On Saturday, May 11, 2019 at 12:49:38 PM UTC-10, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
> 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

Pork belly is going for relatively cheap - but not for long. I suggest that you buy up as much as you can and learn to prepare it before the price goes sky high! Don't wait till it's too late!