On Mon, 08 Dec 2008 06:33:49 -0600, George Shirley wrote:
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> The stores here don't have signs up saying "Used Meat", the bin is not
> even marked at Kroger's. Savvy shoppers look at the bin at the end of
> the meat aisle and make a beeline for it when it has packages of meat
> stacked in it. A good friend of mine called it the "used meat" bin as a
> joke and I passed it on to Barb a long time ago. I get most of the meat
> we eat from that bin,knowing that on Monday's they usually fill it up
> with the stuff close to it's "use by" date and mark it down from 20 to 5
> percent. Bring it home, take it out of the old package, put it into
> vacuum bags, seal and label, toss in the freezer. Perfectly good meat at
> a cheaper price. It's easier than rustling and not near as dangerous.
> Plus, it's fun talking little old widow ladies out of the prime cuts and
> expensive stuff.
>
> One lady looking at packages of skirt steak, asked me what it was. Gave
> her the very graphic description of exactly where skirt steak came from
> on the cow critter. She put it back into the bin and I ended up with
> five lbs of primo fajita meat. My wife thinks it's shameful the things I
> do, I think, that as a little old man, I've got the right to outsmart
> the distaff side whenever I get the chance. It's only payback after all.
> <VBG>

trust me, you'll never catch up.

your pal,
blake