Bargain guide, week beginning November 9th

Chow.com explains how to make a Thanksgiving dinner for eight for just over a hundred dollars! And their cost estimate is based on “the highest nonsale prices we could find at a Safeway in San Francisco”, which has some of the grocery highest prices in the country. They've also got a very useful series of videos on how to cope with Thanksgiving cooking disasters: underdone turkey, piecrust dough that's glued itself to the counter, sweet potato casserole on fire ...

Darya at Summer Tomato highly recommends a new pedometer, the Up from Jawbone. It's a combination wristband and iPhone (sadly, not iPod) app that tracks steps, meals (it requires you to photograph your meal and also asks you, two hours later, whether you're still satisfied), and just about everything … except Points.

Darya also has a delicious-looking recipe headlined, “How to make Brussels sprouts that aren't gross”. She suggests that the smaller they are the less bitter they are, recommends halving and blanching them to take out what bitterness there is, balances the remaining bitterness with an acid, and adds, “Oh, and did I mention bacon?”

This Saturday, the 12th, is variously reported as “Nation Pizza With the Works Day” and “National Pizza With Everything Day (Except Anchovies)”. Monday is National Guacamole Day – it's easy to make, but if you buy it do not buy the kind in a plastic tub because it is made out of everything that is NOT avocados. And, importantly, the 15th is National Clean Out Your Refrigerator Day.

November 9th: National Scrapple Day, Cook Something Bold and Pungent Day
November 10th: National Vanilla Cupcake Day
November 11th: National Sundae Day
November 12th: National Pizza With Everything Day (Except Anchovies)
November 13th: National Indian Pudding Day
November 14th: National Pickle Day, National Guacamole Day
November 15th: National Raisin Bran Day, Clean Out Your Refrigerator Day
November 16th: National Fast Food Day



Albertson's:

Free frozen turkey (10-14 lbs) with $100 purchase OR they will price-match Honeysuckle White frozen turkeys to Bashas', Fry's, or Safeway.
93/7 ground beef, $2.29/lb
Beef shoulder/London broil/bottom round roasts or steaks, boneless, $5.99/lb, buy 1 get 1 free
Beef petite sirloin steaks, boneless, $7.99/lb, buy 1 get 1 free
Pork loin, boneless, whole in bag, $1.97/lb
Center cut pork chops, boneless, $4.99/lb, buy 1 get 1 free
Cook's ham, bone in, shank portion, $1.59/lb (butt portion, $1.79/lb)
Boneless skinless chicken breast, $1.99/lb
Honeysuckle White frozen turkey breast, $1.99/lb
Tyson game hens, twin pack, $6
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $6.99/lb
Deli: All Dietz & Watson turkey, ham, chicken breast, cheeses, $7.99/lb
USA Gold Virginia ham, $4.99/lb
Jennie-O deli turkey breast, $4.99/lb
Stella Swiss/Provolone/Muenster/baby Swiss, $5.99/lb
Albertson's cream cheese incl Light, 8 oz brick, $1
Daisy sour cream incl. Light, 8 oz tub, $1
Land O Lakes butter, 2/$7
Hunt's spaghetti sauce, 26 oz cans, $1
Hunt's diced tomatoes, 14 oz cans, $1
DaVinci pasta, 1 lb box, $1
Ro*Tel tomatoes, 10 oz cans, $1
Libby's veggies, 14-15 oz cans, 69¢
Nature's Own honey wheat bread, $1.99
Birds Eye “Steamfresh” frozen veggies, 10-12 oz bags, $1
Red seedless grapes, 75¢/lb
Navel oranges, $1.49/lb
Gala apples, $1.29/lb
Pomegranates, 2/$5
Broccoli crowns, 69¢/lb
Roma tomtotes, 99¢/lb
Earthbound Farms organic box salads, 1 lb, $4.99


Bashas':

Beef chuck roast, bone in, value pack, $1.97/lb
Beef crossrib roast, boneless, $3.49/lb
Beef sirloin steaks, boneless, $5.99/lb
Ground beef chuck, fat content not listed, $2.99/lb
Pork shoulder roast, $2.49/lb
Pork sirloin chops, boneless, value pack, $3.49/lb
Pork tenderloin, $4.99/lb
Sanderson Farms boneless skinless chicken breast, $2.99/lb
Sanderson Farms chicken drums/thighs/leg quarters, 88¢/lb
Cod fillets, wild caught, $4.99/lb
Yellowfin tuna, $5.99/lb
Rainbow trout fillets, $6.99/lb
Bashas' milk, gallons, $1.57
Bashas' sour cream incl. Light, 24 oz tubs, $1.99
Bashas' cottage cheese incl. Light, 24 oz tubs, $2.39
Challenge butter, $2.88
Nature's Own bread, 24 oz loaves, $2.99/lb
Barilla pasta, 12-16 oz boxes, 4/$5
Del Monte pasta sauces, 26 oz cans, 4/$5
HoneyCrisp apples, $1.88/lb
Red seedless or Red Globe (seedy) grapes, 88¢/lb
Pomegranates, $1.88 ea
Strawberries, 1 lb box, $2.88
Roma tomatoes, 88¢/lb
Vine tomatoes, $1.88/lb
Leaf lettuce, green/red/Romaine, 88¢ ea
Dole bag salads, 2/$5
Cucumbers, 2/88¢/lb



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Food City:

Beef tamale meat (for some reason this is illustrated with a roast), value pack, $1.99/lb
Beef crossrib roast or steaks, boneless, $2.49/lb
Beef stew meat, value pack, $2.99/lb
Pork shoulder roast, bone in, whole in bag, 99¢/lb
Swai fillets, $2.99/lb
Bartlett pears, 2 lbs/98¢
Tomatoes, 3 lbs/99¢
Brown onions, 6 lbs/99¢
Italian squash, 3 lbs/99¢
Cucumbers, 4/99¢
Yams: Golden Sweet, Beauregard, Red Diane, 2 lbs/98¢


Fry's:

Beef t-bone steaks, family pack, $4.77/lb
Beef top sirloin steaks, boneless, family pack, $4.77/b
Beef crossrib roast, $3.79/lb
Pork loin chops, boneless, $6.99/lb
Cook's smoked half ham, butt or shank, $1.27/lb
All Foster Farms fresh chicken products, buy 1 get 1 free (same item)
Jennie-O frozen turkeys, 10-20 lb, 59¢/lb
Private Selection frozen turkeys, 10-20 lb, 89¢/lb
Butterball frozen turkeys, 10-20 lb, $1.29/lb
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $6.99/lb
Fry's milk, gallons, $1.57
Kraft cheeses, 7-8 oz chunk or shreds, 3/$5
Kroger cheeses, 1 lb chunk or shreds, $2.99
Kroger cottage cheese OR sour cream, 24 oz tubs, $1.99
Libby's pumpkin, 15 oz cans, $1.99
Kroger or Green Giant frozen veggies, 7-12 oz pkg, 10/$190
Cantaloupes, $1.99/lb
Strawberries, 1 lb box, 2/$5
Raspberries or blackberries, 6 oz box, 2/$5
Navel oranges, US grown, 88¢/lb
Gala or Fuji apples, 99¢/lb
Tomatoes, $1.68/lb
Leaf lettuce, green/red/Romaine, 96¢/lb
Dole OR Fresh Selections bag salads, 2/$3


Safeway:

Beef London broil steaks, boneless, value pack, $2.29/lb
Beef t-bone steaks, value pack, $7.99/lb
Beef chuck pot roast, boneless, $3.89/lb
93/7 ground beef, value pack, $2.99/lb
Pork shoulder blade roast, bone in, $2.49/lb
Assorted pork loin chops, bone in, value pack, $1.99/lb
Safeway spiral sliced smoked half ham, bone in, $2.29/lb
Safeway frozen turkeys, 8-24 lb, 59¢/lb
Honeysuckle frozen turkeys, 8-24 lb, 99¢/lb
Safeway chicken thighs OR drumsticks, 99¢/lb (leg quarters, 69¢/lb)
Alaskan keta salmon, wild caught, $4.99/lb
Lucerne cheeses, 2 lb chunk or shreds, $5.99
Lucerne yogurts, 6 pk, $2.49
Kellogg's Raisin Bran, 20 oz box, 2/$5
Prego pasta sauces, 23-24 oz jars, $1.69
“Texas Ruby Red” grapefruits, 2/$1
Fuji/Gala/Red Delicious apples, 5 lb bag, $4.99
Hass avocados, 2/$1
O Organics box salads, 2/$4
Roma tomatoes, 99¢/lb
Zucchini or yellow squash, 10/$10
Jumbo yellow onions, 2/$1


Smart & Final:

Beef ribeye steak, boneless, $5.99/lb
Pork shoulder butt roast, bone in, $1.69/lb
Boneless skinless chicken breast, value pack, $1.69/lb
Jennie-O ground turkey and sausage products, 14-20 oz pkg, 2/$6
First Street cheeses, 2 lb shreds, $5.49
Bananas, 49¢/lb
Apples, Fuji/Granny Smith/Gala/Red Delicious, 8 ct, $2.99


Sprouts:

Center cut pork loin roast, boneless, $1.99/lb
Chicken breast tenders, $1.99/lb
Chicken thighs/drumsticks, value pack, $1.49/lb
Lean ground turkey, 20 oz pkg, $3.99
Blackberries, 5 oz box, 88¢
Organic HoneyCrisp apples, $2.49/lb
Navel oranges, US grown, 77¢/lb
Apples, Red/Golden Delicious or Fuji, 99¢/lb
Red or black seedless grapes, 2 lbs/$4
Organic Gala apples, 99¢/lb
Organic Fuji apples, $1.29/lb
Organic D'Anjou pears, 99¢/lb
Leaf lettuce, green/red/Romaine, 77¢/lb
Summer (yellow/zucchini) or winter (acorn/butternut/spaghetti) squashes, 77¢/lb
Roma tomatoes, 77¢/lb