On Wed, 31 Mar 2010 11:07:30 -0400, brooklyn1 wrote:

> Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>>
>>> "Sqwertz" wrote:
>>>
>>> I went to order my leg of pork and this year they said they'll only
>>> be carrying the steamship style leg of pork.
>>>
>>> Price: $3/lb.
>>
>>> Did you order it from a butcher shop or a Wall Street investment firm?
>
> Hmm, must be from one of those bail-out hogs... that's more than twice
> the price of a fresh ham. Yesterday at the little market in town
> whole fresh hams were $1.19/lb, shank half $1.29/lb, butt half
> $1.39/lb. I thought about it but decided on a five pound roast beef
> for this weekend instead, top round $1.99/lb, got four big yams too,
> and a couple pounds asparagus.

You apparently missed the fact that this was skinless and trimmed
(which would raise the price to $1.99/lb, but not 2.99).

-sw