Subj : Knuckle
To   : Dave Drum
From : Ruth Haffly
Date : Sun Jan 22 2023 19:33:08

Hi Dave,

 DD> over Tubby Magro running a slaughterhouse amd offering retail meats to
 DD> the public.

 RH> I know there's a halel butcher in Raleigh, think there's another one
 RH> down there also but can't say for sure.

 DD> BING shows me five in Raliegh (well, one is actually in Cary) and one
 DD> in Wake Forest.

I'll have to check them out. A couple of the farmer's market vendors do
butchering; we've bought small amounts of meat from time to time from
them. Got some ground beef chorizo and lamb chops in the freezer now
from our last major trip to the market. One vendor is leaving the market
(husband passed away last year) but will continue to sell meats from her
farm.

 DD> There was some neighbourhood resistance in Springfield with
 neighbours DD> of the new location worried over smells and the noise of
 trucks making DD> deliveries of pork chops "on the hoof". Tubby moved
 into the defunct DD> Eagle supermarket building six years ago and there
 have been no DD> neighbour complaints.

 RH> And doing right well for himself it sounds like.

 DD> Apparently. Both Magro's and Humphrey's supply local/regional
 DD> restaurants as well as selling to the general public.

Sadly, I don't think many of the local restaurants use local meats. I
know of one for sure, not as sure about some of the others.


 DD> And, of course, there is my beloved Humphrey's which has been doing
 DD> business at their "same old stand" since 1915. The neighbourhood
 DD> has changed around them but nthe soldier on, winning the "Beat Meat"
 DD> category in the annual "Reader's Choice" and "Best Of" pools in both
 DD> the daily (State Journal-Register) and weekly (Illinois Tines)
 DD> newspapers.

 RH> There was a butcher in the San Tan Valley area but we never got over to
 RH> his place (The Pork Shop) when our daughter lived in that area. Maybe
 RH> we ought to check it out--make a day trip of it as it's near an olive
 RH> grove/shop--next time we're in AZ.

 DD> There are butchers in most places. Use your Bing or Duck Duck Go
 DD> search engine to find out where they are located.  Once you've
 DD> experienced the pleasures of buying meat exactly to your needs for the
 DD> project at hand
 DD> you'll begin passing by the film-wrapped styro tray prepackaged
 DD> offerings on the gondolas down the stupormarkup.

Have to weigh in convenience of access, price, etc in that equation.
Sometimes being able to get what's needed quickly at the local
supermarket is better than hunting down a butcher who may/may not have
what you need when you need it.

BTW, the stitches come out of the finger tomorrow; it's making good
progress with therapy. Can't quite bend the joint as much as the others
yet but working toward that goal.


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Catch you later,
Ruth
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