Ha! I have been dining on hamsteak and pork chops but didn't realize the good deals were, like, a nation-wide thing.
I did notice ground beef is super expensive now. Is it just my area? It's like $4-$5/lb. Not organic or grass-fed or anything, just regular. There's probably an economic term for this, but I thought it might be because so many people turned to ground beef as a cheap "cut" and got in the habit of using it, that now they can raise the prices. Because people's recipe repertoire is sort of dependent on it now (meat loaf, Hamburger Helper, etc.). I went to make the chili featured on Joshua Kennon and was like, "Damn." I ended up "splurging" on turkey for $3-something.