Subj : Re: Fresh Meat To : Ruth Haffly From : Dave Drum Date : Tue Jan 02 2024 05:37:00 -=> Ruth Haffly wrote to Dave Drum <=- DD> Humphrey's equivalent can be found in small town America more readily DD> than in the larger burgs. We have another butcher/meat market/grocer DD> in the past few years. Magro's opened in an former Eagle Stupormarkup DD> store - so they have more roomy aisles and carry lots more grocery and DD> sundry items. And they have a slaughtering operation on-site. RH> I'll have to check out Whole Foods and Wegman's. I know the latter does RH> do some specialty butchering but don't know if they go whole hog or RH> not. If their butchers are truly butchers and not just "meat cutters" they'll be able to take a side of (animal) and break it down to its various cuts. Humphrey's buys "sides" of beef, whole hog carcasses, etc. Magro's buys live, on the hoof animals and goes from there. DD> Humphrey's does not have a slaughtering operation but they have DD> everything else. During deer season they advertise freee butchering of DD> your results if you donate 25% of the meat to soup DD> kitchens/breaddlines and/or homeless shelters. RH> Good for them! I don't know of any places around here that do anything RH> of that sort, but then too, I don't know any local butchers or hunters. RH> Organisations like those need all the help they can get and free food RH> is a big help. Since they are located in a rough neighbourhood they're just taking care of the neighbours. DD> We also have some chicken rustlers - Ciota & Foster - who supply DD> local markets and restaurants with fresh chicken. They do not sell DD> directly to te public, however. RH> Too bad. I remember years ago my folks got a buy on whole chickens, RH> don't remember how they got that deal but had roast chicken once a week RH> for some months. It was before they got their home freezer so they RH> rented space in the town's cold storage locker building. DD> My "olds" never did that. If we weren't keeping chickens and eating DD> from our flock my granddad or dad would visit a nearby farm and buy a DD> nice fat free-range hen for Sunday's dinner. RH> My dad was a white collar worker (local newspaper/free lance RH> photographer) so we didn't have any livestock except cats and dogs. I RH> have no idea how he got the chickens but there were a lot of them. Did your family have to pluck the feathers and diembowel the chook? DD> I'm not sure there are any surviving "locker plants" since home DD> freezers and refrigerators have become so affordable. RH> There may be some in the Amish/Mennonite areas of the country--those RH> folks don't have electricity on their farms. Amish, maybe. Mennonites are more modern. We have an Amish enclave near to here (Arthur, IL) and marketroids often us "Amish made" as a touchstone when sellin a whole range of things. I always thought a Monnonite was pretty much and Amish with a phone and a car. Bv)= MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.06 Title: Mennonite Bread Categories: Breads, Dairy, Grains Yield: 4 Loaves 1/2 oz (2 pkt) active dry yeast 2 c Water; 110-|F/43-|C 2 c Buttermilk 1/4 c Oil 1/2 c Honey 1/4 c Wheat germ 1 c Rye flour 4 c Whole wheat flour Bread flour In a large mixing bowl, dissolve the yeast in 1 cup of the warm water. Let stand 5 mins. until yeast foams. Stir in the salt, oil, honey, remaining water, and buttermilk. Mix in the rye flour, wheat germ, and whole wheat flour; beat well. Add bread flour, 1 cup at a time, beating well until stiff dough forms. Turn dough out onto lightly floured board and knead until smooth and elastic, about 10 mins., adding additional bread flour as needed. Wash bowl, grease it, and add dough to bowl. Turn over to grease top of dough. Cover and let rise in a warm place until doubled. Grease four 8 1/2" bread pans. punch dough down. Divide into 4 parts. Shape each into a loaf and place in pans. Cover loosely. Let rise until about doubled. Bake in preheated 375-|F/190-|C oven for approx. 40 mins. Recipe By: Mennonite Central Committee adapted by Ellen Smith From: http://www.recipesource.com Uncle Dirty Dave's Archives MMMMM .... Man is ready to die for an idea provided the idea is not quite clear to him --- MultiMail/Win v0.52 * Origin: capitolcityonline.net * Telnet/SSH:2022/HTTP (1:2320/105) .