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Post by Deleted on Aug 23, 2018 13:59:06 GMT -5
Hi Guys,
Does anyone remember old pictures of butcher shops with hams and salume hanging behind the counter? Often, things like Prosciutto would be be hanging in open areas. Before the Seventies, I am thinking smoking was allowed in these shops.
So the main question: Do you think smoke was being sort of infused into the wonderful charcuterie?
Answers, thoughts, and memories welcome
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Post by Legend Lover on Aug 23, 2018 14:03:46 GMT -5
I would suspect that a lot of the smoking was done before it got to the shop. I'm not sure how much the smoke from cigarettes, cigars and pipes would have affected the meat. I can't recall anyone smoking in a butchers, but then again, my memory of people smoking in bars is very vague now too.
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Post by toshtego on Aug 23, 2018 15:06:41 GMT -5
When I lived in Hampstead Garden Suburb in north London in 1989-1990, the High Street butcher kept a whole beef hanging in the lobby. Customers would indicate the cut desired and he would carefully scrape the mold and slice off the order. If he was not too busy he might even wait upon this "half-baked" American. His beef was so good, I patiently endured the commentary and attitude.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 23, 2018 15:58:08 GMT -5
When I lived in Europe all the meats were cured and smoked in special smokehouses then delivered to a local butcher shops to hang up and sell. They’d be hanging in non cooled or air-conditioned butcher shops with flies landing all over them, yet the meats sold out always to the locals. I found that quite disgusting 😜. I NEVER let anyone on The Island of Malta knew I understood their language until the last 3 months of living on the Island. I always heard the locals say “ here comes the American cowboy in Maltese “! Was a lot of fun my last 3 months on The Island....half I made laugh, the other half I cursed out in their own language. Many were shocked once they learned all this time I was able to completely understand them, I think more embarrassed.
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Post by Legend Lover on Aug 23, 2018 16:01:43 GMT -5
When I lived in Europe all the meats were cured and smoked in special smokehouses then delivered to a local butcher shops to hang up and sell. They’d be hanging in non cooled or air-conditioned butcher shops with flies landing all over them, yet the meats sold out always to the locals. I found that quite disgusting 😜. I NEVER let anyone on The Island of Malta knew I understood their language until the last 3 months of living on the Island. I always heard the locals say “ here comes the American cowboy in Maltese “! Was a lot of fun my last 3 months on The Island....half I made laugh, the other half I cursed out in their own language. Many were shocked once they learned all this time I was able to completely understand them, I think more embarrassed. I'd love to do something like that. It's on my bucket list. |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 23, 2018 16:04:58 GMT -5
When I lived in Europe all the meats were cured and smoked in special smokehouses then delivered to a local butcher shops to hang up and sell. They’d be hanging in non cooled or air-conditioned butcher shops with flies landing all over them, yet the meats sold out always to the locals. I found that quite disgusting 😜. I NEVER let anyone on The Island of Malta knew I understood their language until the last 3 months of living on the Island. I always heard the locals say “ here comes the American cowboy in Maltese “! Was a lot of fun my last 3 months on The Island....half I made laugh, the other half I cursed out in their own language. Many were shocked once they learned all this time I was able to completely understand them, I think more embarrassed. I'd love to do something like that. It's on my bucket list. Paddy, shhhhhhhhh....don’t tell any one.....you already live in Europe 😜😜😂 |
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Post by monbla256 on Aug 23, 2018 16:45:34 GMT -5
I know of only two ethnic butchering done here in the US Kosher and Halal . Are you asking about those shops as well as the old style US butcher shops? In the '50s into the early '70s as I recall smoking was allowed in most retail store by the patrons only on the sales floor. The employees had to smoke in the employees lounge and if you worked in the food service as my father did you smoked outside on the back dock. My father was a chef and smoked cigars ( Havana's in the '50s) but would only light up in his chef's office with the door shut. I'd go with him to commercial butcher firms and they did the same never smoking in the production area.  |
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Post by Darin on Aug 24, 2018 15:57:11 GMT -5
When I was a kid, my grandma would take me around with her shopping. Back then it wasn't one "catch-all" supermarket. We would stop at the bakery for bread and rolls, the egg hatchery for eggs and the butcher's for meats. Every time we walked in the door, the butcher would give me a big smile and pluck a Frankfurter from a string of them for me to eat while she shopped. Now that I think about it, the bakery usually gave me a free cookie too ... ahhh, the good old days!  |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 24, 2018 23:55:03 GMT -5
I NEVER let anyone on The Island of Malta knew I understood their language until the last 3 months of living on the Island. I always heard the locals say “ here comes the American cowboy in Maltese “! Was a lot of fun my last 3 months on The Island....half I made laugh, the other half I cursed out in their own language. Many were shocked once they learned all this time I was able to completely understand them, I think more embarrassed. You're a character, Ted.  |
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