"sf" > wrote in message
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> On Tue, 22 Jan 2013 10:45:52 +1100, "Farm1" >
> wrote:
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>> Doens't the US have any real butcher's shops?
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> They're few and far between.

How irritating.

Something like lamb shanks and oxtails
> shouldn't be a butcher shop exclusive.

I wasn't suggesting that they should be.

I do find it interesting though that the first response of USians here seems
to be is to look for meat at a supermarket. I always prefer to use the
butcher and jsut use supermarkets for convenience.

TMWOT, the butcher specialises in meat and it seems to me that the whole
premise of supermarket existence is convenience.