How many of you have merchandise Pork Neckbones LOL
When we use to get lean meaty neckbones, I use to cut the best tips off them for lean meaty spare ribs, the meaty part of the neckbone I put out in a 4 to 6 inch cut as backbone with bones cracked every inch, the rest went into neckbones.
the store i am in now is too small for that kind of extra stuff to have a regular display area but we keep them in the freezer if someone asks for it along with pig feet and liver, every other store i worked for in the past we either cut them or ordered them case ready. he had them fresh or smoked. sometimes displayed in freezers sometimes in fresh case. i think they are still popular
what i would like to know is how many of you are still doing pig ears and how maw and stomachs ? only one store (the last one i worked in before i left Virginia) sold those.
I worked in one store that sold 10 cases of them weekdays and 30 cases each on Saturday and Sunday I also had a store that I had to have a 3rd shift cutter that did nothing but offal Neck bones, tails, ears, hocks, feet, chitterlings, beef cheeks
Had an awesome gross in both those stores thanks to that offal
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Joe Parajecki
Operations Manager/ Partner
Kettle Range Meat Company, Milwaukee WI
Member Meat Cutter Hall of Fame and The Butcher's Guild
