I learned all about the different cuts when looking for silverside to make biltong with. They call it outside round. Who knew?

I quite like the pork loin, but it does need some spicing. I think it's cheap and available here because in blighty all the loin ends up in the bacon?

It can be had as pretty decent dry-cure unsmoked uncooked unmapled uncrumbed back bacon here as well, if you know where to look

The best I've found was nowhere near a 'British Shoppe' either!

Okanagan peaches and nectarines at 90c a pound last year were awesome!

That was at Lepps in Abbotsford - they have their own orchards in the Okanagan.

Also the corn at $6/dozen from there were pretty awesome too. Much fuller than the rather early 'merican stuff that's in the supermarkets at the moment.

Local strawberries are far better than the (probably irradiated) American ones too, as are the raspberries.

They probably are a bit older by the time they get to Squamish though...

Local stuff here is pricey and not worth the money, usually double the amount of grocery store stuff, which gets some local stuff, but very little.

The main places that sell local stuff is a little farm store but they don't grow or produce anything and their prices are sky high, and the farmers market which is fairly high priced as well.

We have to shop on a budget so can't pay double or more because it's local.

Corn so far this year from US is running about 70-90 cents per ear, no local stuff to be found yet, local corn has always been hard to find, we don't have the farms nearby like Abby and the wack do, by the time it gets here, the mark up tends to be crazy high.

We used to have a fruit truck that would come by and they sometimes had good prices, but they appear to no longer be in business or are very late as they usually are up and running by June.

Just wondering,
Beef seems to be cost much higher than pork,
but why does patty's still affordable?
hhhmmmm

I remember seeing that previously. I've never seen the 'silvery' part of it over here though.

I actually think many burgers - as with sausages - are disproportionately expensive.

Our local butcher/meat store sells some for around $3 lb. But then they have extra lean and something else for up to $5. But the $3 ones are not in the least fatty and are actually very good.

But it is possible to buy perfectly good beef @ $3.99 a lb and I don't see why a burger should cost more. Unless it's sirloin or a 'special' one.

Ditto with sausages. The absolute cheapest are the pork breakfast ones @ $2.99 lb. But there are at least three types of pork I'm regularly buying for less than that.

What are they adding, caviar?

The cost of one meat vs the rest does not really effect what I buy. It depends what is reduced and as a rule I wont buy it unless it as least half price. I go to Atlantic suppertore and clean them out of whatever is marked down and fill the freezer.

There is a decent Butcher round the corner when I am feeling a bit more bourgeoisie

Lamb seems to be the hardest thing here to get knocked down. Although about a month ago I found three fresh legs of Lamb for 20 is each reduced from 40 ish each. 6 racks of Lamb reduced from 16 - 20 each to 4 - 6 each!! My chest freezer has more than paid for itself!!

What time and day do you go (and which one)...just so I can get there before you.

Good way of looking at it!

I'm trying to have an embargo on meat right now as our freezers are chock-a-block. But it's very difficult to leave some of the bargains on the shelf when you see them.

When you see Beef Tenderloin steaks already on offer and then less than half that price but still a couple days from their BBD how can you leave it? I just change dinner plans instead.

Bring a big stick cos it gets ugly

I float between all three in the area. I have tried to keep track of when is a good time to go but there does not seem to be much rhyme or reason to it. Just luck of the draw. If I go to the one this side and there is not much on then I will walk out and go to the others in Moncton. If nothing then I will just wait for another day. Its not very often that I actually have to buy as the freezer is always quite well stocked.

I am lucky with my shifts I work a 5 day week one week and a 2 day week the following so I have time to mooch about shops

Bigger Freezer???

Yeah, that matches my experience.
The Co-op is worth a look. Usually more expensive but mid week they tend to have a ton of meat marked down. Maple Leaf stuff often comes at a more reasonable price then.

We have two fridge/freezers with good size freezer compartments and three chest freezers. I already think that's too much.

One could argue if they're filled it's not enough but that's more to do with not organising better.

I have not really been to co-op much. My GFs parents live close to the one in Dieppe and swear by it.

They have just been bought out by Sobeys. I am not a big fan of Sobeys as they dont seem to discount things very much. The one by the train station is just over the bridge from me and the NB liquor is in the same building.... I only go there for my British treats - liquid and solid

I think the embargo is the way to go