George Leppla wrote:
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> "Bob Muncie" > wrote in message
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>> George Leppla wrote:
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>>> "Bob Muncie" > wrote in message
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>>>> Christine Dabney wrote:
>>>>> On Sun, 26 Jul 2009 19:54:10 -0700, koko > wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Dinner tonight
>>>>>> http://i32.tinypic.com/2nvcbw0.jpg
>>>>>>
>>>>>> koko
>>>>>
>>>>> Koko, you are a woman after my own heart. I personally think that
>>>>> there is no finer dish than a well roasted chicken. I serve it to
>>>>> company, and dine on it frequently. It soothes my soul...and feeds my
>>>>> body well. And it provides in the aftermath: I just made a chicken
>>>>> broth out of
>>>>> the carcass of the last bird I roasted..along with some chicken wings
>>>>> and a fair amount of chicken feet. It is nicely gelling in the fridge
>>>>> right now...
>>>>>
>>>>> Christine
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I love a fresh roasted chicken, and since the chicken quarters at
>>>> the local store has been selling for $.87 per/lb, my freezer is now
>>>> stocked. So many different ways to prepare, to include regular
>>>> roasting with herbs. Grilling, BBQ, stripped in a stew, etc.
>>>
>>>
>>> One of the local market has a recurring special for leg quarters for
>>> 39 to 45 cents a pound sold in 5 pound bags. We keep plenty in the
>>> freezer. A single bag will give us two to three meals and when there
>>> is a pot-luck at church, we can defrost three bags and make a good
>>> contribution to the table.
>>>
>>> It is just the wife and I but we seldom buy meat if it is not on sale
>>> and make good use of our chest freezer.
>>>
>>> George L
>>
>> I am jealous of the folks down in Texas that post about how cheap
>> brisket is down there... I'd like to freeze quite a bit of that too :-)
>
>
> We are about 10 miles from the Texas border and have some pretty good
> prices but nothing like I saw when I lived closer to Houston.
>
> Here are some deals we found lately...
>
> Pork sausage - $1 (OK, it wasn't the best sausage I've ever had)
>
> Pork Ribs - $1.38 a pound
>
> Beef Ribs - 99 cents a pound
>
> Beef brisket - 99 cents a pound untrimmed... $1.89 trimmed
>
> Whole chickens - 69 cents a pound
>
> Picnic ham - 99 cents a pound (used to make beans)
>
> chicken leg quarters - 39 cents a pound
>
> pork shoulder steaks - $1.29 a pound
>
> "assorted pork chops" $1.27 a pound
>
> pork "country style" ribs - $1.00 a pound
>
> We cleaned up when we found a bunch of packages of Smithfield bacon near
> expiration date for $1.00 each (pound pkg)
>
> The best grocery deal we found recently was a carton of 18 large eggs
> for $1.38
>
> George L
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>
Thanks George for making me even more jealous :-)

Most of those prices are not something I could touch locally.

Bobn