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Title: You just never know . . . .
Post by: Big Dawg on July 12, 2015, 12:42:21 PM: Local butcher in hot water. (http://www.wbtv.com/story/29524418/charlotte-butcher-admits-mistakes-after-wbtv-investigation)

You don't don't know who to trust anymore. This story broke this week. But this guy was getting 5 Star ratings in Yelp as recent as mid-June!

I don't know who let the cat out of the bag, but I'm just glad they did. Oh, and I didn't turn that phrase to imply where he might getting other meats.

BD
Title: Re: You just never know . . . .
Post by: spuds on July 12, 2015, 01:08:38 PM: Imagine the money that crook made misrepresenting what he sold.That supposedly happens a LOT with fish.
Title: Re: You just never know . . . .
Post by: drholly on July 12, 2015, 01:17:12 PM: "Mistake"????? How does misrepresentation / fraud equal mistake? It's like the non-apology - "I'm sorry if anyone was offended by my comments..." ::)

For anyone into bad cult films - this reminds me of the ending of Motel Hell - "My entire life has been a lie.... I used preservatives...." ;)
Title: Re: You just never know . . . .
Post by: muebe on July 12, 2015, 01:53:53 PM: Well that is just wrong. Glad he got caught!
Title: You just never know . . . .
Post by: Pappymn on July 12, 2015, 02:08:42 PM: The butcher business is really built on trust. We really have no way to verify what we are paying for
Title: Re: You just never know . . . .
Post by: smokeasaurus on July 12, 2015, 04:58:18 PM: Hang him high >:(
Title: Re: You just never know . . . .
Post by: TwoPockets on July 12, 2015, 10:54:11 PM: Quote from: spuds on July 12, 2015, 01:08:38 PM
Imagine the money that crook made misrepresenting what he sold.That supposedly happens a LOT with fish.

My stepson cooked and ran kitchens on the Gulf coast for years. He said it was common for a restaurant to have 12 or types of "fresh" fish on the menu but only have 3 or 4 types of fish in the freezer none of them fresh. They would just thaw out a piece of fish and cook it a certain way and call it what they wanted to.
Title: Re: You just never know . . . .
Post by: akruckus on July 13, 2015, 08:01:07 AM: Quote from: TwoPockets on July 12, 2015, 10:54:11 PM
Quote from: spuds on July 12, 2015, 01:08:38 PM
Imagine the money that crook made misrepresenting what he sold.That supposedly happens a LOT with fish.

My stepson cooked and ran kitchens on the Gulf coast for years. He said it was common for a restaurant to have 12 or types of "fresh" fish on the menu but only have 3 or 4 types of fish in the freezer none of them fresh. They would just thaw out a piece of fish and cook it a certain way and call it what they wanted to.

Happens a lot with different white fishs, as most flake and taste of whatever you season them with.
Title: Re: You just never know . . . .
Post by: hikerman on July 13, 2015, 08:45:43 AM: I can live with the occasional butcher with the FAT thumb on the scale, but misrepresentation is going way too far! Another case of a few bad eggs giving good butchers a bad name!
Glad this bum got caught! ;D
Title: Re: You just never know . . . .
Post by: Hub on July 13, 2015, 10:31:23 AM: Beef. It's what's for dinner? ::)

Hub