Jack Schidt® wrote:

> "alzelt" > wrote in message
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>>Jack Schidt® wrote:
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>>>I think it's more like they're watering the stock and hoping no one
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> notices.
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>>>Kinda like 6 oz containers of yogurt suddenly appearing and sold at the
>>>price of 8 oz. We have 3 major chains of grocery stores around here and
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> 2
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>>>of them sell the Hormel pork. The other sells the unbrined stuff, so I
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> buy
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>>>meat there when I can't make it to the local butcher (he closes
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> earlier).
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>>>As for it's the direction we're ultimately headed.....probably, just
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> like
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>>>farmed fish.
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>>>People have to decide what they want. If you want everything to be
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> cheap,
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>>>then you're gonna have to live with some shortcuts. If you want
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> quality,
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>>>you're gonna have to pay for it. Anyone notice why [non-food] stuff is
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> so
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>>>cheap nowadays? Look where it's made.
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>>>Jack Walton
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>>Say Jack,
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>>Do you have any Whole Foods in your area. Their pork products are really
>>good, as is their beef and cluckers. I've given up on brining because of
>>their good pork and chickens.
>>--
>>Alan
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> I have a place called 'Wild Oats' which is related to 'Bread and Circus'
> which is probably related to Whole Foods (These aren't passive operations -
> they're as businesslike as anyone else; read 'shark'). It's about an hour
> from my house and I shop there when I'm in that area.
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> Otherwise, my local supermarket carries free range chicken, hormone free
> beef and unbrined pork. The local small grocery and local butcher carries
> unbrined pork as well.
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> I agree with you on the brining; for me it depends on the day and my mood,
> but it's not absolutely necessary.
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> Jack Carne
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We made a huge discovery about three years ago at Thanksgiving. Up until
that time, I always brined my turkey. One day I was browsing through
butcher departments at upscale supermarkets and organic shops and
noticed that they were all selling free range turkeys at a very low
price (compared to normal). If I remember, last year I paid about
$.75/lb for organic free range. The taste, juiciness and tenderness was
fantastic. Since I buy turkey about once a year, the need to buy a
steroid bird at $.25/lb is ludicrous. In fact, I noticed that
compliments for my turkey dinners went up when free range hit the menu.
--
Alan

"If you reject the food, ignore the customs, fear the religion, and
avoid the people, you might better stay home."
--James Michener