"Julie Bove" wrote:
>"Kalmia" wrote:
>
>> Sorry, but 1.99 a pound? Did they call it chuck or what?
>> I try to buy pretty lean beef for meatloaf.

You're talking ten years ago prices, now boneless chuck roasts cost
like $4.50/lb.

>The ground beef that I buy is usually over $5 a pound.

Another reason to grind your own... $5/lb for mystery meat, yikes!
Last week the Tops market in town had beautiful USDA Choice top round
roasts on sale for $4/lb and it was BOGO... I bought two, and next day
bought four more. I made up ten big burgers (10 oz), roasted one, and
still have two large roasts in the freezer... in fact yesterday's
dinner was burgers, on kaiser rolls.. were D-Lish... cats loved it.
Hey, at that sale price it's cheaper than Fancy Feast. I buy all my
meat at Tops, it's the same meat people as under the previous Grand
Union name, excellent meat and superb service. I know they buy their
pork from a local farmer and I'm pretty sure that's where they buy
their beef too.