George Shirley wrote:
> 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 things they did was stop selling any close-dated/outdated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 shop in sends out-of-date preserved meats back to the maker.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 meats about to go out-of-date are placed and the price substantially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.

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I am not sure what a redneck is.