Joe Lazzara, of Joe's Butcher Shop and Fish Market, is like the girlfriend I always wanted. Let me explain. As a sixteen year old boy I wanted a girlfriend how never said "no." I never found that girlfriend and in the hindsight of responsible adulthood, I'm glad I never did. At the time, however, that was the ultimate quest. Joe is like the butcher equivalent of the girlfriend who never says no.
I am doing some writing on the "mother sauces" and I'm currently working on espagnole (brown sauce). I needed about seven pounds of beef bones cut in two-inch pieces. I was hoping to find these somewhere in the Lafayette area but after four calls, I got four "no's." One place needed two-weeks notice for an order like that. Another place had the bones but would only cut them in six-inch pieces. I decided a drive to Carmel would be needed. So, I called Joe and all he said was, "What time do you want to pick them up?"
Well, the stock is at a lazy simmer this evening and I have Joe to thank. I'm so glad to have a go-to butcher who doesn't know how to say "no."
Isn't Joe's WONDERFUL? I wish I had one here in Orlando. Have you tried his yummy "local" (nothern Indiana)bacon?
Posted by: beth | 06/02/2009 at 05:42 PM