@Raoul Duke MU spotted at walmart over the weekend:
i absolutely abhor that place. honestly, can't remember the last time i set foot in one, but i've already discussed my memory issues in another thread.
we use to get half a beef from a local grower but we'd get more burger than we could ever eat and would end up giving a bunch away, so stopped it. have been buying our beef at the local shop-n-save, which surprisingly has pretty damn good fresh cut/ground beef. we 're considering getting beef from smoke hole caverns moving forward, believe it or not. daughter of the owners married into a large (for WV) cattle raising operation in hardy co; they raise beef, butcher and sell locally. she brings it to the caverns and we can pick it up there. that way we can get fresh raised beef from a local farmer and not have to put 1.5 years worth in our freezer. might cost a bit more in the long run, but what the hell, because, ya know, poor as hell.
get all of our pork from the neighbor across the ridge. i help them with whatever, they in turn have told me to raid their fridge/freezer at the butchering operation whenever i need to. hell, he gives me two cured hams in feb/mar every year. and, ho-lee-shit, best ham i've ever had.