"Melba's Jammin'" > wrote

> Early on after her accident I delivered a meal of beef stew. My Alex,
> you'd have thought I'd brought in the crown jewels! <g>

Well, why not, the Queen was bringing it!

That was really nice of you to do for them.

> I thought I was onto something when I hit Target this morning and
> noticed they have USDA Choice boneless chuck roasts available for $3/lb.
> I was set to put three into my cart and then read the fine print about
> the meat including up to 12% "patented solution."

(sigh)

> DammitallToHellAndBack!! I will not knowingly buy injected meat. I've
> pretty much made up my mind about it. And why does USDA Choice need it,
> please? It doesn't. The dirty rat*******s!

I am sure their customers don't notice, and if they do, they aren't doing
the math to see what the real price per pound the meat winds up.
(badly worded)

> So I went over to
> Rainbow (considerably out of my way) and discovered that they have their
> boneless chucks on sale for the same price and without a "patented
> solution" that makes up 12% of the weight of the slab of meat.
> Hoo-rah!

Good for you. If I want to add solution to my meat, I'd rather
make my own.

> I bought three roasts there, one weighing more than 6# (i have not seen
> a chuck roast that big in 30 years). We''ll use that one for our
> tutoring session and we should have enough meat for at least four to six
> meals for two persons.

She's going to learn a lot from you! Sorry to hear about her hip.

nancy