamilton
> wrote:

>On Friday, May 17, 2019 at 12:55:04 AM UTC-4, U.S. Janet B. wrote:
>> On Thu, 16 May 2019 20:34:53 -0500, Sqwertz >
>> wrote:
>>
>>
>> snip
>> >Nobody had Corned Beef on sale here for St Patricks Day. It used to
>> >be $.99/$1.29 10 for St Pats 10 years ago. I think we're (Central
>> >Texas) being punished for sucking up all the beef brisket from the
>> >U.S. other times of the year. Smoked and trimmed brisket packer
>> >brisket here comes with a 1000%-1200% markup from BBQ trailers and
>> >restaurants ($2/lb raw retail, $24/lb smoked).
>> >
>> >-sw
>> Back in those days you could buy a whole brisket for $.89/pound.
>> Prices just aren't what they used to be.
>> Janet US
>
>And wages are higher, too. Food costs in general are quite low,
>even if meat prices have increased a lot in the past few years.
>
>
>Cindy Hamilton

wages are higher for some people

On Friday, May 17, 2019 at 1:47:27 PM UTC-4, U.S. Janet B. wrote:
> On Fri, 17 May 2019 03:38:01 -0700 (PDT), Cindy Hamilton
> > wrote:
>
> >On Friday, May 17, 2019 at 12:55:04 AM UTC-4, U.S. Janet B. wrote:
> >> On Thu, 16 May 2019 20:34:53 -0500, Sqwertz >
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >> snip
> >> >Nobody had Corned Beef on sale here for St Patricks Day. It used to
> >> >be $.99/$1.29 10 for St Pats 10 years ago. I think we're (Central
> >> >Texas) being punished for sucking up all the beef brisket from the
> >> >U.S. other times of the year. Smoked and trimmed brisket packer
> >> >brisket here comes with a 1000%-1200% markup from BBQ trailers and
> >> >restaurants ($2/lb raw retail, $24/lb smoked).
> >> >
> >> >-sw
> >> Back in those days you could buy a whole brisket for $.89/pound.
> >> Prices just aren't what they used to be.
> >> Janet US
> >
> >And wages are higher, too. Food costs in general are quite low,
> >even if meat prices have increased a lot in the past few years.
> >
> >
> >Cindy Hamilton
>
> wages are higher for some people

Wages are higher for everybody. Not as much at the bottom end
as the top, of course.

Do you have an example of someone making less money for the
same work now compared to 10 years ago?

Cindy Hamilton

On 5/16/2019 6:51 PM, Leonard Blaisdell wrote:
> Corned beef just went on sale at the supermarket I shop for $2.99/lb. I
> bought a three pound flat. I generally eat corned beef once a year for
> St. Pat's Day. Other times, the price is generally atrocious.
> It turns out that their St. Pat's corned beef has a sell by date of
> 5/21 at this supermarket. They didn't sell it all for the big day and
> upped the price afterward until the sell by date approached. I'll have
> to remember the sell by date next year and plan accordingly.
> So I'm going to cook it today, refrigerate it and figure out what to do
> with it tomorrow. There's lots of stuff I "could do". I just haven't
> decided what yet. It won't go to waste.
>
> leo
>
Both of the nearby grocery stores sold out of corned beef brisket right
before March 17th this year.

Jill