This is Supposed to be a Meat Market
"jmcquown" > wrote in message
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> On 6/3/2016 8:46 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
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>> "jmcquown" > wrote in message
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>>> There's a place on Lady's Island (which is where my grocery stores and
>>> other main shops are located) that calls itself a Meat Market. I'm on
>>> their mailing list. And it's true, it *is* a butcher shop. They do
>>> sell custom cut meats. It's owned by a husband/wife team. Therein
>>> lies the problem.
>>>
>>> She fancies herself a cook. She is always pushing her pre-prepared
>>> (aka home cooked) meals. I get an email every couple of weeks. How
>>> do these selections sound to you?
>>>
>>> "From the prepared meals department we have turkey and spinach
>>> stuffing casserole, Gruyere chicken and pasta bake, lasagna, corned
>>> beef, cabbage and mashed potatoes and tomato, sausage and cheddar
>>> bread pudding casserole."
>>>
>>> John and I tried her lasagna once. We made the mistake of letting her
>>> husband who was at the register talk us into buying it. Got it home,
>>> heated it up. It was utterly bland and tasteless. Afraid to use
>>> herbs and spices, lady?
>>>
>>> They do have a freezer case with some unusual items. When I first
>>> moved here I bought two packages of "shrimp dawgs" (pork & shrimp
>>> sausages, lightly spicy - delicious!). I was dressed in my normal
>>> summer attire, shorts & a tank top. When I went to check out she took
>>> one look at me and said, "You DO know those will cost $20, don't
>>> you?" OMG, woman! Way to go insulting a customer!
>>>
>>> Jill
>>
>> I have found that I don't usually like prepared foods. Exceptions would
>> be a few meats that are merely cooked and seasoned with salt and pepper
>> and not much more. I usually use them in some other dish and not for
>> their intended purpose.
>>
>> We had a fancy little store on Bay Farm Island that did catering and
>> sold prepared meals. Very expensive food. Looked good but didn't taste
>> good. Same seems to go for most of what they sell at Whole Foods and the
>> like. Although husband does like some of the prepared foods from Central
>> Market. I do like their beet salad and for a time, we liked their
>> falafel. They don't make it the same way now and we no longer like it.
>>
>> A woman on our Facebook community group was asking how many people would
>> be interested in buying her home cooked meals. She actually got some
>> takers. And there is a woman already doing this. People do say her foods
>> are good.
>
> I hope she's got a license to sell to the public.
Dunno.
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