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On Thu, 22 Nov 2018 12:26:13 -0600, "cshenk" > wrote:

>Dave S wrote:
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>> I buy veal shoulder chops at PriceChopper regularly.
>> Good for a braise. My thinking that a "real"
>> veal chop is a young t bone/porterhouse steak.
>> I don't see them....
>> Veal breast at a local store on occasion.
>>
>> Veal must have been cheaper and more common in the past,
>> the family had veal cutlets once a week or so. Probably in the 70's.
>>
>> I remember restaurants having veal shank specials.

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>Veal was cheaper then as we had more small farmers who couldn;t over
>winter all the calves. Now with the mega-industry, it's marketed as a
>premium price.


Normally, large scale means prices go down, not up.