Omelet wrote on Fri, 12 Nov 2010 16:46:16 -0600:

>> I used to like ostrich (and emu!) and it fitted my low-fat
>> considerations but both have become impossible to find around
>> DC. I guess those public benefactors, Fresh Fields, did not
>> sell enough. No-one ever mistook Balduccis for a non-profit
>> store and they don't sell either meat now. --
>>
>> James Silverton
>> Potomac, Maryland
>>
>> Email, with obvious alterations: not.jim.silverton.at.verizon.not

> I'm surprised you cannot find Ostrich! It is a far older and
> established industry than emu. Ostrich feather use is
> centuries old and the hides are heavily used by the Cowboy
> boot and shoe industry.

> The meat is almost a by-product. <g>

> Check on line if you can afford it?

I simply don't eat enough of the stuff to want to buy online and store
it. I guess, I will just have to hope that someone will sell it retail
again.



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James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland

Email, with obvious alterations: not.jim.silverton.at.verizon.not