On 9/5/2014 10:21 AM, sf wrote:
> > wrote:
>> On 9/5/2014 9:15 AM, sf wrote:
>>> > wrote:
>>>> On 9/4/2014 3:29 PM, Ophelia wrote:
>>>>> Hey Shelia, have you asked your butcher here for a pound of bavette steak?
>>>> Never. He usually comes by on Wednesday - I'll try to remember to ask
>>>> about it.
>>> Your butcher makes house calls?
>> Yes.
>> So does the fish man.
>> And the milk is delivered by the postie, along with the daily newspaper.
> Wow. We do companies now that will deliver, but you have to buy a lot
> for that to happen and I certainly wouldn't call the truck driver a
> "butcher". An order list does not a butcher (or fish monger) make.
>
He's a real butcher. He knows his products and takes special orders, as
well as selling basics on 'spec'. One day a week he drives a truck
rather than standing behind his counter.
The fish man gets his fish fresh from the docks in Caithness in the
morning, and delivers them the same day.
This is a very rural area, and we've had a butcher and a fish man coming
around for as long as I can remember. Years ago, we also had
Johnny-the-Bread, who delivered freshly baked breads and rolls from his
family's bakery.