On Wed, 5 Jan 2005 16:45:42 -0500, "Nancy Young" >
wrote:

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>"JimLane" > wrote in message
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>> sf wrote:
>>> On Tue, 4 Jan 2005 09:07:53 -0500, "Nancy Young"
>>> > wrote:
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>>>> Man, and I've been on the hunt for good fatty pork, can't find a local
>>>> farm that raises and sells pork.
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>>> I don't think you'll find it these days unless you find an
>>> "heirloom" pig.
>
>> I think a search on this group would bring back a previous thread on this.
>> There are farmers who do raise better pork than the standard suffermarkets
>> carry.
>>
>> Neiman Ranch (in TJs?) comes to mind as being a definite step above.
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>They don't even have bone in pork roast. Boneless is not interesting to me.
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>> A custom or high level butcher shop may also have a source of better pork
>> to select from. In San Diego, we have Ohio Meat Farms and its sister store
>> (can't recall the name - Seidel's?) and Tip Top Meats in North County that
>> carry far better pork.
>>
>> However, the leaner pork does not taste nearly as good as the day-to-day
>> stuff that was around before they began cross breeding for leanness.
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>That's the truth.
>
>nancy
>
Nancy, Google led me to this Web site:
http://www.eatwild.com/products/newjersey.html

If their pastured pork is like what I've had here in Texas, you might
benefit from a taking a little piggy goes to market sort of weekend
excusion.

You are in New Jersey, right?


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