On Dec 14, 6:19*am, Dave Smith > wrote:
> On 14/12/2012 8:30 AM, jmcquown wrote:
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> > There is a meat market in town but the prices are exhorbitant! *I only
> > shop there if I'm looking for something really special. *I like bacon
> > but wouldn't want to guess what they'd charge!
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> Things must be quite different here Jill. *Where bacon is sold at the
> meat counter it is usually cheaper than the packaged stuff and its
> always a superior product. In fact, I am surprised that people buy the
> packaged stuff if there is the option to buy it at the counter. I get
> all my bacon fro the local Dutch butcher. No one else's bacon comes near
> the quality, and it is at least $1 per pound cheaper than grocery store
> bacon.

I have to move to Canada -- I have Dutch butcher envy.