I hate what’s happened to the price of beef! Up until three years ago I was paying $4.99lb. for my yearly prime purchase, then they raised it a buck. Most of the grocery stores in my area had Xmas prime going for $7.99lb. this year, tho Smart & Final had a advertisement for $5.99lb. I went to S&F and all they had were little pre-cut 3-4 rib primes with much of the fat lopped off, had to walk out with nothing. There’s a chain up in my area, Food 4 Less, that advertises they’ll match or beat any advertised price. I walked in with the newspaper and walked out with my two whole primes at $5.99lb. My wife even called Costco to see if we were going to get some primes there and the butcher told her they were going $9.99lb. Where’s the love?
I’ve still got 18 pounds of cubed wild hog meat ready for sausage in my freezer along with about 35 pounds of porkbutt I bought last year at this time for 99¢ lb. Two fishing trips to the coast netted us about 40 pounds of rockfish and lingcod fillets and the meat from 24 Dungeness crabs. I’ve got enough wild hog Italian sausage and crab-shrimp-ricotta ravioli made up to get me thru my new hip install without having to rely heavily on my wife’s cooking. Hope y'all have a great holiday season and find a little something under the tree from Santa. RAY
I’ve still got 18 pounds of cubed wild hog meat ready for sausage in my freezer along with about 35 pounds of porkbutt I bought last year at this time for 99¢ lb. Two fishing trips to the coast netted us about 40 pounds of rockfish and lingcod fillets and the meat from 24 Dungeness crabs. I’ve got enough wild hog Italian sausage and crab-shrimp-ricotta ravioli made up to get me thru my new hip install without having to rely heavily on my wife’s cooking. Hope y'all have a great holiday season and find a little something under the tree from Santa. RAY
