Melba's Jammin' wrote:
> In article >,
> jay > wrote:
>
>> On Fri, 30 Mar 2007 10:59:06 -0500, Melba's Jammin' wrote:
>>
>>> I was in Byerly's earlier in the week and damn near had a stroke.
>>> I was looking for lamb shanks. I've never cooked them but order
>>> them out when I can. Jesus, Mary, and Joseph! They were something
>>> like $15/lb. What they had were frozen (individually) and large --
>>> running between $10 and $14 EACH. Is this "what they cost?"
>>> Call the paramedics.
>>
>> WOW.. I bought lamb shanks about a month ago and they were 3.49$ lb
>> IIRC. I love lamb shanks but they're not worth the prices you
>> quoted. The last rack of lamb I bought was 9.99$ lb.
>>
>> jay
>
> I may swing by there again just to be sure I'm not hallucinating
> again. The lamb CHOPS were something like $18/lb, IIRC. I told the
> meat guy that at $12.50 each, I could go to the Mediterranean Cruise
> restaurant in Eagan and have a lamb shank dinner for maybe $18-20 --
> with some sides.

And those sides would have been cabana boys <wink>