Bargain guide, week beginning September 7th

Chow.com has a number of good articles: one on “healthy snack ideas for kids’ lunchboxes” that might also provide ideas for grownups’ snacks as well, and one on how to brew your own beer. There is also one at which I have not even glanced, with the unfortunate title: “Eating the Placenta: Tastes like squab!” NO NO NO NO NO NO NO.

The Fooducate app for iPhone and iPod touch is available here. At their blog, Fooducate has a recipe for homemade hummus, and what I can only describe as a rant about how food nutrition labels should be changed. Top priority: Please do SOMETHING about “Servings per container: 2.5”!

The day after tomorrow is National Steak au Poivre Day: it’s very easy to make but a mortar helps. One week from today is National Cream-Filled Doughnut Day, which I may honor in the breach rather than the observance. The 10th is National TV Dinners Day. The first TV dinners came in a box printed with a TV, just because in the 1950s “TV” implied “the very latest and coolest thing” – the idea of eating them in front of the TV came later.

September 7th: National Acorn Squash Day, National Napoleon Day
September 8th: National Date Nut Bread Day
September 9th: Weinerschnitzel Day, National Steak au Poivre Day
September 10th: National TV Dinner Day, Hot Dog Day
September 11th: National Hot Cross Buns Day ("I have hot cross buns!" "Well, wear a long coat and they won't show!")
September 12th: National Chocolate Milkshake Day
September 13th: National Peanut Day, Snack A Pickle Day, International Chocolate Day
September 14th: Eat A Hoagie Day, National Cream-Filled Doughnut Day



Albertson’s:

Beef ribeye (bone in) or top sirloin (boneless) steaks, family pack, $4.77/lb
Beef petite sirloin steaks, boneless, $6.99/lb, buy 1 get 1 free
85/15 ground beef, $2.49/lb
Pork loin chops, “assorted”, apparently bone-in, $1.67/lb
Sanderson Farms whole frying chickens OR drums/thighs/leg quarters, 88¢/lb
Boneless skinless chicken breast, $2.49
Coho salmon fillets, wild caught, $7.99
Albertson’s milk, gallons, $1.57
Shedd’s Spread/Country Crock, 45 oz tub, $3.99
Albertson’s oatmeal, 18 oz round box, 99¢
Albertson’s instant oatmeal, 10 ct, 99¢
Prego pasta sauces, 23-24 oz jars, $1.49
Albertson’s pasta, 12-16 oz boxes, 10/$10
Hunt’s tomato sauce, 8 oz cans, 3/$2
Albertson’s veggies, 14-15 oz cans, 79¢
Lean Pockets, 5/$10
Birds Eye “Steamfresh” veggies, 10-12 oz bag, 2/$4
C&W frozen veggies, 12-16 oz bag, 2/$4
Healthy Choice frozen entrées, 4/$10
Raspberries, 6 oz box, 99¢
Seedless grapes, green or red, $1.99/lb
Bartlett pears, 99¢/lb
Yellow or white peaches or nectarines, $1.99/lb
Fresh Express bag salads, 12 oz, 99¢
Vine tomatoes, 14 oz pkg, 2/$5
Red/orange/yellow bell peppers, 99¢ ea



Bashas’:

Beef ribeye or New York steak, bone in, value pack, $4.77/lb
Beef crossrib steak or roast, $3.99/lb
Beef ground chuck (fat content not listed), value pack, $2.99/lb
Assorted pork chops, value pack, $1.79/lb
Pork center cut roast, $2.99/lb
Sanderson Farms boneless skinless chicken breast, $1.77/lb
Dover sole fillets, wild caught, $4.99/lb
Swordfish steaks, wild caught, $7.99/lb
Daisy cottage cheese incl low-fath, 16 oz tubs, $1.99
Chicken of the Sea chunk light tuna, 69¢
Food Club tomatoes OR veggies, 15 oz cans, 69¢/lb
Food Club fruit, 15 oz cans, 10/$10
Healthy Choice frozen entrées, 5/$10
Green or red seedless grapes, 88¢/lb
Whole cantaloupes, 88¢ ea
Gala apples, 88¢/lb
Bartlett pears, 88¢/lb
Navel oranges, 88¢/lb
Roma tomatoes, 88¢/lb
Leaf lettuce, green/red/Romaine, 88¢ ea
Red bell peppers, 88¢ ea



Food City:

Beef chuck steak or roast, bone in, $1.99/lb
Beef stew meat, boneless, value pack, $2.99/lb
Country style pork ribs, bone in, $1.79/l
Boneless skinless chicken breast, $1.49/lb
Tilapia fillets, $2.29/lb
Food city eggs, AA large, dozens, $1.99
Cantaloupe, 5 lbs/$1
Peaches, 77¢/lb
Jalapeño peppers, 4 lbs/96¢



Fry’s:

Beef ribeye steaks, bone in, family pack, $4.88/lb
Beef top sirloin steaks, boneless, family pack, $4.99/lb
Beef crossrib steaks or roast, boneless, family pack, $3.79/lb
Beef “Texas broil”, whatever the hell that may be, $3.79/lb
Half pork loin, boneless, whole in bag, $1.97/lb, cut & wrapped free
All Foster Farms chicken, buy 1 get 1 free (same item)
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $5.99/lb
Fry’s milk, half gallons only, 88¢
Kroger cheeses, 6-8 oz chunk or shreds, $1.79
Kellogg’s Nutri-Grain or Fiber Plus bars, $2.99
Kroger veggies, 15 oz cans, 69¢
Lean Pockets, 5/$10
Lean Cuisine frozen entrées, 4/$10
Whole cantaloupes, 77¢ ea
Bartlett pears, 88¢/lb
Navel oranges, 88¢/lb
Minneola tangelos, 88¢/lb
Seedless grapes, green/red/black, $1.88/lb
Nectarines, peaches, plums, pluots, $1.98/lb
Broccoli OR cauliflower, 88¢/lb
Zuchini OR yellow squash, 4/$5
Roma tomatoes, 99¢/lb
Iceberg, 96¢ ea
Leaf lettuce, green/red/Romaine, 96¢
Private Selection box salads, 5-9 oz, 2/$5



Safeway:

Beef round steak, boneless, value pack, $1.99/lb
Beef petite sirloin steaks, value pack, $2.99/lb
Beef New York strip steak, bone in, value pack, $7.99/lb
Beef round tip steak, boneless, value pack, $2.99/lb
Pork loin chops, assorted, bone in, value pack, $1.99/lb
Eating Right boneless skinless chicken breast, value pack, $2.99/lb
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, color added, $8.99/lb
Tilapia fillets, farm raised, $4.99/lb
Safeway veggies, 11-15 oz cans, 79¢
Gala apples, 88¢/lb
Seedless grapes, green/red/black, $2.49/lb
Navel oranges, $1.49/lb
Bartlett pears, $1.49/lb
Vine tomatoes, $2.49/lb
Hermiston sweet yellow onions, 99¢/lb



Smart & Final:

Beef top round roast OR London broil, boneless, $3.99/lb
Pork shoulder butt roast, $1.69/lb
First Street chicken leg quarters, 79¢/lb
Ragu pasta sauces, 16-24 oz jars, $1.69
Black plums OR pluots, 8 ct, $2.99
Cucumbers, 3 ct, $1.99
Iceberg, 2 ct, $1.49



Sprouts:

Beef rump roast OR stew meat, boneless, $3.99/lb
Beef ribeye steak, boneless, $9.99/lb
Pork sirloin chops or roast OR ground pork, boneless, $2.99/lb
Muir Glen organic pasta sauce, 25 oz jars, 2/$5
Kashi frozen entrées, 2/$6
Sprouts frozen fruit, 12 oz bags, 2/$5
Peaches OR nectarines, 67¢/lb
Seedless grapes, green/red/black, 88¢/lb
Navel oranges, 88¢/lb
Bartlett pears, 88¢/lb
Whole cantaloupes, 4/$5
Whole seedless watermelons, 3 lbs/$1
Organic yellow peaches, $1.99/lb
Organic cantaloupes, 69¢/lb
Gala apples, 88¢/lb
Roma tomatoes, 67¢/lb
Leaf lettuce, green/red/Romaine, 99¢ ea
Organic grape tomatoes, 2/$3
Cauliflower, 88¢/lb
Italian squash, 88¢/lb
Celery, 88¢ ea