DATE: Wednesday, October 8, 1997            TAG: 9710070052

SECTION: FLAVOR                  PAGE: F1   EDITION: FINAL 
COLUMN: MARKET REPORT

SOURCE: BY KAREN SANTOS, VIRGINIAN-PILOT STAFF 

                                            LENGTH:   63 lines

KEEP GRILLING JUST AS LONG AS MOTHER NATURE LETS YOU

SUMMERlike temperatures in early fall let you keep the grill fired up. Try these steak specials:

Enjoy T-bone or porterhouse steaks for $2.98 a pound from 3 Stores 1 Roof and Rack & Sack or boneless sirloin steak for $1.87 a pound from Hannaford. Boneless N.Y. strips are $2.58 a pound at Farmer Jack.

Be-Lo has 1/4 loin pork chops for $1.79 a pound and whole or half boneless pork loins for $2.99 a pound.

Whole fryers are 49 cents a pound and boneless chuck roast is $1.99 a pound at Harris Teeter.

Hannaford has Smithfield smoked picnics for 69 cents a pound and 4- to 5-pound packages of split chicken breast for 99 cents a pound.

If you buy 3 pounds or more of ground beef at Farmer Jack it's 98 cents a pound; ground round is $1.58 a pound and ground chuck is $1.28 a pound.

Rack & Sack and 3 Stores 1 Roof have Boston butt pork roast and ground turkey for 98 cents a pound.

Boneless beef shoulder roast is $1.49 a pound at Food Lion.

Seafood buys include boneless yellowfin tuna steak for $7.99 a pound at Harris Teeter. Be-Lo has trout fillets for $2.29 a pound.

Food Lion has cod filets, mahi mahi or perch fillets for $3.59 a pound.

Snow crab clusters are $3.99 a pound and tilapia fillets are $5.49 a pound at Hannaford.

Farmer Jack has dressed croakers for $1.29 a pound and salmon fillets for $3.99 a pound. North Atlantic Lobsters are $6.88 a pound at 3 Stores 1 Roof.

Heads of cauliflower and bunches of broccoli are 69 cents each at Harris Teeter.

Hannaford has four pounds of Florida oranges for 99 cents, green cabbage for 19 cents a pound and purple eggplant and Roma tomatoes for 79 cents a pound.

Grill some portobello mushrooms to accompany your steak dinner; they're $1.77 a pound at Farmer Jack. The store also has red and golden delicious apples for 37 cents a pound.

Select from Bartlett, Bosc or D'Anjou pears for 59 cents a pound, heads of lettuce for 49 cents and navel oranges or tangerines at seven for 99 cents at 3 Stores 1 Roof and Rack & Sack.

Red or white seedless grapes are 89 cents a pound at Food Lion.

Stock up on 2-liter Coke and Coke products for 69 cents at 3 Stores 1 Roof and 7.8-ounce boxes of Snackwell cookies or crackers for $1.78.

Five-pound bags of Jack Frost granulated sugar are $1.59 at Farmer Jack.

3 Stores 1 Roof and Rack & Sack have half-gallons of Pet ice cream for $1.78 and five-pound bags of Gold Medal flour for 69 cents.

On the shelf

There's always time for dessert with Pillsbury's One Step Refrigerator Cookie. The 9-inch cookie is ready to pop into the oven and bake for 10 to 14 minutes.

It's available in chocolate chip and M&M's varieties. Suggested retail price is $2.39. ILLUSTRATION: Color photo

Pillsbury

Pillsbury's One Step Refrigerator Cookie...

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