the last day was the wurst (part 1)

May 19th, 2008 at 02:23am Jennie Pollock

i knew trying not to buy things in plastic would be hard, but in any given week, the only major thing i know i’ll buy is groceries.

since i figured most meat at the grocery store comes in styrofoam and plastic wrap, i headed to countryside meats and deli in rockford. i’ve been meaning to head there for a long time, but now i had a purpose.

i truly appreciate meat markets (hold your jokes). my godmother and her husband have owned a small-town meat market for years, and as a child, i was spoiled by their summer sausages, hot dogs, brats and other fine meals.

so i enjoyed seeing all of the choices of steaks, sausages, marinades and spices.

i chose 6 brats, 2 chicken breasts, 4 majorly thick porkchops and 1 pound of ground sirloin. total cost: $30. sounds like a lot, but at the grocery, the price of meat is just part of everything else. at lunch i made the chicken breasts with lemon and rosemary (see below at the very bottom). at supper, i grilled the brats for a kids’ night at my house. thanks to geno edwards for all of his help at the store (he recognized me from the magazine and my friday tv gig at wrex).

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