Oh boy

And such the results of my well-meaning resolution to update this blog regularly ...

That great Weight Watchers standby boneless skinless chicken breast is for some reason cheaply available everywhere I look this week. Do not pay more than $1.57/lb. There is a belief, however, that if you eat chicken on New Year’s Day you are fated to scratch for your living (as a chicken does) all year long: take this exactly as seriously as you please.

National Bread Month was ’way back in November, but January is Bread Machine Baking Month and National Wheat Bread Month. It is also National Candy Month (possibly to keep sales up during what may be a slump between December and February), National Egg Month, National Hot Tea Month, National Meat Month (no specific kind – just, generically, “meat”), National Oatmeal Month, National Soup Month, and Prune Breakfast Month.

December 30th: National Bicarbonate of Soda Day
December 31st: National Champagne Day
January 1st: Bloody Mary Day, Apple Gifting Day
January 2nd: National Cream Puff Day
January 3rd: Chocolate Covered Cherry Day (Some sources give it as Chocolate-Filled Cherry Day, although I don't think I've ever seen those)
January 4th: National Spaghetti Day
January 5th: National Whipped Cream Day
January 6th: Bean Day, National Shortbread Day

Most of my sources have no idea what Bean Day is or why it is celebrated on the sixth of January. They seem not to have made the historical-culinary connection of baking a King Cake for the feast of the Epiphany and putting a bean in it (the person who gets the slice with the bean is king, or queen, for the day).

So make a king cake. Or a pot of beans, for all of me.



Albertson’s:

93/7 ground beef, $1.99/lb
Beef crossrib or bottom round roast, boneless, $2.49/lb
Beef briskets, boneless, whole in bag, $1.88/lb
Pork chops, boneless, family pack, $1.99/lb
Pork loin roast, boneless, whole in bag, buy 1 get 2 free
Boneless skinless chicken breast, $1.57/lb
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $6.99/lb
Alaskan cod fillets, wild caught, $6.99/lb
Yoplait yogurts incl. Light, 10/$4
Store brand butter, $1.99
Store brand cottage cheese incl. Light, 16 oz tub, $1.59
Deli: Jennie-O turkey breast, $5.99/lb
Kretschmar ham, $5.99/lb
Nabisco snacks including Wheat Thins and Triscuits, 2/$4
Hass avocados, 2/$1
Roma tomatoes, 2 lbs/$1
Blackberries/raspberries/blueberries, 4.4-6 oz box, 2/$5
Broccoli, 99¢/lb
Cantaloupes, 69¢/lb
Mangoes, 99¢ ea.
Fresh Express bag salads, 2/$5
Earthbound Farms box salads, 16 oz, $3.99
Precut bagged veggies, 18 oz, $2.99



Bashas’:

Beef top sirloin steak, boneless, value pack, $1.99/lb
Beef roasts, bottom round/cross rib/chuck, boneless, buy 1 get 1 free
Boneless skinless chicken breast, $1.49/lb
Milk, $1.58
Lean Pockets, 5/$10
Strawberries, 1 lb box, $1.99
Hass avocados, 2/$1
Cantaloupes, 3 lbs/$1
Dole bag salads, $1.99
Cucumbers, 2/$1
Sweet onions, 79¢/lb
Green bell peppers, 2/$1
Navel oranges, 99¢/lb
“Texas Ruby Red” grapefruit, 69¢/lb
Red Delicious OR Gala apples, 99¢/lb
Bosc OR Anjou pears, 99¢/lb
Blueberries, 11 oz box, $3.99
Mangos, 99¢ ea



Food City:

Beef cross rib steak, boneless, $1.99/lb (roast, $2.49/lb)
Beef tripe, 79¢/lb
Pork shoulder roast, bone in, 88¢/lb
Cook’s ham,bone in, $1.39/lb
Chicken thighs or drumsticks, 68¢/lb
Pollock fillets, $1.99/lb
Navel oranges, 3 lbs/99¢
Mangos, 2/$1
Cilantro OR green onions, 5 bunches/$1
Green bell peppers, 4/$1
Kiwifruit, 10/$1
Bananas, 2 lbs/$1
Radishes, 3 bunches/99¢
Sweet potatoes OR yams, 2 lbs/$1



Fresh & Easy:

Beef New York steaks, boneless, family pack, $4.99/lb
Boneless skinless chicken breast, $1.97/lb
Store brand cheeses, 8 oz chunk or shreds, $1.99
Store brand cottage cheese incl. Light, 16 oz tub, $1.69/lb
Iceberg, 98¢
Yellow onions, 2 lb bag, 98¢
Carrots, 2 lb bag, 98¢
“Baja Classic” tomatoes, 1 lb pkg, 98¢
Bell peppers, 2 pk, 98¢
Store brand bag salads: “Bistro”, 2/$3
“Wild Rocket”, $1.98
“Sunshine”, 98¢
Bananas, 19¢ ea
Beefsteak tomatoes, $1.49/lb
Blueberries, 11 oz box, $3.78
Broccoli florets, 12 oz bag, $1.98



Fry’s:

Beef New York strip steak, bone in, family pack, $2.97/lb
Beef chuck roast, boneless, $2.99/lb
Pork butt, whole in bag, $1.99/lb
Boneless skinless chicken breast, $1.57/lb
Whole chickens, 88¢/lb
Lean Cuisine frozen entrees, $1.78/lb
Nabisco snack crackers incl. Triscuit and Wheat Thins, $1.77
Yoplait yogurts, 20/$10
Kroger sour cream or cottage cheese incl. Light, 16 oz tub, 10/$10
Kraft cheese, 7-8 oz chunk or shreds, $1.77
Hass avocados, 2/$1
Dole bag salads, “Just Lettuce,” “Classic Romaine” or “Greener Selection”, $1 ea.
Roma tomatoes, 88¢/lb
Apples: too many varieties to list, all $1/lb
Mangoes, $1 ea
Pears: Bartlett, D’Anjou, Red, Bosc, $1/lb
“Mini peeled” carrots, 1 lb bag, $1
Zucchini or yellow squash, $1/lb
Red or yellow bell pepepers, $1 ea
Blueberries or blackberries, 4.4-6 oz punnet, 2/$5
Private Selection precut bagged veggies, 2/$4 (organic 2/$5)



Rancho Grande:

Beef flap meat, $2.99/lb
Beef tripe, 89¢/lb
Whole chickens, twin pack, 89¢/lb
Tilapia fillets, $2.39/lb
Milk, $1.99/lb
Brown onions, 7 lbs/99¢
Small Hass avocados, 5/99¢
Mexican limes, 3 lbs/99¢
Roma tomatoes, 2 lbs/99¢
Jalapeño peppers, 2 lbs/89¢
Green tomatillos, 2 lbs/89¢
Navel oranges, 5 lbs/99¢
Cucumbers, 5/99¢
Red yams, 5 lbs/99¢
Green apples, 3 lbs/99¢



Safeway:

93/7 ground beef, $1.88/lb
Beef roasts, round tip/cross rib/bottom round, boneless, $1.88/lb
Beef top sirloin steaks, $4.99/lb
Pork loin, boneless, whole in bag, $1.99/lb
Boneless skinless chicken breast, $1.88/lb
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $5.99/lb
Lean Cuisine or Eating Right frozen entrees, $1.69
Hass avocados, 2/$1
Cantaloupes, 99¢ ea.
Fresh Express or Eating Right bag salads, buy 1 get 1 free
Gala apples, 99¢/lb
Red grapefruit, 2/$1
Blackberries, 6 oz box, 2/$4
Clementines, 5 lb box, $6.99
Vine tomatoes, $2.49/lb
Broccoli crowns, $1.29/lb
Eating Right “baby-cut” carrots, 2 lb bag, 2/$5



Smart & Final:

80/20 ground beef patties, $2.49/lb
All Coca-Cola products incl. Diet, 2 liter bottle, 79¢
All Pepsi products incl. Diet, 2 liter bottle, 69¢
Wholly Guacamole or party dip, 14-16 oz pkg, $2.99
Hass avocados, 4 ct, $2.99
Roma tomatoes, 99¢/lb



Sprouts:

“Extra lean” ground beef, $1.88/lb
Beef top round roast or London broil, $3.99/lb
Boneless skinless chicken breast, $2.99/lb
Mahi mahi fillets, wild caught, $6.99/lb
Stuffed salmon, 6 oz portions, $3.49
Deli: Chicken breast, $4.99/lb
Cascadian Farms frozen veggies, 1 lb bag, 2/$5
Store brand olive oil, 1 liter bottle, $7.99
Large tomatoes, 69¢/lb
Iceberg, 69¢
Italian/yellow/Mexican squash, 69¢/lb
Braeburn apples, 69¢/lb
Eggplant, 69¢ ea.
Green bell peppers, 3/$1
Cucumbers, 2/$1
D’Anjou pears, organic, 69¢/lb