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"-bwg" > wrote:

> 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

<ahem> That's generally referred to as Western (Christian) and Orthodox
Easter. Barry. <grin> Protestants and Catholics do the day on the
same schedule; the Orthodox date varies.


And whoever gave you the every four years thing is full of hrutka and
kolbasa. "-) There's no pattern that I can readily discern as far as
how frequently they coincide. It is not, however, every four years.
Sometimes it's 11. Sometimes 3. Sometimes 1. Sometimes other. What I
can tell you is that one of the factors that is part of calculating the
date for Orthodox Easter is that it *always* comes after the start of
Passover. Both Western and Orthodox also consider the spring equinox in
the calculation. The dates themselves can be anywhere from concurrent
to, I believe, 5 weeks apart.

You're welcome. "-)

I couldn't find any lamb shanks around here; I'm thinking I'll be
looking in a Halal market or one that caters to Middle Eastern
preferences and desirables.
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