Bargain guide, week beginning November 30th

Chow.com, this week, has a recipe for what they describe as “the turducken of cheese balls”. It's a four-pound monstrosity involving a core of “washed-rind semifirm cheese”, a layer of peppered cream cheese, a layer of Spanish sausage, a layer of Manchego, a layer of chopped dried figs, a layer of Emmentaler, a layer of parsley and chives, a layer of cheddar, a layer of chopped Asian pears, a layer of bleu cheese, a layer of walnuts, a layer of goat cheese, and a layer of mixed almonds, pecans, and bacon. They've also got an article describing one cook's attempt to follow a recipe for stuffing a turkey with Twinkies. “The house smelled exactly how you would imagine a house with Twinkie-stuffed poultry in the oven would smell: like a turkey being roasted in a cupcake-scented Yankee Candle.”

From Darya Pino at Summer Tomato, a set of tips on how to eat healthy while traveling. She recommends Mexican restaurants if you're in an airport (“you can almost always get beans, rice, and some kind of vegetable”), with “high-end salads” as a second choice.

And Fooducate suggests an addition to Black Friday and Small-Business Saturday and Cyber Monday: Whole Foods Wednesday! (Did you know that the US is a net importer of fruits and vegetables?)

Will it surprise you to learn that December is both National Eggnog Month and National Fruitcake Month? The 1st is both National Pie Day and Eat a Red Apple Day, and the 3rd is National Apple Pie Day.

November 30th: National Mousse Day
December 1st: National Pie Day, Eat a Red Apple Day
December 2nd: National Fritters Day
December 3rd: National Apple Pie Day
December 4th: National Cookie Day
December 5th: Repeal Day, National Sachertorte Day
December 6th: National Gazpacho Day, Microwave Oven Day
December 7th: National Cotton Candy Day


Albertson's:

Beef petite sirloin steaks, boneless, $7.99/lb, buy 1 get 2 free
Beef London broil, boneless, $5.99/lb, buy 1 get 1 free
Beef shoulder roast, boneless, $5.99/lb, buy 1 get 1 free
Beef top sirloin steaks, boneless, family pack, $5.99/lb
93/7 ground beef, $2.99/lb
Assorted pork chops, bone in, $1.77/lb
Pork loin chops, bone in, $4.29/lb, buy 1 get 1 free
Boneless skinless chicken breast, $1.77/lb
Albertson's milk, gallons, $1.57
Daisy sour cream incl. Light, 8 oz tubs, 10/$10
Deli: All Dietz & Watson sliced-to-order ham, turkey breast, chicken breast, cheese, $6.99/lb
USA Gold Virginia ham, $4.99/lb
Jennie-O deli turkey breast, $4.99/lb
Shannon's Deli roast beef/corned beef/Italian beef/beef pastrami, $6.99/lb
Classico pasta sauces, 15-24 oz jars, 2/$5
Maruchan ramen noodles, 5/$1
“Cuties” clementines (tangerines), 5 lb box, $2.99
Navel oranges, 99¢/lb
HoneyCrisp apples, $1.99/lb
Kiwifruit, 1 lb bag, $1.99
Eggplant, 99¢ ea
Vine tomatoes, $1.99/lb
Summer squashes, 99¢/lb
Earthbound Farms organic box salads, $2.99


Bashas':

Beef t-bone steaks, value pack, $4.57/lb
Beef sirloin steaks, boneless, $4.57/lb
Beef top sirloin, $6.99/lb
Beef crossrib or bottom round roast, boneless?, $3.99/lb
Beef tenderloin, boneless, whole in bag, $7.99/lb, cut & wrapped free
Boneless pork chops, value pack, $3.99/lb
Sanderson Farms boneless skinless chicken breast, $1.57/lb
Atlantic salmon, farm raised, $4.99/lb
Steelhead fillets, farm raised, $6.99/lb
Bashas' milk, gallons, $1.57
Sargento cheeses, 5-8 oz shreds, $2.88
Nature's Own bread, $1.99
Bertolli olive oil, 25 oz bottles, $6.99
Best Foods mayonnaise incl. Light, 30 oz jars, $3.39
Honeycrisp apples, 88¢/lb
Fuji/Gala/Granny Smith/Red Delicious apples, 98¢/lb
Navel oranges, 88¢/lb
Asparagus, $1.48/lb
Italian or yellow squash, 98¢/lb
Vine tomatoes, $1.98/lb
Roma tomatoes, $1.18/lb
Cucumbers, 58¢ ea
Dole bag salads, 2/$5


Food City:

Beef crossrib roast, boneless, $2.49/lb (steaks 20¢/lb higher)
Beef stew meat, boneless, value pack, $2.49/lb
Beef tamale meat, boneless, value pack, $2.39/lb
Pork sirloin roast, bone in, 99¢/lb
Sirloin cut pork chops, bone in, $1.49/lb
Swai fillets, $2.99/lb
Food Club cheeses, 8 oz shreds, $1.99
Navel oranges, 5 lbs/$1
Roma tomatoes, 3 lbs/99¢
Italian (green) squash, 3 lbs/99¢
Green bell peppers, 4/99¢
Cabbage, 3 lbs/99¢
Cucumbers, 4/99¢


Fry's:

Beef roasts: top/bottom/eye of round, sirloin tip, chuck, shoulder, all 50% off
Beef t-bone steaks, family pack, $4.77/lb
Entire pork shoulder, whole in bag, $1.59/lb
Pork loin chops, “assorted”, bone in, family pack, $2.99/lb
Foster Farms whole chickens, 98¢/lb
Kroger Value boneless skinless chicken breast, $1.67/lb
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $5.99/lb
Fry's milk, half gallons only, 88¢
Fry's eggs, AA large, dozens, 99¢
Kroger cheeses, 12-16 oz chunk or shreds, $2.99
Yoplait yogurts incl. Fat-free, 20/$10
Deli: Private Selection ham, $6.99/lb
Kroger American cheese, $3.99/lb
Oroweat bread, 24 oz loaves, 2/$4
Hunt's tomatoes/sauce/paste, 12-15 oz cans, 88¢
Kroger veggies, 11-15 oz cans, 5/$3
Progresso soups incl Light (the WW kind!), 3/$4
Birds Eye frozen veggies, 10-12 oz or 4 ct corn, $1.79
Blackberries, 6 oz box, $1
Apples: Fuji, Gala, Granny Smith, Red/Golden Delicious, 99¢/lb
“Cuties” clementines, 3 lb bag, $4.99
Seedless grapes, green/red/black, or seedy Red Globe, $1.99/lb
Kiwifruit, 1 lb bag, $1.49
Bartlett or Anjou pears, 99¢/lb
Dole bag salads, $1
Leaf lettuce, green/red/Romaine, 99¢
Roma tomatoes, 99¢/lb


Safeway:

Beef top sirloin steaks, “restaurant cut”, boneless, value pack, $3.99/lb
Beef crossrib roast, boneless, $2.99/lb
Beef New York strip steaks, bone in, value pack, $5.99/lb
Beef chuck 7-bone pot roast, $2.99/lb
93/7 ground beef, value pack, $3.99/lb
Pork shoulder blade roast, bone in, whole in bag, $1.29/lb
Assorted pork loin chops, bone in, value pack, $2.49/lb
Safeway boneless skinless chicken breast, 4 lb IQF bag, $7.96 ($1.99/lb)
Jennie-O Turkey Store ground turkey breast, 20 oz pkg, $4.99
Alaskan sockeye salmon fillets, wild caught, $8.99/lb
Pantry Essentials or Dairy Glen milk, gallons, $1.57/lb
Lucerne cheeses, 1 lb chunk or shreds, $3.99/lb
Lucerne “Natural Slices” cheeses, 12 oz, $3.49
Daisy sour cream incl. Light, 24 oz tub, $2.99/lb
Hunt's tomatoes, 14 oz cans, 4/$5
Classico pasta sauces, 15-24 oz jars, buy 2 get 1 free
Kellogg's Fiber Plus bars, 5 ct, 2/$5
Bartlett pears, 99¢/lb
Kiwifruit, 3/99¢
Zucchini, 99¢/lb
Roma tomatoes, 99¢/lb
Tomatillos OR jalapeno peppers, 99¢/lb
Yellow onions, 2 lbs/99¢/lb


Smart & Final:

Beef chuck steak or roast, boneless, $2.99/lb
Farmer John pork loin roast, boneless, $1.99/lb
First Street boneless skinless chicken breast, 4 lb bag IQF, $7.95 ($1.99/lb)
First Street whole chickens, twin pack, 99¢/lb
First Street cheeses, 2 lb chunk, $5.49
Nature's Own wide-pan bread, 24 oz loaves, $2.49
Bananas, 49¢/lb


Sprouts:

Beef New York steak, boneless, $7.99/lb
“Extra lean” ground beef (fat content not listed), value pack, $2.99/lb
All pork or chicken sausage, bulk or links, $2.99/lb
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $4.99/lb
Alaskan cod fillets, $7.99/lb
Organic HoneyCrisp apples, $1.99/lb
Navel oranges, 77¢/lb
Bartlett or Bosc pears, 77¢/lb
“Ruby Red” grapefruit, 2/$1
Apples: Braeburn, Cameo, Fuji, Jonagold, 88¢/lb
Red seedless grapes, 2 lbs/$3
Blackberries, 6 oz box, 77¢
Whole pineapples, 2/$3
Cucumbers, 2/$1
Eggplant, 88¢ ea
Italian or yellow squash, 88¢/lb
Red or green bell peppers, 3/$1