I have this bizarre fascination with door-to-door meat sellers, and how it could possibly be that even the most hardened carnivore would think buying meat at from a stranger knocking on your door would be a good idea. Well, it turns out it’s not such a good idea, as this article attests. The first three sentences are pure gold:
They’re a familiar sight in some bay area neighborhoods: men and women in unmarked pickup trucks, selling frozen meat and seafood door-to-door out of a refrigerated box marked Direct USA. “Delicious food!” the container reads.
In some recent cases, “Not salable for human consumption” might have been a more accurate motto, according to a lawsuit the St. Petersburg company filed this month against a former supplier.
Later in the article comes this priceless quote about steaks purchased in this fashion: “I ended up throwing them away because they just tasted so bizarre.” Link.
