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I remember as a young chef going to the butcher shop and actualy seeing the operation and having a good relationship with the people who supplied my meat . Today , for the biz I am in I can only buy from my approved vendors . Its an order guide and buy what we have type of relationship now ( Sysco ) which is not to bad mouth them or the company I work for but I think a lot has been lost in the large high volume food industry ! Fortunatly we have a couple old time butcher shops in town and I mostly buy my home meat from them . I do miss the rapore from the local meat purveyers and the banter , the deals and the rip offs they occasionily tried to pull to move some less than good product .
So , do you use the big guys like I must now or are you still able to buy what you want from the locals ? I know in larger areas there are still established meat markets that have been operated for many generations . So , what do you do when you buy the meat for your biz and what do you buy for home ?
Doug..............
So , do you use the big guys like I must now or are you still able to buy what you want from the locals ? I know in larger areas there are still established meat markets that have been operated for many generations . So , what do you do when you buy the meat for your biz and what do you buy for home ?
Doug..............