Thread: Price of corned beef and/or brisket

notbob wrote:

> Took mom to Wallyworld yesterday. I was hoping to score a good deal on
> corned beef, it being so close to St Patrick's Day, but was shocked into
> disbelief when I saw the prices: $3.48lb for corned beef and $3.86lb for
> "boneless" brisket! Well, screw that. I've never paid more than $2lb
> during St Pat's corned beef sale days. And what the Hell is "boneless"
> brisket? I've yet to see a bone-in brisket. What's with these insane meat
> prices? Gas is at the lowest in 4 yrs.
>
> What kinda uncooked corned beef prices prices are you folks seeing?
>
> nb

Never buy brisket "flat" cuts. They always way overpriced.

Buy the larger "packer cut". It contains both the point and the
flat cut. Make corned beef out of the flat and stew or ground
beef out of the point.

"notbob" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Took mom to Wallyworld yesterday. I was hoping to score a good deal on
> corned beef, it being so close to St Patrick's Day, but was shocked into
> disbelief when I saw the prices: $3.48lb for corned beef and $3.86lb for
> "boneless" brisket! Well, screw that. I've never paid more than $2lb
> during St Pat's corned beef sale days. And what the Hell is "boneless"
> brisket? I've yet to see a bone-in brisket. What's with these insane
> meat
> prices? Gas is at the lowest in 4 yrs.
>
> What kinda uncooked corned beef prices prices are you folks seeing?
>
> nb

Albertsons Point cut 99 cents per pound limit 2
Vons (Safeway) 99 cents per pound limit 3
Ralphs (Kroger) no ad on CB

Dimitri

On Thu, 12 Mar 2009 17:38:10 GMT in rec.food.cooking, notbob
<[email protected]> wrote,
>What kinda uncooked corned beef prices prices are you folks seeing?

Vons/Albertsons both came out this week with $0.99/lb point cut, loss
leader I guess, $2.50/lb for flat cut.

notbob wrote:

> What kinda uncooked corned beef prices prices are you folks seeing?

Currently Safeway has corned beef for $1.79/lb.

Raleys, has it for $2.47/lb, or you can step up to round for $3.47/lb.
They also have Black Angus and it's $3.77 and $3.97 for round.

I happen to like Angus, so that price is okay with me. Whether I do a
corned beef this year remains to be seen. I think we have a brisket or
two in the freezer still.

--Lin

notbob wrote:
> Took mom to Wallyworld yesterday. I was hoping to score a good deal on
> corned beef, it being so close to St Patrick's Day, but was shocked into
> disbelief when I saw the prices: $3.48lb for corned beef and $3.86lb for
> "boneless" brisket! Well, screw that. I've never paid more than $2lb
> during St Pat's corned beef sale days. And what the Hell is "boneless"
> brisket? I've yet to see a bone-in brisket. What's with these insane meat
> prices? Gas is at the lowest in 4 yrs.
>
> What kinda uncooked corned beef prices prices are you folks seeing?

I haven't seen anything under $3/lb for quite a while. A couple years
agot he local Randall's (Safeway) had it for about $2/lb on sale St. Pats
day week. And the stuff lasts so long that it doesn't even go on sale
after St Pat's day when they're overstocked.

If you start corning a flat of regular brisket tonight, it'll be ready by
St Pats day.

-sw

notbob wrote:
> Took mom to Wallyworld yesterday. I was hoping to score a good deal on
> corned beef, it being so close to St Patrick's Day, but was shocked into
> disbelief when I saw the prices: $3.48lb for corned beef and $3.86lb for
> "boneless" brisket! Well, screw that. I've never paid more than $2lb
> during St Pat's corned beef sale days. And what the Hell is "boneless"
> brisket? I've yet to see a bone-in brisket. What's with these insane meat
> prices? Gas is at the lowest in 4 yrs.
>
> What kinda uncooked corned beef prices prices are you folks seeing?
>
> nb

If you buy any beef at WalMart it's corned beef. They inject their meats
with salt solution. UGH!

--
Janet Wilder
Way-the-heck-south-Texas

On Thu, 12 Mar 2009 14:12:41 -0500, Janet Wilder
<[email protected]> wrote:

>f you buy any beef at WalMart it's corned beef. They inject their meats
>with salt solution. UGH!

What's the difference if WalMart does it at the store or I brine it at
home? Brining pork and poultry is ALWAYS done in my kitchen.

This is my favorite brine mix!!

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Mark Peel's Brine

marinade

2/3 cup salt
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup black pepper, cracked
1 pinch thyme, dried
13 cloves
13 allspice, cracked
3 bay leaves
13 juniper berries, crushed
1 water

Combine salt, sugar, pepper, thyme, cloves allspice, bay leaves and
juniper berries in saucepan. Add 1 quart water and bring to boil.
Simmer 5 minutes, then add 1 gallon cold water. Chill thoroughly
before using brine.

Makes about 1 1/4 gallon brine.... enough for a 12 to 14 pound
turkey.

The spicing is very faint, mostly you taste the salt and a bit of the
sugar. It's a bit like a very elegant version of commercial smoked
turkey, only without the smoke. A couple of dashes of liquid smoke
might
be nice also. Peel also used this recipe for roast pork and smoked.
fish.
For a pork loin, cut all the amounts by half. for fish or chops, cut
them
to 1/4.

Yield: 1 servings


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"Janet Wilder" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> notbob wrote:
>> Took mom to Wallyworld yesterday. I was hoping to score a good deal on
>> corned beef, it being so close to St Patrick's Day, but was shocked into
>> disbelief when I saw the prices: $3.48lb for corned beef and $3.86lb for
>> "boneless" brisket! Well, screw that. I've never paid more than $2lb
>> during St Pat's corned beef sale days. And what the Hell is "boneless"
>> brisket? I've yet to see a bone-in brisket. What's with these insane
>> meat
>> prices? Gas is at the lowest in 4 yrs.
>>
>> What kinda uncooked corned beef prices prices are you folks seeing?
>>
>> nb
>
> If you buy any beef at WalMart it's corned beef. They inject their meats
> with salt solution. UGH!
>
> --
> Janet Wilder
> Way-the-heck-south-Texas



Except corned beef isn't simply brined. It's more like pickled.

Jill

On 12-Mar-2009, notbob <[email protected]> wrote:

> What kinda uncooked corned beef prices prices are you folks seeing?
>
> nb

St. Louis are prices are:
Point-cut $1.59/lbs
Flat-cut $2.89/lbs
Round $3.19/lbs

One store's ads do not list a price, simply stating they will not be
undersold by the competition.
--
Change Cujo to Juno in email address.

notbob wrote:
> Took mom to Wallyworld yesterday. I was hoping to score a good deal on
> corned beef, it being so close to St Patrick's Day, but was shocked into
> disbelief when I saw the prices: $3.48lb for corned beef and $3.86lb for
> "boneless" brisket! Well, screw that. I've never paid more than $2lb
> during St Pat's corned beef sale days. And what the Hell is "boneless"
> brisket? I've yet to see a bone-in brisket. What's with these insane meat
> prices? Gas is at the lowest in 4 yrs.
>
> What kinda uncooked corned beef prices prices are you folks seeing?
>
> nb
Here in the boondocks of WA it is on sale for $1.99. Just cooked some
and is great! 2 1/2 hrs simmering then potatoes, carrots & cabbage in
the cooking water with a bit of lemon juice to keep the cabbage green.

"jmcquown" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> "Janet Wilder" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:0001de49$0$2159$[email protected]..
>> notbob wrote:
>>> Took mom to Wallyworld yesterday. I was hoping to score a good deal on
>>> corned beef, it being so close to St Patrick's Day, but was shocked into
>>> disbelief when I saw the prices: $3.48lb for corned beef and $3.86lb for
>>> "boneless" brisket! Well, screw that. I've never paid more than $2lb
>>> during St Pat's corned beef sale days. And what the Hell is "boneless"
>>> brisket? I've yet to see a bone-in brisket. What's with these insane
>>> meat
>>> prices? Gas is at the lowest in 4 yrs.
>>>
>>> What kinda uncooked corned beef prices prices are you folks seeing?
>>>
>>> nb
>>
>> If you buy any beef at WalMart it's corned beef. They inject their meats
>> with salt solution. UGH!
>>
>> --
>> Janet Wilder
>> Way-the-heck-south-Texas
>
>
>
> Except corned beef isn't simply brined. It's more like pickled.
>
> Jill
'Zactly. And the best is dry cured like how gravlox is cured. Corning is a
relatively lengthy,
laborious, expensive process, often at an expense greater than the price at
which the beef could sell raw. And unlike how injecting saline increases
salable weight, corning extracts significant moisture and so reduces the net
salable weight. Corning makes meat a delicacy, and at the same time
increases its price... like how you can buy fresh salmon for like $7/lb but
when that same salmon is made into lox it costs close to $20lb.

I don't know why folks buy that saline injected fresh meat... only reason I
can come up with is low IQ.

notbob wrote:
> Took mom to Wallyworld yesterday. I was hoping to score a good deal on
> corned beef, it being so close to St Patrick's Day, but was shocked into
> disbelief when I saw the prices: $3.48lb for corned beef and $3.86lb for
> "boneless" brisket! Well, screw that. I've never paid more than $2lb
> during St Pat's corned beef sale days. And what the Hell is "boneless"
> brisket? I've yet to see a bone-in brisket. What's with these insane meat
> prices? Gas is at the lowest in 4 yrs.
>
> What kinda uncooked corned beef prices prices are you folks seeing?
>
> nb

I paid $1.49/lb for the house brand point cut at Safeway in Hawaii. I
got 2 pieces but one of them is a big ugly piece that's mostly fat.
Uggggh, that's what I get for carelessly grabbing a hunk of meat and
dumping it into the shopping cart! I'm boiling both of them but that
piece deserves special treatment. Hopefully, boiling and roasting and a
whole lot of barbecue sauce will help disguise it's shortcomings. I'm
not expecting much though.

On Thu, 12 Mar 2009 20:02:56 GMT, "l, not -l" <[email protected]> wrote:

>One store's ads do not list a price, simply stating they will not be
>undersold by the competition.

Prices are what YOUR market will bear. I know that New York City
will have higher prices than Jackson MS....but that won't compel me to
move.

Comparing prices between cities doesn't make a whole lot of sense. If
your city is 10 cents more than I pay...what am I suppose to
do...gloat?

On Thu, 12 Mar 2009 15:20:48 -0400 in rec.food.cooking, Mr. Bill
<[email protected]> wrote,
>What's the difference if WalMart does it at the store or I brine it at
>home?

The price per pound that you pay for the brine? The control you have
over the process?

notbob wrote:
> Took mom to Wallyworld yesterday. I was hoping to score a good deal on
> corned beef, it being so close to St Patrick's Day, but was shocked into
> disbelief when I saw the prices: $3.48lb for corned beef and $3.86lb for
> "boneless" brisket! Well, screw that. I've never paid more than $2lb
> during St Pat's corned beef sale days. And what the Hell is "boneless"
> brisket? I've yet to see a bone-in brisket. What's with these insane meat
> prices? Gas is at the lowest in 4 yrs.
>
> What kinda uncooked corned beef prices prices are you folks seeing?
>
> nb
Tip cut in a bag for 99 cents a pound.

W

notbob <[email protected]> news:[email protected]:
in rec.food.cooking

> Took mom to Wallyworld yesterday. I was hoping to score a good deal
> on corned beef, it being so close to St Patrick's Day, but was shocked
> into disbelief when I saw the prices: $3.48lb for corned beef and
> $3.86lb for "boneless" brisket! Well, screw that. I've never paid
> more than $2lb during St Pat's corned beef sale days. And what the
> Hell is "boneless" brisket? I've yet to see a bone-in brisket.
> What's with these insane meat prices? Gas is at the lowest in 4 yrs.
>
> What kinda uncooked corned beef prices prices are you folks seeing?

I'm going out to look for a corned beef brisket today or tomorrow. I
don't recall what I paid for it last year but I made one in December and
IIRC it right at $3/lb but it wasn't on sale.

I'll be checking at Sam's Club.

Michael

--
“He who does not understand your silence will probably not understand
your words.”
~Elbert Hubbard

You can find me at: - michael at lonergan dot us dot com

On 2009-03-12, Dimitri <[email protected]> wrote:

> Albertsons Point cut 99 cents per pound limit 2

WOW!

nb

On 2009-03-12, notbob <[email protected]> wrote:

> What kinda uncooked corned beef prices prices are you folks seeing?

HAH!..... sale papers came out and 2 mrkts selling points for $1.49 and on
selling flats for $2.49. Screw Walmart!

nb

notbob wrote:
> Took mom to Wallyworld yesterday. I was hoping to score a good deal
> on corned beef, it being so close to St Patrick's Day, but was
> shocked into disbelief when I saw the prices: $3.48lb for corned beef
> and $3.86lb for "boneless" brisket! Well, screw that. I've never
> paid more than $2lb during St Pat's corned beef sale days. And what
> the Hell is "boneless" brisket? I've yet to see a bone-in brisket.
> What's with these insane meat prices? Gas is at the lowest in 4 yrs.
>
> What kinda uncooked corned beef prices prices are you folks seeing?
>
> nb

I don't buy corned beef, but I've been seeing brisket ostensibly "$2/lb off"
for $3.99/lb. I normally don't pay more than about $3.49/lb for brisket at
the most, and I don't think I've EVER seen it priced at $5.99/lb, which they
imply is the "normal" price.