On 5/11/2019 4:57 PM, Nancy2 wrote:
> Meat prices seem to go up when the meat is trendy. Perhaps minute steak/cubed steaks/round steak
> is currently a trend.
>
> Exhibit: short ribs. I remember when they were the cheapest beef in the case, about the same as soup
> bones. But they got trendy, so now they are relatively (for what they are) expensive. Silly.
>
> N.
>
We all know the same thing happened with flank steak. I recall my
mother used to buy it for about 79 cents/lb. Now they are difficult to
find and when you do it's more like $12-15.99/lb. It's a tough cut of
meat which has to be marinated, then grilled or broiled and sliced very
thinly against the grain. When they started using flank in restaurants
for fajitas and Chinese beef and broccoli, the price went waaaay up.

Jill