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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.
>
> 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

We've got a pretty cool butcher/meat market up the street from us. It's
clientele is majority Latino but that never bothered me. Besies, I know
enough Spanish that I can get by. One of the counter guys noted it one
time and I told him "No me molesta!".

I like the fact that I can get meats cut to MY specifications. None of
that pre-pack stuff you find at the supermarkets. And if I want freshly
ground beef, I get freshly ground beef, or 1/8" sliced bacon, etc.

And I can whole chicken or mad amounts of parted chicken there too. And
they even have whole pork shoulder. Yum!