Best place to buy meat? (liens)

[mainebrokerman]

Originally Posted by dmyankee

Herring Brothers in Guilford!

We just purchased half a beef cow and a pig...yummy!

ill give a two thumbs up for herring brothers,
i believe frank runs the retail butcher shop and tom manages the custom shop, and processing. both are excellent butchers/meatcutters!!

[mainebrokerman]

Originally Posted by Coaster

No question, the hands-down winner is Bisson Meat Market in Topsham. It's a third-generation operation, and they cut their own meat, make their own sausages and meat pies, do their own smoking, and sell their own raw milk and butter as well. It's located on the family farm in the countryside north of the village. Phone is 725-7215.

I'll also put in a good word for Brackett's. Always liked their bacon.

arthor bisson and family do a great job!

bracketts market in bath is a wonderful store!!!! (steve and kim brackett, are very nice folks)

[mainebrokerman]

Originally Posted by Northern Maine Land Man

The Beef Barn in Lincoln has excellent meats. The prices are reasonable too.

There is a fish truck in the municipal lot off Main Street on Thursdays. It's all fresh, never frozen.

(The snow plow just went by again.)

the beef barn is still open??


steak n stuff in lincoln is one of my fav stores!!

marc and sue d. had a butcher shop in lincoln for years, then they built the steaknstuff grocerystore on mechanic st. id suggest to anyone that visits lincoln, to check out this store (on the old mainstreet) the store has brand new owners, that will continue to build upon the stores reputation for meat

[mainebrokerman]

Originally Posted by treeluvr

These places all sound like great sources for good meat. And I know how to cook all sorts of meat. But I haven't eaten venison since I was a child--my father used to hunt. The thing is I remember not liking it very much. So, from other posts on this forum, it sounds like venison is pretty popular in Maine. Is there a special way to treat it or cook it or were my taste buds just undeveloped?

tree, good venison, depends on a few factors,,age/health of the animal, feed, and how its processed and cooked.
from a processing point of few, the carcass has to cool, and set a while, and any good butcher will not use a bandsaw on wild-game, they will cut the critter boneless, this is very important!! the wild gamey taste is very very strong around the bones and fat.(these have to be discarded)
and id suggest with your venison trimmings (burger) to mix in 1/3 ground pork
(from pork butts) or fatty ground beef, i dont recommend mixing in suet,,suet is dry and doesnt blend very well
venison is very lean,,lean and tender doesnt usually go together, you may have to slow cook venison, or tenderize it,,,
if your butcher has a "cuber" in his shop, ask him to cube(tenderize) the chuck and round steaks..

[dmyankee]

Originally Posted by mainebrokerman

ill give a two thumbs up for herring brothers,
i believe frank runs the retail butcher shop and tom manages the custom shop, and processing. both are excellent butchers/meatcutters!!

Just awesome. We ordered a small beef critter...fork tender. They aged it over two weeks. $1.99/lb and shrink wrapped to specs!

[treeluvr]

Originally Posted by mainebrokerman

tree, good venison, depends on a few factors,,age/health of the animal, feed, and how its processed and cooked.
from a processing point of few, the carcass has to cool, and set a while, and any good butcher will not use a bandsaw on wild-game, they will cut the critter boneless, this is very important!! the wild gamey taste is very very strong around the bones and fat.(these have to be discarded)
and id suggest with your venison trimmings (burger) to mix in 1/3 ground pork
(from pork butts) or fatty ground beef, i dont recommend mixing in suet,,suet is dry and doesnt blend very well
venison is very lean,,lean and tender doesnt usually go together, you may have to slow cook venison, or tenderize it,,,
if your butcher has a "cuber" in his shop, ask him to cube(tenderize) the chuck and round steaks..

Thanks MB, That's what I was looking for. My father was from Kansas--I don't think he had had much experience with deer.

[Northern Maine Land Man]

Whoops. I had a brain cramp. I meant Steaks & Stuff in Lincoln. I'll edit that. It is a full service supermarket on a small footprint. In addition to their other products they serve great sandwiches, pre-made hot lunches and home made soups.

[mainebrokerman]

Originally Posted by Northern Maine Land Man

Whoops. I had a brain cramp. I meant Steaks & Stuff in Lincoln. I'll edit that. It is a full service supermarket on a small footprint. In addition to their other products they serve great sandwiches, pre-made hot lunches and home made soups.

i'll second that!!

[forest beekeeper]

This Saturday in Orono their Farmer's Market will be open with: beef, pork, poultry, rabbit. Cut/wrapped/frozen as well as smoked and sausage.

They [we] will also have organic and/or natural veggies and artisan cheeses.

Home produced eggs, pasture-freerange eggs, and forest-freerange eggs.

9am to noon.

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Ebay!