My work brought me to Eunice, Louisiana yesterday, where there exists the fabulous http://eunicesuperette.com/. It's a full slaughterhouse, smokehouse and meat market. Oh Yeah!!!!
So, of course, I had to stop by after I fixed the washer at the hotel. It's a full on butcher counter, with real, live butchers right there, cutting large pieces of meat into smaller ones, right there before your eyes!

I saw marinated duck in the cooler, so I grabbed that to add to the dinner party I was going to last night. And the more I looked, the more I bought.
Ground meat? Yes!!! Looks way full of gorgeous fat!
Then I saw it, St. Louis Cut ribs right there on one of the bins at the meat counter. I asked for 2 racks. He said I'll then them as soon at the butcher finished with the current customer. He ordered a full pork loin. The butcher brought it out of the cooler with skin on, asked if the guy wanted the skin, "no sir" the the butcher removed it, then proceeded to cut part of the center bone portion out, making it easier to handle. Wow, that was fun!
He then got to me, and brought out this:

Yep, that looks like one side of a pork belly. Above he is pulling off this great layer of fat, which went into those cool gray boxes behind. They use that meat for sausage, boudin, etc. I was mesmerized. He kept cutting.
I asked if I could record the moment to share with my BBQ peeps, and he was fine with that. And we chatted. His knife seemed to move though that fresh pork like butter!
And just like that, St. Louis Cut Ribs from a fresh, Louisiana pig!

Plus, I made some new friends, and have the card for the commercial sales person so I can buy cases. They deliver to Lake Charles twice a week.
This week's specials:

I'll try to embed the video of the experience here:
<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/scaUdRt3vzU" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
Here is a link to the video of the fun:
Yeah!!!!!!
paul
So, of course, I had to stop by after I fixed the washer at the hotel. It's a full on butcher counter, with real, live butchers right there, cutting large pieces of meat into smaller ones, right there before your eyes!
I saw marinated duck in the cooler, so I grabbed that to add to the dinner party I was going to last night. And the more I looked, the more I bought.
Ground meat? Yes!!! Looks way full of gorgeous fat!
Then I saw it, St. Louis Cut ribs right there on one of the bins at the meat counter. I asked for 2 racks. He said I'll then them as soon at the butcher finished with the current customer. He ordered a full pork loin. The butcher brought it out of the cooler with skin on, asked if the guy wanted the skin, "no sir" the the butcher removed it, then proceeded to cut part of the center bone portion out, making it easier to handle. Wow, that was fun!
He then got to me, and brought out this:
Yep, that looks like one side of a pork belly. Above he is pulling off this great layer of fat, which went into those cool gray boxes behind. They use that meat for sausage, boudin, etc. I was mesmerized. He kept cutting.
I asked if I could record the moment to share with my BBQ peeps, and he was fine with that. And we chatted. His knife seemed to move though that fresh pork like butter!
And just like that, St. Louis Cut Ribs from a fresh, Louisiana pig!
Plus, I made some new friends, and have the card for the commercial sales person so I can buy cases. They deliver to Lake Charles twice a week.
This week's specials:
I'll try to embed the video of the experience here:
<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/scaUdRt3vzU" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
Here is a link to the video of the fun:
Yeah!!!!!!
paul
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