[Leica] IMGS: Butcher Shop

[Montie]

I seem to remember seeing sides of beef/pork/lamb hanging
in alleys of towns/cities along the Med (as a young drunken
sailor) mid 70s always covered with green mold, was suppose
to protect the meat as it aged? I ate a lot of fish back
then!  ;-)

Montie



>>Yes, they do have refrigerators in the cities.  Most home refrigerators are
tiny things about 1 foot square so people have to shop every day for fresh
ingredients.  The butcher shops have glass-fronted refrigerators but a lot
of the meat is displayed out in the open where flies can land on it and
do!  I don't really understand that.  Many of the rural shops have no
refrigeration at all. There are lots of flies.  Maybe they understand flies
and meat better than we do???  I know we have lots of problems with e-coli
and bacteria.  Some people say that more bacteria is better because you get
used to the germs!  I heard an NPR report on The Dirt Cure which says we
should be exposed to more bacteria!  Who knows!??  I say all things in
moderation, bacteria included.

Tina

On Sat, Jun 4, 2016 at 8:32 PM, Ted Grant <tedgrant at shaw.ca> wrote:

> Hi tina,
> A kind of stupid question? Did they have electric refrigerators for all
> that
> butchered meat storage?