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Default Ham shortage?

On Wed, 25 Jun 2008 13:07:29 -0700, Serene Vannoy
> wrote:

>Sqwertz wrote:
>> Serene Vannoy > wrote:
>>
>>> (We're going to end up having pork enchiladas instead. I found a bone-in
>>> pork butt for $4.50 a pound, and I'm pressure-cooking it now...

>>
>> I never pay more than $1.69/lb for pork butts. $1.19 for picnics.
>> And $1.59 for boneless pork butt chunks.

>
>Well, I wasn't going to worry about the price in this instance. We
>couldn't find a ham, so I wanted some big piece of pig to compensate.


Pork tenderloin is about $3.50 here. If I paid $4.50 for a butt I'd
want a BJ too.

Lou