True story: I was getting ready to have some family over for dinner, and went to their (excellent) butcher counter looking for some veal chops.
The butcher, and two customers turned, and looked at me aghast as if I had asked for fresh butchered puppy.
“Sir, our store is cruelty free.” Spake the butcher. Last time I bothered with them.
ummm the rest of their meat is ?cruelty free? What do they do, anesthetize their beef and do amputations?
Same with me. Not a store I would regularly shop at when I lived in Baltimore, but a place I could count on for excellent fresh produce (both “conventional” and organic) and I loved their cheese (only store at the time where I could find real Norwegian Gjetos : ), ) and their bakery department. One time I was having some friends over for dinner and had decided to make authentic Spanish Paella. None of my local grocery stores had chorizo sausage or leeks that didn’t look like they had been picked a year ago or any real saffron (a must for good Paella) but I was able to find them at the Whole Foods. And while I was there I also bought some really excellent cherry stone clams for my Paella that were extremely fresh and worth the bit of the extra cost.
I am also a big fan of Wegman’s and wish there was one near me where I currently live in PA.
True story: I was getting ready to have some family over for dinner, and went to their (excellent) butcher counter looking for some veal chops. The butcher, and two customers turned, and looked at me aghast as if I had asked for fresh butchered puppy. “Sir, our store is cruelty free.” Spake the butcher. Last time I bothered with them.
Really? They list veal on their website. I once purchased at Whole Foods veal shanks to make Osso Bucco when none of my regular grocery stores had them.
As opposed to that 6 month old bunnykins that lived in a cage the butcher chopped up and sold to the person behind you in line.
You should have had our daughter along. On a field trip to a butcher shop, she (about age 9 at the time) asked for some casings, aka intestines, and blew it into a balloon dog right there in front of everyone.