Yet again, our corner grocer -- part of a chain headquartered in the Southeastern U.S. -- has failed to stock corned beef brisket for New Years.
It never occurs to them. Cabbage? Sure. Blackeyed peas? Absolutely. But no corned beef.
They were weirdly out of both eggs and eggnog, huge empty swathes in the cooler. So today, I'll go on a last-minute search for both corned beef and eggs. Hoping for a nice, big brisket but I'll eat the canned stuff if that's what it takes. Beef that is; canned eggs are right out, and they never have the good sense to make up the pickled ones with beets as is right and proper.
Update
2 weeks ago
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Avian flu is making eggs scarce and driving prices way up; at my local discount grocer I paid $6.99/dozen.
This wasn't scarcity, it was empty. They carry several brands of eggs, from fancy free-range to generic egg-farm, and their house brand in three sizes of four varieties. The monster-size Meijer store had plenty of eggs the next day, at well below seven dollars a dozen.
I suspect my joking theory was correct in a general way: normal levels of egg stock encountered a lot of buying for holiday gatherings. The local-sized groceries around Broad Ripple and SoBro have been known to run low or out of lemons and limes on busy weekends for the bars, nightclubs and restaurants around them and this may be a similar phenomenon.
"pickled ones with beets as is right and proper."
Never heard of such a thing. I've led a sheltered life, obviously.
Our one-and-only grocery/hardware store is often out of eggs but you're in luck if you need nuts 'n bolts.
Adding to the effects of high demand for the holidays, hens do not normally lay the most eggs in winter. Eggs imported from Brazil, anyone?
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