We went back to Gratiot Central Market Yesterday. Our Friend Bo, Texas Butcher Extraordinaire would have been impressed, we think.
It's like the Mecca of Meat! The Taj-Mahal of Tripe! The Pyramids of Pork!
Earlier in the week we bought matching his and her 3 speed cruiser bikes to use as transportation when we are in town. We found them on Craig's list, and they set us back $100 for the pair. They are really neat, and deliciously vintage.Today we are searching for a bike trailer so we can transport the kid on our bikes while the Bus is in the shop for a much needed tune up.
The weather today is expected to hit a glorious 70 degrees, with intermittent rain and soothing cloud cover. It's a far cry from the hellish confines of Houston, I tell you.
It's like the Mecca of Meat! The Taj-Mahal of Tripe! The Pyramids of Pork!
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| They will custom butcher anything you can imagine, to your exact specifications |
Earlier in the week we bought matching his and her 3 speed cruiser bikes to use as transportation when we are in town. We found them on Craig's list, and they set us back $100 for the pair. They are really neat, and deliciously vintage.Today we are searching for a bike trailer so we can transport the kid on our bikes while the Bus is in the shop for a much needed tune up.
The weather today is expected to hit a glorious 70 degrees, with intermittent rain and soothing cloud cover. It's a far cry from the hellish confines of Houston, I tell you.
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| Detroit supermarkets are so hardcore, even the veggies get graffiti. |
Gratiot Market just blows me away. MEAT. OMFG meat. Glorious fresh meat at great prices too.
ReplyDeleteSmoked pork knuckles ($1.50/lb), fresh pork shoulder ($1.69/lb) & butt ($1.89/lb), hickory twice-smoked bacon ($4/lb), flank steak $7, local Dearborn-made sausages of all descriptions, Amish-raised chicken and turkey (all around $2.50/lb). Ox-tail, tongue, liver, tripe. Nice looking legs of lamb ($6/lb). Hell, even the minced sirloin looked great.
It's carnivore heaven.
I just want to go back, again and again. My mind swirls with recipes and their promise: osso-bucco, garlic and rosemary roasted leg of lamb, slow-broiled smoked pork shanks and beans, coq-au-vin, liver and bacon, Cassoulet, steak and kidney pie, Boeuf Bourguignon, salt and pepper encrusted T-bone... Where's our god-damned Les Halles cookbook when I need it?
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