On Sat, 28 Jun 2008 04:52:30 -0700, "Kent" > wrote:

>
>"Serene Vannoy" > wrote in message
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>> The Mom Food Project for the week was going to be her ham with pineapple
>> gravy, so I went to Safeway, where I usually go when I want to buy a lot
>> of meat. No hams. None. Well, a glazed spiral cut one (one!), and some
>> ham steaks, and some turkey ham, but um, no.
>>
>> Went to the Berkeley Bowl, my local grocery with the great meat
>> department. No hams. Some ham steaks, but otherwise nothing.
>>
>> No hams! Is it just not the right time of year? the last time I bought a
>> ham, it was for a holiday, so it was easy to find. Is it hard to find the
>> rest of the year?
>>
>> (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 -- half of it
>> will go in the enchiladas, and half will be for sandwiches later in the
>> week.)
>>
>> ObRFC: I'll be using this enchilada sauce recipe, posted by Becca in 2002,
>> but with pork stock instead of chicken:
>>
>> Enchilada Sauce
>>
>> 12 New Mexico dried chiles
>> 1/2 onion, quartered
>> 4 cloves garlic
>> 1 qt boiling chicken broth
>> 1-2 tblsp Masa Harina
>> salt to taste
>>
>> Remove stems and seeds from chiles and rinse. Combine chiles, onion,
>> garlic and boiling chicken broth in a blender and allow to sit for 10
>> minutes. Puree until smooth. To thicken, and add flavor, I will us a
>> tablespoon or two of Masa Harina, then salt to taste.
>>
>> Instead of using a food processor or blender, you can bring the
>> chicken stock to a boil, add the chiles, onion and garlic, then use the
>> hand held immersion blender in the pot.
>>
>> Serene
>
>I just bought a "Cook's" bone in shank half ham at Walmart for $1.48/lb.
>This was at a massive Walmart 30 mi. west of Sacramento. I don't know about
>the local Walmarts in the bay area.
>
>Kent
>
>
You better check the meat before you buy it. As far as I am
concerned, beef roast should not have an ingredient list. Their's
does.