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"  Once upon a time, we lived in a world where shopping for groceries meant going from one specialized store to the next. The green grocer would fill your basket with the day&amp;#039;s freshest produce, the fish monger would gut and scale you a recently caught trout, and the friendly butcher with a cleaver in his hand would deftly separate out some lamb chops for you. While supermarkets may have done away with that quaint process, butchers are making a comeback. The New York Times recently expounded on the new, old-school butchers that are cropping up in New York City and discussed the benefits of butchers. Below, we&amp;#039;ve summed up a few reasons why you should take advantage of your local butcher and how best you should do it \u2014 plus we&amp;#039;ve got a few recipes for your meaty spoils. More from Delish: Restaurants for Meat Lovers Butchers can save you money. Cheaper cuts that supermarkets don&amp;#039;t bother with are available if you ask. Cuts such as the merlot steak, the oyster steak, and the now popular hanger steak are available to customers on a budget. Go ahead and ask your butcher about affordable cuts; there&amp;#039;s no shame in wanting to eat good meat on the cheap. More from Delish: How Well Do You Know Your Cuts of Meat? Butchers can offer you rare cuts and meats. If you&amp;#039;re trying to recreate a fantastic dish you saw prepared on Iron Chef, chances are you are going to have a hard time finding the main ingredient at your local supermarket. These days many butchers are carving up whole animals themselves; that means they can offer you every part of the pig, the cow, the duck, etc. Pork belly is no longer just a dream \u2014 as long as you call in advance to secure yourself a slab. More from Delish: Sizzling Meat Recipes for the Grill Butchers can help you. We&amp;#039;re not saying that you should dump your therapist, but when it comes to meaty questions, butchers have the answers. If your unsure of how to prepare a certain cut, how much meat you will need, or even what you should serve alongside your steak, a good butcher will be able to give you the answers. Of course, if you are going to need advice you should visit the butcher during a time when he or she isn&amp;#039;t slammed with other customers. This weekend, why not pay your local butcher a visit and try out one of these butcher-friendly recipes?      Roast Leg of Lamb    Hanger Steak with Herb-Nut Salsa      Oxtail and Gnocchi Casserole         Harissa-Crusted Pork Crown Roast     Red Wine-and-Apricot Braised Short Ribs    Stuffed Breast of Lamb     "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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