20-09-2013, 11:46 PM
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Re: In 2008
I am sure independent butchers here are declining and the days of buying half a lamb for $10 have gone but in the local shopping mall a butcher is set up opposite one of the big supermarket chains and does very well. Next to him is a fishmonger selling the local and imported catch.Both of them have prices that are very competitive with the supermarket and the quality is much higher so it can be done. Supermarkets are very inflexible hence their niche
21-09-2013, 07:29 AM
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Re: In 2008
Meat brought in a supermarket can be a false saving as its normally cheap cuts and pumped full of water and other chemicals , so as soon as you cook it , it shrinks to half the size, plus coloured so as not to show how old it is. Meat from the butcher will go much further and taste better.21-09-2013, 07:35 AM
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Re: In 2008
Originally Posted by Nobaggage
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Meat brought in a supermarket can be a false saving as its normally cheap cuts and pumped full of water and other chemicals , so as soon as you cook it , it shrinks to half the size, plus coloured so as not to show how old it is. Meat from the butcher will go much further and taste better.
I suppose some were natural losses, and some may have been after the horse meat scandal, but a damn lot of them were just not supported.
21-09-2013, 07:46 AM
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Re: In 2008
I would of thought it would of gone the other way after the Horse meat as it was the super markets buying the cheap meat that started that . Were there any independant butchers caught as well ? I dont know.Yes I agree many people dont support some local butchers, Here I get my meat straight from the hunters or rabbit and chicken from a local man who breeds them . But in Cornwall we have a wonderful butcher we use and never buy meat from super markets as it taste terrible, but he is more expensive, but Id rather have less meat and eat veggie options than buy rubbish.
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