Got the Food Lion weekly ad via email.

http://www.foodlion.com/WeeklySpecials

Someone mentioned chuck eye steaks in the thread about cuts of steak. I
haven't seen a chuck eye steak in a long time. Surprise! Food Lion has
them on sale, $4.99/lb. Without the MvP card, $5.79/lb.

I don't know that I'll be buying any chuck eye steaks, but I might swing
by and pick up some ribs. They have St. Louis style pork ribs for
$2.49/lb. Gotta use that pesky card to get the deal, otherwise
$3.99/lb. Center cut beef ribs, also $2.49/lb; sans card $3.79/lb.

They are also featuring something they call "dry rub ribs", $2.99/lb.
What the heck are dry rub ribs? The ad says "select varieties". How
delightfully vague.

I'll go for the St. Louis style. Maybe some beef ribs, too. I had beef
ribs when we were in Houston (or was it Kansas) and they were quite tasty.

Jill

On 5/14/2014 8:56 AM, jmcquown wrote:
> Got the Food Lion weekly ad via email.
>
> They are also featuring something they call "dry rub ribs", $2.99/lb.
> What the heck are dry rub ribs? The ad says "select varieties". How
> delightfully vague.

I expect these are pre-seasoned uncooked ribs, using a variety of dry
rub seasonings. Around here the butcher cases are burgeoning with
pre-seasoned meat selections for the barbecue crowd that lacks the
time or imagination to season their meats themselves.

Moe DeLoughan wrote:
>
> On 5/14/2014 8:56 AM, jmcquown wrote:
> > Got the Food Lion weekly ad via email.
> >
> > They are also featuring something they call "dry rub ribs", $2.99/lb.
> > What the heck are dry rub ribs? The ad says "select varieties". How
> > delightfully vague.
>
> I expect these are pre-seasoned uncooked ribs, using a variety of dry
> rub seasonings. Around here the butcher cases are burgeoning with
> pre-seasoned meat selections for the barbecue crowd that lacks the
> time or imagination to season their meats themselves.

I thought the pre-seasoned was a way to get rid of the older meats that
were near last sale date. I never buy anything pre-seasoned.

On Wed, 14 May 2014 09:56:46 -0400, jmcquown >
wrote:

> Gotta use that pesky card to get the deal

I hate that. Drug stores (CVS/Walgreens) have started doing it now
too.


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On Wed, 14 May 2014 09:50:33 -0500, Moe DeLoughan >
wrote:

> On 5/14/2014 8:56 AM, jmcquown wrote:
> > Got the Food Lion weekly ad via email.
> >
> > They are also featuring something they call "dry rub ribs", $2.99/lb.
> > What the heck are dry rub ribs? The ad says "select varieties". How
> > delightfully vague.
>
> I expect these are pre-seasoned uncooked ribs, using a variety of dry
> rub seasonings. Around here the butcher cases are burgeoning with
> pre-seasoned meat selections for the barbecue crowd that lacks the
> time or imagination to season their meats themselves.

I haven't cranked up the nerve to try pre-seasoned ribs, but I found
out that I love the way Safeway seasons their chicken fajita mix - so
it's a nice little time saver if/when you need it.


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On Wed, 14 May 2014 10:03:22 -0500, "Pete C." >
wrote:

>
> Moe DeLoughan wrote:
> >
> > On 5/14/2014 8:56 AM, jmcquown wrote:
> > > Got the Food Lion weekly ad via email.
> > >
> > > They are also featuring something they call "dry rub ribs", $2.99/lb.
> > > What the heck are dry rub ribs? The ad says "select varieties". How
> > > delightfully vague.
> >
> > I expect these are pre-seasoned uncooked ribs, using a variety of dry
> > rub seasonings. Around here the butcher cases are burgeoning with
> > pre-seasoned meat selections for the barbecue crowd that lacks the
> > time or imagination to season their meats themselves.
>
> I thought the pre-seasoned was a way to get rid of the older meats that
> were near last sale date. I never buy anything pre-seasoned.

I don't think that's the case anymore. Maybe it was back in the day
when ordering wasn't the science it is now and butchers had more to do
inside the store. They just seem to open boxes of cryovac meat to
break down, repackage and label these days.


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On 5/14/2014 2:40 PM, sf wrote:
> On Wed, 14 May 2014 09:56:46 -0400, jmcquown >
> wrote:
>
>> Gotta use that pesky card to get the deal
>
> I hate that. Drug stores (CVS/Walgreens) have started doing it now
> too.
>
>
I wonder when that card for discount caper arose. CVS has been doing it
for more years than I can recall.

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Extraneous "not." in Reply To.

On Wed, 14 May 2014 15:00:35 -0400, James Silverton
> wrote:

> On 5/14/2014 2:40 PM, sf wrote:
> > On Wed, 14 May 2014 09:56:46 -0400, jmcquown >
> > wrote:
> >
> >> Gotta use that pesky card to get the deal
> >
> > I hate that. Drug stores (CVS/Walgreens) have started doing it now
> > too.
> >
> >
> I wonder when that card for discount caper arose. CVS has been doing it
> for more years than I can recall.

CVS is relatively new here, but I'm fine blaming them anyway.


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sf > wrote in news1e7n919j85k5499b1s56ku29b1bblnvc5@
4ax.com:

> On Wed, 14 May 2014 09:56:46 -0400, jmcquown >
> wrote:
>
>> Gotta use that pesky card to get the deal
>
> I hate that. Drug stores (CVS/Walgreens) have started doing it now
> too.
>
I'm glad because there are some folks who refuse to do it, and those
customers subsidize my buying power.
>



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"Happy ****ing 'new years' that was when me and my father
had to identify her dead mud covered body they pulled from
the family car she'd driven into the Mississippi river!"
--John Kuthe in rec.food.cooking, 3-7-2014

"Moe DeLoughan" > wrote in message
...
> On 5/14/2014 8:56 AM, jmcquown wrote:
>> Got the Food Lion weekly ad via email.
>>
>> They are also featuring something they call "dry rub ribs", $2.99/lb.
>> What the heck are dry rub ribs? The ad says "select varieties". How
>> delightfully vague.
>
> I expect these are pre-seasoned uncooked ribs, using a variety of dry rub
> seasonings. Around here the butcher cases are burgeoning with pre-seasoned
> meat selections for the barbecue crowd that lacks the time or imagination
> to season their meats themselves.

I agree. I think they are preseasoned for use in a preheated oven.

Winters_Lackey wrote:
>
> sf > wrote in news1e7n919j85k5499b1s56ku29b1bblnvc5@
> 4ax.com:
>
> > On Wed, 14 May 2014 09:56:46 -0400, jmcquown >
> > wrote:
> >
> >> Gotta use that pesky card to get the deal
> >
> > I hate that. Drug stores (CVS/Walgreens) have started doing it now
> > too.
> >
> I'm glad because there are some folks who refuse to do it, and those
> customers subsidize my buying power.

All you need to do is say you forgot your card and then give them a
random local area phone number. You get the discount and they get
garbage for data to peddle.

On 5/14/2014 2:40 PM, sf wrote:
> On Wed, 14 May 2014 09:56:46 -0400, jmcquown >
> wrote:
>
>> Gotta use that pesky card to get the deal
>
> I hate that. Drug stores (CVS/Walgreens) have started doing it now
> too.
>
>
I used to do quite a bit of shopping at Walgreens, even down to buying
milk and eggs there because they had good sale prices. I stopped
shopping there when they started requiring a card to get sale prices.

I usually buy groceries at Publix. No card, just sale prices. But
those are good prices at Food Lion for St. Louis style ribs, so it won't
kill me to use the card.

Jill

"Pete C." > wrote in
:


>
> Winters_Lackey wrote:
>>
>> sf > wrote in news1e7n919j85k5499b1s56ku29b1bblnvc5@
>> 4ax.com:
>>
>> > On Wed, 14 May 2014 09:56:46 -0400, jmcquown
>> > > wrote:
>> >
>> >> Gotta use that pesky card to get the deal
>> >
>> > I hate that. Drug stores (CVS/Walgreens) have started doing it now
>> > too.
>> >
>> I'm glad because there are some folks who refuse to do it, and those
>> customers subsidize my buying power.
>
> All you need to do is say you forgot your card and then give them a
> random local area phone number. You get the discount and they get
> garbage for data to peddle.
>

Even better, you give them false info when you sign up. That way you can
still earn rewards points.

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--Bryan

"Happy ****ing 'new years' that was when me and my father
had to identify her dead mud covered body they pulled from
the family car she'd driven into the Mississippi river!"
--John Kuthe in rec.food.cooking, 3-7-2014

On Wed, 14 May 2014 22:05:04 +0000 (UTC), "Winters_Lackey"
> wrote:

> "Pete C." > wrote in
> :
>
>
> >
> > Winters_Lackey wrote:
> >>
> >> sf > wrote in news1e7n919j85k5499b1s56ku29b1bblnvc5@
> >> 4ax.com:
> >>
> >> > On Wed, 14 May 2014 09:56:46 -0400, jmcquown
> >> > > wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> Gotta use that pesky card to get the deal
> >> >
> >> > I hate that. Drug stores (CVS/Walgreens) have started doing it now
> >> > too.
> >> >
> >> I'm glad because there are some folks who refuse to do it, and those
> >> customers subsidize my buying power.
> >
> > All you need to do is say you forgot your card and then give them a
> > random local area phone number. You get the discount and they get
> > garbage for data to peddle.
> >
>
> Even better, you give them false info when you sign up. That way you can
> still earn rewards points.

A few months ago stupid me switched my phone number from my
discontinued landline that no one has owned since I let it go 7 years
ago to my real number. I had two accounts and was trying to get rid
of one of them and ended up doing that. I absolutely HATE fiddling
with my account on their website, so I probably won't be changing it
back any time soon. Nobody memorizes cell phone numbers, so I'm sure
my kids would like me to switch back - because they always keyed in
the old number to get their discounts too.


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On Wed, 14 May 2014 15:25:00 -0700, sf > wrote:

> discontinued landline that no one has owned since I let it go 7 years
> ago

Just checked something I know was dated the same year... make that 9,
not 7.


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On 5/14/2014 10:50 AM, Moe DeLoughan wrote:
> On 5/14/2014 8:56 AM, jmcquown wrote:
>> Got the Food Lion weekly ad via email.
>>
>> They are also featuring something they call "dry rub ribs", $2.99/lb.
>> What the heck are dry rub ribs? The ad says "select varieties". How
>> delightfully vague.
>
> I expect these are pre-seasoned uncooked ribs, using a variety of dry
> rub seasonings. Around here the butcher cases are burgeoning with
> pre-seasoned meat selections for the barbecue crowd that lacks the time
> or imagination to season their meats themselves.

You and others are probably right. I don't plan to buy pre-seasoned
ribs. I'm perfectly capable of seasoning them myself.

Jill

On 5/14/2014 5:39 PM, jmcquown wrote:
> On 5/14/2014 10:50 AM, Moe DeLoughan wrote:
>> On 5/14/2014 8:56 AM, jmcquown wrote:
>>> Got the Food Lion weekly ad via email.
>>>
>>> They are also featuring something they call "dry rub ribs", $2.99/lb.
>>> What the heck are dry rub ribs? The ad says "select varieties". How
>>> delightfully vague.
>>
>> I expect these are pre-seasoned uncooked ribs, using a variety of dry
>> rub seasonings. Around here the butcher cases are burgeoning with
>> pre-seasoned meat selections for the barbecue crowd that lacks the time
>> or imagination to season their meats themselves.
>
> You and others are probably right. I don't plan to buy pre-seasoned
> ribs. I'm perfectly capable of seasoning them myself.
>
> Jill

Me, too. I usually buy ribs at Sam's Club. They come three slabs of
back ribs in a cryovac package. I remove the membranes, cut the slab in
half so it fits in the freezer better and freeze packages of a two-piece
slab together.

I make my own rub. I smoke the ribs on the cool side of a gas grill
using hickory or pecan chips. DH thinks these are the best ribs he's
ever had and we've been to a lot of famous rib joints in the US. It's
not broke, so I'm not about to fix the process.

--
Janet Wilder
Way-the-heck-south Texas
Spelling doesn't count. Cooking does.

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