Bargain guide, week beginning October 17th:

Chow.com is full of information this week:  white chicken chili (both faster and healthier than the kind with beef), what sous-vide cooking is and how to do it, what to do with a Cornish game hen, and a celebration of the Arkansas Black apple.  (I haven't seen them here yet but you never know.  Keep an eye out at AJ's.)

From Darya at Summer Tomato, a list of “11 Proven Ways to Get Kids to Eat More Vegetables” some of which might work on adults too.  And after that's been a success, she's got an article on how prevent or remedy veggie-induced, um, how shall I put this, gaseousness.  At Nutrition Over Easy, there's a well-timed “Halloween Survival Guide” for how to contain the holiday's damage potential while acknowledging that a candy-free Halloween is one of those Not Gonna Happen things.  Grist.com has an article on how portion sizes (and portion eaters) have swelled over the past few decades:  from 1982 to 2002, the average pizza slice grew 70% in calories and the average chocolate chip cookie's calorie count quadrupled. 

Recipes!  Smitten Kitchen does pancetta-white-bean-and-chard pot pies, and Snack Girl has mini Reuben sandwiches and a set of pumpkin recipes.  Certainly healthier than the culinary obscenities from Buzzfeed via Grist:  “11 Ways To Cook Bacon That Will Probably Kill You”.  Give them credit for honesty at least.  (Most of the recipes, if I may call them that, involve as well varying but large quantities of beef, egg, cheese, sausage, and in one memorable case Jack Daniels.  THESE ARE NOT WW-FRIENDLY CONCOCTIONS AND I DO NOT RECOMMEND THEM.  No.  God, no.)

Food holidays!  The 20th is Brandied Fruit Day – too late to start it now, but you're just in time for Brandied Fruit Day 2013.  The day after, the 21st, is Caramel Apple Day.  Plenty of apple and not too much caramel and you'll be good.  The 20th is the birthday of Nicholas Appert, who invented food canning for Napoleon's armies.  Napoleon is gone, but canning is still around.  And the 17th is the 50th birthday of Evander Holyfield, remembered for providing Mike Tyson an hors d'oeuvre back in 1997.

Superstition Ranch Market has HoneyCrisp apples for $1.49/lb.  Fry's is already promoting turkeys.  God help us all.

October 17th:  National Pasta Day, Four Prunes Day
October 18th:  National Chocolate Cupcake Day
October 19th:  National Seafood Bisque Day;  1917, Salvation Army volunteer Helen Purviance makes the first Salvation Army doughnuts for homesick soldiers;  1962, Evander Holyfield born
October 20th:  National Brandied Fruit Day
October 21st:  National Pumpkin Cheesecake Day, Caramel Apple Day
October 22nd:  National Nut Day
October 23rd:  National Canning Day, National Boston Cream Pie Day;  1752 (or 1750, or 1749), Nicolas Appert born, inventor of canning
October 24th:  National Bologna Day, Good and Plenty Day;  1817, Hippolyte Mege Mouries born, inventor of margarine



Albertson's:

    Beef crossrib OR bottom round roast, boneless, $5.99/lb, buy 1 get 1 free
    Beef London broil, boneless, $5.99/lb, buy 1 get 1 free
    Beef eye of round OR sirloin tip roast, boneless, $6.99/lb, buy 1 get 1 free
    Beef top/bottom/eye round steaks, boneless, family pack, $6.99/lb, buy 1 get 1 free
    Beef petite sirloin steaks, $8.99/lb, buy 1 get 1 free
    85/15 ground beef, $2.99/lb
    Pork loin roast, boneless, $5.99/lb, buy 1 get 1 free
    Pork sirloin chops or roast, boneless, $1.67/lb
    Pork shoulder butt roast OR country style ribs, bone in, $1.99/lb
    Boneless skinless chicken breast, $1.67/lb
    Sanderson Farms whole chickens, 67¢/lb (limit 3)
    Keta salmon fillets, wild caught, OR Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $4.99/lb
    Albertson's eggs, AA large, dozens, 99¢
    Yoplait yogurts, 3/$1
    Essential Everyday cheeses, 8 oz shingle pack, $2.99
    Deli:    Jennie-O hickory smoked turkey breast OR turkey pastrami, $3.99/lb
        Eckrich “Super Lean” ham, $3.99/lb
        Charlie's Pride roast beef, regular or Italian, $6.99/lb
        Stella Swiss cheese, $6.99/lb
    Ro*tel tomatoes, 10/$10
    Green or red seedless grapes, $2.49/lb
    HoneyCrisp apples, $2.99/lb
    Strawberries, 1 lb box, $2.99
    Bartlett pears, $1.29/lb
    Vine tomatoes, 14 oz pkg, 2/$5
    Large carrots, 2 lb bag, 10/$10
    Earthbound Farms organic box salads, 1 lb, $3.99
    Summer squashes (zucchini/yellow/grey), 99¢/lb
    Broccoli crowns OR cauliflower, $1.29/lb
    Baby bok choy, 10 lbs/$1
    Red or gold yams, 99¢/lb


Bashas':

    Beef sirloin/crossrib/bottom round roasts, $2.98/lb
    Beef NY strip steak, boneless, $9.99
    Beef crossrib/bottom round/petite sirloin ste
    Beef stew meat, boneless, $4.49/lb
    Ground beef sirloin, fat content not listed, $2.77/lb
    Center cut pork chops, boneless, $2.77/lb
    Chicken drums/thighs/leg quarters, 10 lbs/$10
    Boneless skinless chicken breast, $2.99/lb
    Halibut portions, wild caught, 5 oz, $7.99 ea
    Tillamook cheeses, 7-8 oz chunk/shreds/shingle, $2.88aks, $3.99/lb
    Del Monte veggies, 13-15 oz cans, 59¢
    Del Monte fruit, 15 oz cans, 10/$10
    S&W tomatoes, 14 oz cans, 10/$10
    PopChips, 2/$4
    Pirate's Booty, 2/$4
    Pictsweet frozen veg, 10-12 oz pkg, 2/$3
    HoneyCrisp apples, $1.99/lb
    Strawberries, 1 lb box, 95¢
    Apples, Gala/Red Delicious/Fuji/Granny Smith, 75¢/lb
    Bartlett or Anjou pears, 99¢/lb
    Italian squash, 79¢/lb
    Leaf lettuce, green/red/Romaine, 98¢ ea



Fry's:

    Beef brisket, boneless, whole in bag, $2.29/lb
    Beef chuck roast, boneless, $3.99/lb
    Beef NY strip steaks, bone in, buy 1 get 1 free
    80/20 ground beef, $2.79/lb
    Pork shoulder roast, bone in, whole in bag, $1.79/lb
    Pork loin chops, center cut, bone in, family pack, $3.59/lb
    Kroger boneless skinless chicken breast, $1.88/lb
    Kroger frozen turkeys, 10-20 lb, 79¢/lb, I AM NOT READY FOR THIS
    Fry's milk, gallons, $1.67
    Fry's eggs, AA large, 18 ct, $2.29
    Ragu pasta sauce, 16-26 oz jars, $1.79
    Red seedless grapes, 88¢/lb
    Bartlett pears, 88¢/lb
    Apples, Gala/Fuji/Delicious/Granny Smith, $1.28/lb
    Pomegranates, $1.98 ea
    Bananas, 57¢/lb
    Red or yellow bell peppers, 88¢/lb


Safeway:

    Beef London broil, boneless, value pack, $2.29/lb
    Beef top sirloin steaks, boneless, value pack, $5.49/lb
    Beef t-bone/ribeye/NY strip steaks, bone in, value pack, $7.99/lb
    Beef crossrib steaks, thin cut boneless, $3.99/lb
    80/20 ground beef, value pack, $1.99/lb
    Pork shoulder blade roast, bone in, whole in bag, $1.87/lb
    Pork sirloin chops, boneless, $2.49/lb
    Eating Right boneless skinless chicken breast, value pack, $1.99/lb
    Jennie-O 85/15 ground turkey, 3 lb pkg, $7.77 ($2.59/lb)
    Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $7.99/lb
    Swordfish steaks, $9.99/lb
    Lucerne or Open Nature cheeses, 1.5-2 lb chunk or shreds, $5.99
    Sargento cheeses, 6-8 oz shingle pack, $2.99
    Bumble Bee solid white tuna, 2/$3
    Lean Cuisine “Simple Favorites”, 5/$10
    Morningstar Farms frozen, 2/$7
    Lean Cuisine frozen entrees, 4/$10
    “Pristine” green seedless grapes, $1.28/lb
    “Dulcinea” mini seedless watermelons, 2/$5
    Apples, Red Delicious/Gala/Granny Smith, $1.49/lb
    Pomegranates, 2/$
    Vine tomatoes, $2.49/lb
    Big carving pumpkins, $4.99
    Little carving pumpkins, $1.99
    Pie pumpkins, 99¢/lb
    Weird pumpkins in white or pink or stripes or with lumps on, $5.99




Sprouts:

    Beef crossrib roast OR stew meat, boneless, $4.99/lb
    Beef ribeye steaks, boneless, $10.99/lb
    85/15 ground beef, value pack, $3.99/lb
    Pork sirloin chops or roast, boneless, $1.99/lb
    Boneless skinless chicken breast, value pack, $1.99/lb
    Whole or cut up chickens, $1.59/lb
    Swordfish steaks, wild caught, $8.99/lb
    Pacific salmon fillets, wild caught, $5.99/lb
    Blackberries, 6 oz box, 88¢
    Navel oranges, 4 lbs/$5
    Organic HoneyCrisp apples, $1.99/lb
    Gala or Jonathan apples, 88¢/lb
    Roma tomatoes, 88¢/lb
    Asparagus, $1.88/lb
    Winter squashes (acorn/butternut/spaghetti), 88¢/lb
    Summer squashes (Italian/yellow/Mexican), also 88¢/lb
    Leaf lettuce, green/red/Romaine, 88¢/lb
    Broccoli crowns OR cauliflower, 88¢/lb