I made the mistake of buying a whole pork shoulder/picnic at my local meat purveyor a while back to put in the smoker. What I didn’t realize was that it would take 24 hours to smoke!
Time well spent, however. Yum. -D > On Mar 10, 2020, at 1:03 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > There is no commercial meat production in the state that I know of, some > small time stuff but none of the multi-thousand animal herds you see in the > mid-west. There is a cattle farm near our camp that I think runs over a > thousand head but there aren't many of those operations, we really don't have > the space. > Boneless chicken breasts were like $0.98/lb but I've already got 10 or 15# in > the freezer so I'm not stocking up anymore. > -Curt > > On Tuesday, March 10, 2020, 12:59:28 PM EDT, Curley McLain via Mercedes > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > Wow that is high for country style ribs. Right now the store here has > pork shoulder for $.98/lb and we recently got what they call pork chops > for $.99/lb. These are what I call pork steaks with about 3 or 4 thin > cut pork chops on top to make it look nice. I'm not sure what they cut > them out of; I'd guess maybe a whole shoulder, but the meat is tasty. > they run about 6-8 lb on a tray. > But then you are not in pork country, so maybe that is normal up yonder. > Chicken hind quarters $3.90 for a 10 lb bag. Those and some hamburger > make up most of our meals. > > Everything is normal here. no panic like in the places that believe the > ministry of propaganda. > > I gotta grab a coupla them shoulders and make more pulled pork for bbq. > >> Curt Raymond via Mercedes <mailto:mercedes@okiebenz.com> >> March 10, 2020 at 11:37 AM >> I happened to go to Wal-Mart yesterday, as usual I went within an hour >> of closing to avoid the bulk of the wal-martians.Anyway I found >> adequate supplies of soap although the shelf was a little sparse. I >> couldn't figure out where hand sanitizer would have been, I honestly >> didn't look too hard. Plenty of toilet paper for buying. >> Stopped in at the grocery next door, seemed completely normal. Country >> style pork ribs for $2.09/lb... >> No hysteria in north central MA/south central NH that I can see. >> >> -Curt >> > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
