On Tue, 28 Mar 2017 20:16:08 -0500, Sqwertz <swe...@cluemail.compost>
wrote:
>On Tue, 28 Mar 2017 21:51:07 GMT, l not -l wrote:
>
>> Years ago, I was a big fan of olive loaf and pickle loaf lunch meats. I
>> haven't had either in years because I'm just too cheap to spend
>> $9-something/lb for Boars Head.
>
>All Boar's Head stuff is way overpriced. My supermarket gradually
>phased out a half dozen other brands that provided a nice selection of
>quality meats at reasonable prices (including a really good head
>cheese for $4.30/lb).
>
>Now they just have a limited selection of their house brand and the
>other two thirds is the BH BS. I ain't gonna pay $8.99 for BOLOGNA,
>ferchristakes. I can get top Choice ribeye for that price (or less).
>All the other BH selections are around $10-15/lb. I rarely ever see
>people ordering from that side of the case.
Depends where you live... away from NYC you're paying a premium for
transport. In Brooklyn and on Long Island BH head cheese, olive loaf,
pimento loaf, and pepper loaf are all between $3.99/lb & $4.99/lb
depending on how high faluting the store. Upstate NY the prices run
between $5.99/lb & $$6.99/lb depending on how far from NYC and how
fancy schmancy the store. In the small market in town they'll
regularly run a BOGO sale in their deli, occasionally it's buy a pound
of BH head cheese at $6.99 and get a pound free... that's a good deal
and since I like BH head cheese a lot I'll get three orders that week
= 6lbs for $21. I can easily eat a 1/2lb a day for lunch. Last week
the BH BOGO was for hard salami & genoa salami, at $6.99 I bought the
deal twice and got one pound of each each time. I like those salamis
but usually don't buy them due to the extra heavy fat content, head
cheese contains the least fat of any cold cut.
But usually for sandwich meat I'll buy boneless pork loins at under
$2/lb, season, roast, and slice for very healthful sandwiches...
pepperoni seasoning works very well (easy on the red pepper flakes).
The whole boneless loins are $1.79/lb this week but I still have 2/3
of one in the freezer.... they weigh near 20 pounds so I cut them into
thirds for the freezer. It would be easy to butterfly one and roll it
filled with pimento stuffed olives, a schmear of tomato paste, a few
crushed fennel seeds and a dusting of parm, I think I will next
time... excellent pure pork olive loaf for $2/lb.
>I've taken to buying my beef bologna at Walmart for $4.49/lb. Eckrich
>or Wunderbar brand, and lately, Prima Della house brand (most of the
>Prima Della stuff is made by Smithfield or Plumrose last I looked).
Wonderbar isn't the best bologna but it's a lot better than OM... the
market in town has Wonderbar at $3.99/lb every day, sometimes on sale
at $2.99/lb, that's when I may buy a pound because bologna is not a
favorite unless it's Mortadella... BH's version with pistachios is
superb, but I don't buy it up here as it sits, not much turnover so I
don't trust it. Upstate NY deli at smaller stores is iffy.
http://boarshead.com/products/detail/509-mortadella-small-with-pistachio-nuts-half
http://www.lifeinitaly.com/food/Mortadella.asp