> wrote in message
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> On Wed, 23 Jan 2013 11:43:21 +1100, "Farm1" >
> wrote:
>
>>"John J" > wrote in message
>>> On Mon, 21 Jan 2013 21:07:11 -0800, sf > wrote:
>>>>On Tue, 22 Jan 2013 10:45:52 +1100, "Farm1" >
>>>>wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Doens't the US have any real butcher's shops?
>>>>>
>>>>They're few and far between. Something like lamb shanks and oxtails
>>>>shouldn't be a butcher shop exclusive.
>>>
>>> You must all have adapted to supermarket quality. Convenience over
>>> quality.
>>
>>LOL. Supermarket's may boast in their advertising that they have
>>'butchers'
>>and will do any cut asked for, but as a meat producer, I know what beasts
>>they buy.
>>
>>All the big chains are just cheap and nasty. We have the same chains as
>>the
>>rest of the world, but in some cases the names vary between nations. I'll
>>always prefer my local butcher and even though he charges an arm and a
>>leg,
>>I know the quality is just superb.
>>
> I go to a major stupidmarket

:-)) I've not seen that term before. It fits some of the places I've
shopped over the years.

here in eastern Canada and if I want
> something tailor-made, like the rib roast not taken off the bone and
> without the fat being stripped off it, so long as I give the butcher a
> weeks warning, he will make sure I get it that way.
>
> I wanted pork belly left on the bone and with the crackling and that
> he could not promise, so I went all the way down town to a butcher who
> supplies 'local' meat and was able to have my wicked way there. Both
> places prices were not out of line.

I wonder whatever happened to the old maxim of "the customer is always right
and when theyr'e not, see the previous rule".