Where’s the beef?

My husband Sander tells me that it is highly unusual and even strange for a family to buy a whole head of beef.  “But Sander, we had a whole head of pork in the freezer one year when I decided not to show my pig Anemonie at the fair, that can’t be weird.” 

OK, perhaps our behavior is not entirely mainstream.  And it gets better.

I talked to the butcher by phone and the discussion went something like this:

Me: "We want the liver, sweatbreads, kidneys, tripe, tongue, and heart.  Can you grind up the heart and kidneys and put it in the hamburger?"

Butcher: "No, that will ruin your hamburger."

Me:  "But all of those nutrients…"

Butcher:  "It will ruin your hamburger."

Me:  "OK, can you grind up the heart and put it in 1 pound packages. We'll add it ourselves and report back to you."

Butcher: "It will ruin your hamburger."

Me:  "And another thing. We actually believe that fat is a good thing. I will feel deprived if I end up with extra-lean ground beef."

Butcher: "OK, 'don't trim very much.'"  (sound of note-taking)

Me:  "That shouldn't ruin the hamburger."

Butcher:  "No ma'am."

Comments

[Veronica]

OMG!!! Can't believe they refused to do this! I'm ROFLMHO! You just have to learn to dress them out yourselves.