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.
>

Brisket too! I bought on the other day for $3.69. A few years ago it
as $1.19, but has become popular. I saw a flat for $8.49, close to what
good steak sells for.

Growing up in the north, brisket was Jewish holiday food and we never
heard of it from a smoker. In a few years it has become very popular
even with fast food places like Arbys and Wawa stores.

Chicken wings sold for the equivalent of 39 cents a pound many years
ago. not the $2.29 I see now. Supply and demand