On 2015-07-20 12:20 PM, Nancy Young wrote:

>> He knows perfectly well that he wouldn't be able to specify thickness
>> and he'd have to take what's already sliced up in the case.
>
> They have slices all ready in the deli there? I'd think they'd
> just dry up.
>

The butcher/deli where the banana thing happened regularly has several
varieties of cold cuts on sale and has one pound lots pre-cut. You ask
for a pound, the counter person reaches into the pile at the back and
pulls out bunch separated with paper and it is roughly one pound.



> I've seen already sliced amounts of cold cuts for people who
> don't feel like waiting to get fresh sliced, but if you just
> want a couple of slices of whatever, they'll do it for you,
> not break open a package of already weighed food.
>
> I bought slices of ham and salami years ago, for something I
> was making. I didn't have the money to just order a quarter
> pound of each like I would do today.
>
> nancy
>