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HOW SAFE IS YOUR GROUND BEEF REPLY PART II
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Let me emphasize that I am not trying to convert anybody from rail beef to box beef. I am sharing what I know from working all my adult life in the trade. For those out there that are using rail beef you can limit the exposure of a potential Ecoli outbreak. 1) As you receive you fronts and hinds do a simple Q.A...
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CLUB MEMBERS PLEASE READ
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We have a petition on change.org we need your help with, this petition is asking for support and donations of 1 to 5 dollars. IF YOU DON'T DONATE, PLEASE SIGN THE PETITION, SIGNING THE PETITION KEEPS IT UP WHERE OTHERS WILL SEE IT. So far the petition is working for the Club, we have received donations...
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What model meat grinder do you use ? What hole size ?
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Always found 1/8" plates were used mostly south of Washington DC but very little in the northeast, mostly using 9/64" for ground meat. What size do you use ? What state are you in ?
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JFK Assination What Shop Were You Working IN!
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For us Old Times. During our working careers we all experienced the passing of JFK. Share with us what store you were working in. I had just moved from the minor leagues to the major leagues and landed a job with the A&P up in Stratford Conn. That's where I got my nick-name coalcracker. We had a crew of...
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Sept. 11th 2001. What shop were you working in?
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Where were you when you got the news that planes had crashed into the World Trade Center? For me, I didn't get the word until I got home, but the day still stands out in my mind. I worked at Save A Lot in Lapeer, Michigan. We had no help in the meat department. I mean that literally. I was the sole meat cutt...
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OUR FIRST FIELD REP for the Tri State area
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OUR FIRST FIELD REP for the Tri State area of Ga., S.C. and Western N.C. Phil ( Coalcracker ) Verduce2007 Fox Creek DriveNorth Augusta, S.C Started his meat cutting career in a small butcher shop in a small town in Pa. in 1960 right out of high school. moved on to A&P Scranton, Pa. division. Going f...
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Kraft has recall two million pounds of turkey bacon products
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Kraft Heinz Foods Company recalls turkey bacon products due to possible adulteration Published August 26, 2015Oscar Mayer's "Selects - Uncured Turkey Bacon," one of the items affected by the recall. (USDA)Kraft Heinz Foods Company has issued a recall for more than two million pounds of turkey b...
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NEW " HALL OF FAME " MEMBER
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NEW " HALL OF FAME " MEMBER PHIL VERDUCE Check Him Out http://www.meatcuttersclub.org/halloffame.htm
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New scam that was tried
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I saw this on facebook last week, thought I would past it on New scam that was tried the other day at my store . A woman took this brisket to the service counter and and said she found a hair in the package. She was asked for a receipt but she didn't have one . she said she bought it the day before and left sayi...
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New study finds horse and beaver in grocery store ground meat
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New study finds horse and beaver in grocery store ground meatby Lori Zimmer, 08/25/15 A new study on ground meats sold in stores in the United States has revealed that more than a whopping twenty percent are mislabeled. Chapman University’s Food Science Program put commercial ground meat...
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HOW SAVE IS YOUR GROUND BEEF REPLY PART I
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I guess I need to put my two cents in and I am only speaking from my plant experiences. There are side-pullers, and up-pullers and down pullers and every packer has them. They cost a fortune to install and just as much to training the operators. That being said man has been skinning cattle since Moses...
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Primal round vs. boxed cuts.
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Now remember I have been out of it for 10 Years. So don't you all gang up on me. However, if you will give me some constructive feedback about this comparison. Give me your honest pros and cons. Thanks. 2 primal rounds weight 173.5 lbs. (I am going to guess at the price to a store) $2.29 per lb. or $397.32 cos...
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Oyster Blade Steak.
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GRAND OPENING TIME !!!
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Club member Roy Jensen, Associate Meat Coordinator/Whole Foods Market. South Region, Has them ready for a grand opening in German town TN.
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BREAKING NEWS !! A&P Wants to Sell Off All Stores
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A&P Wants to Sell Off All Stores Judge tells grocer, unions to settle dispute http://www.progressivegrocer.com/August 18, 2015, 04:05 pm The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co. (A&P) has revealed what many have widely speculated since the grocer filed for Ch...
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Does Anybody Out There Check Receiving Weights?
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By now I'm sure that some of you young whipper-snappers know that I'm an old-timer. If not, just know that I am. > A lot of things changed since I left the retail business but something never change (the basics). I met Lander McCoy Bacon (not slab bacon) Coy Bacon for short. He was a lineman for the Red...
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Cutting Test
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Anybody out there doing cutting test or do we leave that up to somebody else??
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Check out David O'nell making Irish sausage
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Irish butchers producing green sausages for St. Patrick's Day,
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The Meat Locker August 19, 2015
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My First Yield Test in Pictures
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True story. When I first started in the business I worked for a local butcher shop. Father and two sons. My title was "lifting engineer". Anything delivered to the store I lifted it in and then lifted it out. The closest the brothers would let me to cutting meat was slicing baloney on the week...
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