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Pork is even cheaper, for some reason. I've been buying boneless pork chops for something like $1 - $1.50 /pound for years from Market Basket stores.
by douche 10y ago
Pork is even cheaper, for some reason. I've been buying boneless pork chops for something like $1 - $1.50 /pound for years from Market Basket stores.
- mark-r 10y agoWith the surge of popularity of bacon, there are a lot of pigs being brought to market. Any part of the pig that isn't bacon ends up being cheap because supply/demand.
- eru 10y agoHistory lesson: lard pigs used to be much more popular to raise than meat pigs. I wonder whether they'll see a comeback. (After only half a minute of Googling: http://sugarmtnfarm.com/2015/06/11/lard-vs-bacon-pigs/ http://sugarmtnfarm.com/2015/06/11/lard-vs-bacon-pigs/ )
- bane 10y agoPigs are very cheap to raise, they'll happily get to slaughter weight quickly on "waste" foods. They don't need lots of land and they provide lots of meat for their relative size.