On Tue, 22 Jan 2013 18:38:01 +1100, John J > wrote:

>On Mon, 21 Jan 2013 21:07:11 -0800, sf > wrote:
>
>>On Tue, 22 Jan 2013 10:45:52 +1100, "Farm1" >
>>wrote:
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>>> Doens't the US have any real butcher's shops?
>>>
>>They're few and far between. Something like lamb shanks and oxtails
>>shouldn't be a butcher shop exclusive.
>
>You must all have adapted to supermarket quality. Convenience over
>quality.

Not *all* but enough to make a butcher-shop a losing proposition in
most communities.

There are also so many regulations [at least in my state, NY], that
actual butchering has become one business-- and carving up and selling
retail is another.

Jim