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December 18th, 2009, 03:55 PM
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Meat...I need it
Where oh where can i buy locally grown/killed/raised meat? My immediate need is for a Christmas ham but long term I want to be able to by all my meat from local farmers. Where do i start my search? I tried Google no luck...
Eastern market has tons of butchers but are any off them buying locally?
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December 18th, 2009, 03:59 PM
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The Coon man?
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December 18th, 2009, 04:02 PM
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Originally Posted by Wintersmommy
Where oh where can i buy locally grown/killed/raised meat? My immediate need is for a Christmas ham but long term I want to be able to by all my meat from local farmers. Where do i start my search? I tried Google no luck...
Eastern market has tons of butchers but are any off them buying locally?
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you can go downriver for some good muskrat
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December 18th, 2009, 04:03 PM
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CJ Roy's near Yale.
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December 18th, 2009, 04:37 PM
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Eastern Market meat market across the freeway from the sheds is your best bet. A lot of it is local but it will be up to the individual butchers & sellers. Just ask around.
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December 18th, 2009, 05:16 PM
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Originally Posted by rb336
you can go downriver for some good muskrat
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LOL my dad made me eat that once when i was little...never convinced me to go again
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December 18th, 2009, 05:18 PM
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Originally Posted by Detroitnerd
CJ Roy's near Yale.
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Thanks for the lead!!
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December 18th, 2009, 05:20 PM
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Originally Posted by DetroitPlanner
The Coon man?
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as yummy as that sounds..umm i think i shall pass...not sure my palate
is as refined as that all that
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December 18th, 2009, 05:24 PM
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Butcher Boy in St. Clair Shores.
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December 18th, 2009, 05:25 PM
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Don't know if you might want some fowl, but if you are, I strongly suggest:
Chase Road Poultry
7056 Chase Rd, Dearborn, MI 48126
They are located on Chase Road (half-way between Greenfield and Schaffer) off of Warren Ave. The place has been in the same location since the 1940's, it is family owned and they have a history of womb-to-tomb employment.
You can walk in the back room and look the birds right in the eye ... pheasant, chicken (roasters, roosters, capons, hen), turkey, pigeon, etc ...plus you can get rabbits if you like that sort of thing.
The place is very interesting, all their stuff is grown for them by farmers in the area. For holidays they contract with the Amish for turkeys, but you need to order those. If you're interested, you can go to the slaughter room and seeing the plucking machine is a bit of a freak-out. It looks like an old tub washing machine that has been lined with hundreds of rubber nipples. You cut the bird's neck, drain the blood, dress it then dip it into hot water. The hot water puckers the skin thereby raising the feathers to help rubber nipples tear out the feathers while the machine spins around.
Not for the faint of heart or for those who can't tolerate strong odors. Not a place for a first date, unless you are Hannibal Lecter.
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Have to agree about Butcher Boy. Long standing operation and the place in town if you are looking for anything exotic... like gator, buffalo, ostrich, antelope, lion
Last edited by gnome; December 18th, 2009 at 05:28 PM.
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December 18th, 2009, 05:28 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by gnome
Don't know if you might want some fowl, but if you are, I strongly suggest:
Chase Road Poultry
7056 Chase Rd, Dearborn, MI 48126
They are located on Chase Road (half-way between Greenfield and Schaffer) off of Warren Ave. The place has been in the same location since the 1940's, it is family owned and they have a history of womb-to-tomb employment.
You can walk in the back room and look the birds right in the eye ... pheasant, chicken (roasters, roosters, capons, hen), turkey, pigeon, etc ...plus you can get rabbits if you like that sort of thing.
The place is very interesting, all their stuff is grown for them by farmers in the area. For holidays they contract with the Amish for turkeys, but you need to order those. If you're interested, you can go to the slaughter room and seeing the plucking machine is a bit of a freak-out. It looks like an old tub washing machine that has been lined with hundreds of rubber nipples. You cut the bird's neck, drain the blood, dress it then dip it into hot water. The hot water puckers the skin thereby raising the feathers to help rubber nipples tear out the feathers while the machine spins around.
Not for the faint of heart or for those who can't tolerate strong odors. Not a place for a first date, unless you are Hannibal Lecter. |
This is exactly what i am looking for!!! Between this and C.Roy i think i am on the right track 
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December 18th, 2009, 05:58 PM
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I hit a cow with a Pinto once...
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December 18th, 2009, 06:09 PM
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Originally Posted by thnk2mch
I hit a cow with a Pinto once...
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HAHAHAHAHA!
Did the cow explode into flames?
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December 18th, 2009, 06:45 PM
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Vergote's poultry/fish on Harper/Whittier. Pick it out live, they'll kill it for you.
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December 18th, 2009, 07:40 PM
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Originally Posted by gnome
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The Eat wild resource is great. At 2 dollars 39 cents a pound plus 30 dollars processing fee that sounds lile a reasonable deal for some decent meat.
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December 18th, 2009, 07:44 PM
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Originally Posted by Jimaz
HAHAHAHAHA!
Did the cow explode into flames?
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Or did the Pinto explode into flames and the cow kept on walking?
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December 18th, 2009, 08:16 PM
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No explosion, and yes, the cow kept walking.
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December 19th, 2009, 01:17 AM
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Try the Oakland County Farmer's Market. There are farmers who sell beef and poultry with no antibiotics or hormones. They cost a little more than the a grocery store but taste "real".
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December 19th, 2009, 01:24 AM
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In my pants
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December 19th, 2009, 01:56 AM
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Not for the faint of heart or for those who can't tolerate strong odors.
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One time while I was looking for work, I replied to an ad for machine maintenance. Didn't recognize the address at first, but when I got there it was a meat packer in Eastern Market. Took one whiff and kept on driving.
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December 19th, 2009, 06:05 AM
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Wintersmommy-
There is a meat vendor at the Eastern Market named J and M Meats. The vendor's name is Johnny Gyergyov He is in the shed by Hirt's (sorry can't remember the number). He sells his natural pork raised in Macomb County and butchered by CRoys in Yale. He was taking orders for ham earlier this month, but I'll bet he has a few extra.
And while you are there buy some bacon from him...you will never, ever eat the crap from the supermarkets again.
Good Luck and happy "hunting"
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December 19th, 2009, 11:57 PM
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Roperti's Turkey Farm. 34700 Five Mile Rd. Livonia, MI (734) 464-6546. You can pick out the turkey running around the property and eat it that night.
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December 20th, 2009, 11:58 AM
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Originally Posted by DetroitZack
In my pants
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Based on the title, I expected much more from this thread than a listing of butcher shops 
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December 21st, 2009, 09:03 AM
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Wintersmommy, thanks for starting this thread. I've been meaning to ask about this on the forum for a while. I just read some stuff about the CAFOs (Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations) in a book and now when I go to the grocery store, I become a little queasy about the meat I'm buying.
Gnome, I'll put in a few dollars toward a cow if somebody can do the leg work, no pun intended.
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December 21st, 2009, 11:30 AM
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I know where you can get some locally (Flint) raised rabbits for "Pets or Meat"
Just see this lady...
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December 21st, 2009, 12:33 PM
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I'll throw down on some cow, too.
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December 21st, 2009, 12:56 PM
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My mom, always a keen eye for a bargain, took us often to Roy's Squeeze-In. Roy later got busted for serving horsemeat. I ran faster, jumped higher, but I'd always emit this embarrassing whinny when I crossed the finish line.
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December 21st, 2009, 01:17 PM
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There is a poultry place I think on Russell between Gratiot and the bridge over the freeway. A friend of mine swore about how great fresh chicken tastes. I used to live in Trolley Plaza so I drove there and picked out a chicken. The guy went in back and returned with a bag of parts. I went home, fried it up and it was in my belly within an hour. Three things I will always remember: 1) It was the only time in my life I ever had tough chewy chicken. Maybe I should have baked it? 2) The feet were still on the ends of the drumsticks! 3) It was WARM, like uggh-this-was-a-living-creature-a-half-hour-ago warm.
I am a city boy and I was turned off of chicken for a few weeks after that. More power to the organic crowd, but I will stick to Tyson and Perdue.
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December 21st, 2009, 02:06 PM
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December 21st, 2009, 02:15 PM
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December 28th, 2009, 12:04 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by ellsa
Wintersmommy-
There is a meat vendor at the Eastern Market named J and M Meats. The vendor's name is Johnny Gyergyov He is in the shed by Hirt's (sorry can't remember the number). He sells his natural pork raised in Macomb County and butchered by CRoys in Yale. He was taking orders for ham earlier this month, but I'll bet he has a few extra.
And while you are there buy some bacon from him...you will never, ever eat the crap from the supermarkets again.
Good Luck and happy "hunting"
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I have bought bacon from him and some dried/smoked pork leg thing for my dog once and it was excellent!!
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December 28th, 2009, 12:06 PM
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LOL...i really am only interested in quality meat though...thanks for the tip though 
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December 28th, 2009, 12:08 PM
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Thank you !thats a bit far for me but i appreciate the link
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December 28th, 2009, 12:13 PM
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awesome link !! Thank you
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December 29th, 2009, 08:28 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by smudge pot
My mom, always a keen eye for a bargain, took us often to Roy's Squeeze-In. Roy later got busted for serving horsemeat. I ran faster, jumped higher, but I'd always emit this embarrassing whinny when I crossed the finish line.
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That made me LOL. Thanks
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December 29th, 2009, 04:49 PM
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