"Sqwertz" > wrote in message
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> On Mon, 05 May 2014 09:46:57 -0400, jmcquown wrote:
>
>> I asked the butcher and he sighed. He said the new management didn't
>> allow them to grind anything but beef. Then he got a little angry and
>> said you know what? I've been a butcher for over 20 years, I know how
>> to clean a grinder! So he ground some pork for me. That Albertson's
>> didn't stick around long.
>
> In the late 80's early 90's the Hindus, Muslims, and Jews sued (or
> threatened to sue) Albertsons, Luckys and Safeway, (IIRC) for not
> cleaning their grinders "properly" between grindings of pork and beef.
> The religious freaks maintained that separate grinders should be used
> for pork and beef.
>
> Now most grocery stores won't grind pork at all, only beef.
> Pork only comes pre-ground/pre-packaged.

Ah, that makes sense!