December shares include...

December Monthly Shares: 
Chuck Roast,
Pork Breakfast Sausage,
Pork Sausage (Sweet or Hot Italian),
Lamb Loin Chops,
Ground Beef

Happy December, Folks!

Our second monthly distribution is a nice mix of beef, pork and lamb. There is a fair amount of variability in the chuck roast weights, so some of the lighter roasts will be paired with a soup shank and/or an extra pair of lamb chops. Also, you have a choice of sweet italian sausage links or hot italian sausage. I tried to write notes about these choices on each package so you can get your preference of hot vs sweet sausage and maybe more lamb chops vs beef soup shanks.

No-lamb shares this month will have larger chuck roasts or beef shanks, while no-pork shares will get lamb sausage in place of the pork sausage.

Looking ahead to January, I plan to distribute broiler chickens in our January monthly shares. If you'd like, we also have soup hens available and you can substitute five (5!) soup hens in place of your broiler. 
We usually sell broilers for $30-35 per bird, while the soup hens go for $8-9 each so this is a deal if you like making chicken soup or stock.These are retired layers, and a few years old, so don't expect to roast them. They'll be tough and need to be cooked long and slow, but will give lots of flavor for soup. I'll send a box of soup hens to each site, but email me at meatcsa@thetrustees.org if you want me to reserve some hens for you. If you'd prefer the broiler, great, and no need to to do anything but pick up your share. Hens will also be available for sale if one or two sounds good but 5 is too many.

Happy Holidays,
Jesse