"jmcquown" > wrote in message
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> 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.

We get that in a lot of our butcher shops too)




>
> 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
>

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