On 12/7/2013 9:37 PM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
> On 12/7/2013 7:50 PM, jmcquown wrote:
>> When I first moved here I discovered there's a honest-to-god butcher
>> shop in town. Catty-corner from Publix. I signed up to get email from
>> them. I occasionally buy some odd things there. For a while Publix
>> didn't carry Andouille sausage, for example. I could find it (frozen)
>> at this meat market.
>>
>> It's an interesting shop. The owners are a husband and wife team. A
>> very Southern (born and raised) man and his English wife. It *is* a
>> butcher shop. But the also have freezer cases. They have racks of
>> interesting condiments, jellies and jams. Crackers. Jars of different
>> types of mustard. Bottles of hot sauce. A fun juxtaposition.
>>
>> This week's email, written by his wife, says:
>>
>> "It is time for us to think about Christmas orders. Please let us know
>> your requirements, just call or email your order.
>>
>> New this week, quail legs wrapped in bacon, Barbers Cheddar cheese from
>> Somerset, England, caviar and LeGruyere cheese from Switzerland.
>>
>> We will also process deer, provided it is quartered and on ice in
>> cooler. Please do not put in plastic bags, the ice cannot touch the
>> meat and will turn rancid."
>>
>> I guess it must be deer season. I wouldn't bother with quail legs; too
>> small to bother with. (I feel the same way about chicken wings.) The
>> LeGruyere cheese sounds good. Then again, I love gruyere. I'll have
>> to compare the price and quality with what I can buy elsewhere.
>>
>> The price at this place is sure to be exhorbitant. I'd have to taste
>> it. Perhaps a bit on one of those table-water crackers that are on the
>> shelf by the jam.
>>
>> Jill
>
> Sounds like a place I'd enjoy. Sure, the prices probably be a little
> high but how often do you find gems like quail legs?
>
<shrug> I enjoy it, too. But I never thought of quail legs as a gem.
A lot of guys I worked with in west TN went quail hunting. I can't see
going to all that trouble for a bird that small.

> Deer season opened here last week.

I gathered from that email it's deer season down. I've certainly seen a
lot of deer around lately. Thankfully no guns allowed on Dataw. That's
a good thing. No one needs a geriatric guy with a gun out hunting deer.
What's he going to do if he bags one? Haul it back on his golf cart?
LOLOL

Jill