My neighborhood grocery has a lot of Muslim customers. I noticed the
last couple weeks that they are selling NZ lamb for what I consider an
outrageous price. Not $18/lb for shanks, but close to $10/lb for
unspecified "NZ lamb." Domestic lamb has been around its usual price.
Lamb shanks have been around $3.49/lb. The recently had domestic leg
of lamb for $3.99/lb. I bought a 4-lb sirloin end piece. Look for lamb
heads, tongues, sweetbreads, etc., next week--I was told last night
that Catholic and Greek Easter fall on the same day this year (as, I
am also told, they do every four years).

-bwg

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.
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