Terry Nunn
- Location: London Road, Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 4,302
Been a bit of a shamozzle this week concerning a butcher's shop in Surrey. It seems that the trendy "incomers" objected to pig's heads, rabbits on hooks, fowl and various other meat being on display. A Facebook campaign was started and the butcher was forced to remove such items from his shop. It seems that shrink wrapped meat is ok but not when covered in fur and feather.
Any comments folks.
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Terry
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 62,352
i can remember a butcher who had rabbits hanging on hooks.
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Jan Higgins
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 5 Jul 2010
- Posts: 13,809
"Any comments"............
Yes Terry, what a bunch of squeamish hypocrites. I wonder how many of those who objected have ever used a proper butcher, I would be willing to bet the vast majority of objectors buy their shrink wrapped meat from the local Waitrose although to be fair I suppose they could be vegetarians.
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Guest 698- Registered: 28 May 2010
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Forced? By whom?
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Bob Whysman
- Registered: 23 Aug 2013
- Posts: 1,934
What an offal sight to meat their Deer little eyes, enough to make their jellied Veal wobble. Pretty Hare raising but I suppose the poor little Lambs could always Beef about something else whilst waiting for their Chops. You've got to Ham it to the Liverish brigade for their Ox cheek.
They could also Fox off to the supermarket where they could Rabbit away whilst they were Pigeon holed waiting to pay for the Fowl pre-packed Pigs Trotters and Rack up a Crown of Lamb and have a Brisket walk home.
Perhaps in Hindquarters they should arrange a Meat..ing with the butcher and talk Turkey in an effort to avoid Ducking the issue. I'm sure that there's a local Joint that they could all Gammon at!
Only Kidney...ing a Sweetbread moo....ed !
What a load of Tripe!
Do nothing and nothing happens.
Terry Nunn- Location: London Road, Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 4,302
Actually it was Suffolk not Surrey, put it down to senile dementia!
It was the Facebook campaign Peter that led people to protest and "force" the removal.
http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/business/industries/retailing/article4015006.ece
Terry
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
Guest 700- Registered: 11 Jun 2010
- Posts: 2,868
Years ago a friend of mine complained bitterly and said she had been very upset because her little boy had seen 'carcases' hanging up in a butcher's shop !! It doesn't help children to accept where food comes from when they are older to have comments like this.
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Guest 1033- Registered: 23 Aug 2013
- Posts: 509
I must admit, I'm really squeamish when it comes to things like meat and fish, but I am perfectly aware that it comes from animals, and I can't understand why anyone could protest about animals on display in a butcher's shop.
Going from the sublime to the ridiculous, what about the sunday joints walking around in the local fields, will farmers have to hide them behind walls one day, or even dress them up as people ? I did say ridiculous.
Guest 698- Registered: 28 May 2010
- Posts: 8,664
Make no bones about it, personally I think this butcher shows himself to be a bit of a wuss by not standing up to the townies. I'm sure a properly organised counter-attack on facebook, ridiculing his detractors, would garner nationwide support and have the poor squeamish delicate flowers on the defensive.
I'm an optimist. But I'm an optimist who takes my raincoat - Harold Wilson
