Ophelia wrote:
> George Shirley wrote:
>> Ophelia wrote:
>>> George Shirley wrote:
>>>> zxcvbob wrote:
>>>>> The little grocery store that I shop at sometimes; the only one
>>>>> with a "used meat bin", has new management, and one of the first things
>>>>> they did was stop selling any close-dated/outdated packaged meats.
>>>>> That's where I used to buy most of my cured meats. (Who cares if a
>>>>> package of wienies or a whole pepperoni is a week past its
>>>>> freshness date?) I got better brands at very low prices that way.
>>>>>
>>>>> The manager said that they want people buying the *good* meat, not
>>>>> the old stuff. So I guess they will throw the old stuff away. I
>>>>> won't buy any more of the fresh meat, I'll just buy less preserved
>>>>> meat -- maybe that's a good thing.
>>>>>
>>>>> Bob
>>>> You're thinking wrong Bob, think "DUMPSTER DIVING." The market I
>>>> shop in sends out-of-date preserved meats back to the maker. Only
>>>> the fresh meats go in the used meat bin.
>>> I can't get my head around the 'used' meat thing
>>>
>>>
>> It's country boy slang for the area of the meat market where the meats
>> about to go out-of-date are placed and the price substantially
>> reduced. It's still good meat and often can be had for 50% off of
>> retail. I know when our butcher is putting the meat out and go there
>> specifically to buy good stuff like T-bone, porterhouse, sirloin, and
>> other good steaks.
>
> I know George, but I am sure you undertand what we know as 'used' )
>
>
Yep, and that's what makes it funny to us rednecks.

George