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In context, which is the best version of the underlined portion of the sentence reprinted below?

(After all, beef, it was expensive in those days) and these events were all-you-can-eat.

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After all, beef was expensive in those days

After all beef, it was expensive in those days

After all the beef, those days were expensive

After all, it was expensive in those days

It, all the beef, was expensive in those days