On 6/13/2016 6:14 PM, l not -l wrote:
> On 13-Jun-2016, jmcquown > wrote:
>
>> I bought one! Big deal, right? Except flank steak is so very difficult
>> to find these days. The price has been greatly inflated in my lifetime.
>> Used to be a cheap cut of beef.
>>
>> So, I just spent $21 on a 2.5 lb. steak. It will, of course, be
>> marinated and then grilled. Thinly sliced against the grain.

> Flank steak is easy to find here (STL suburb), available in all regional
> chains; but, as you say, a bit pricey (9.99 same as yours). Seems as
> Mexican cuisine became more popular, fajitas at home became more popular and
> drove up the price. Fortunately for me, many of the supermarkets started
> carrying skirt steak, priced about $2 cheaper than flank. IMO, skirt makes
> better fajitas thank flank.
>
Skirt steak has been slow to arrive in my neck of the woods. Publix has
it on sale this week (if you call $12.99/lb a sale!). The problem?
It's already seasoned for "chimichurri". I'd rather season my own food,
thanks.

Jill