Well, aside from the fact that they are no longer in City Market (replaced by Chop), and as far as I know weren't curing their own meats for retail. I should have actually said "dry-aged" considering there are numerous ways to cure meat. Granted, Viande's excellent pates could fall under the umbrella of "charcuterie" which also covers rillettes (also uncured). But the main concern of the new shop proposed by Tilden is house-cured pork and lamb, for sale over the counter. There are numerous regulatory hoops to jump through in order to build a facility to produce your own dry-aged, cured meats. Of course, those regulations are designed for the Homel's of this world rather than small producers like Tilden et. al.
Given the limitations of my word count, it's a detail that I failed to tease out. Again, I should have used the those two magic words "dry-aged" instead of charcuterie. If you know anyone who is making dry-aged pork or lamb locally for retail, I'd love to know.
Chop Butchery & Charcuterie produces pancetta, guanciale, lardo, and are starting to bring out salamis. Those are considered charcuterie items, I'm I right.
Given the limitations of my word count, it's a detail that I failed to tease out. Again, I should have used the those two magic words "dry-aged" instead of charcuterie. If you know anyone who is making dry-aged pork or lamb locally for retail, I'd love to know.
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