169246 Mon Dec 29 16:09:50 -0800 2003 5 14 Washington DC & Baltimore Area 0 905970 I'm trying to find a butcher in the DC/ N.VA area where I can find the more exotic meats such as rabbit, quail, oxtail, etc. Is there someplace other than Sutton Place or Whole Foods? Mon Dec 29 16:09:50 -0800 2003 0 La Grassa 1 905977 I haven't looked for quail, but I have seen rabbit and oxtail at Hahn Ah Reum in Merrifield (Gallows and 29). I have purchased rabbit from a guy at the Falls Church Farmers' Market (although FC is finished for the year...maybe try Arlington?). You can sometimes get oxtail at Safeway. Latino markets such as El Chapparel on Arlington Boulevard near Graham often have interesting stuff too. I am on the lookout for squab....so I hope some of the hounds have other options. Mon Dec 29 17:55:02 -0800 2003 905970 0 Jennifer Beckman 2 905983 Polyface farms, which sells at the Arlington and Dupont Freshfarm markets, carries squab. I haven't looked for squab at the poultry stands in Eastern Market, but you could almost surely get it there (along with a whole variety of other things that the original poster is looking for). Mon Dec 29 19:08:41 -0800 2003 905977 0 ADL 3 906013 Polyface also sells young, tender rabbits. Tue Dec 30 16:32:10 -0800 2003 905983 0 Bacchante 2 906017 The guy at the Falls Church farmers market who sells rabbit is from Cibolla Farms in Culpeper, web address http://www.thebuffalohunter.com/. As the web address implies, they also sell buffalo (bison), as well as free range pork, goat, and pastured chicken (turkey near T-giving). I don't think they are at any farmers markets this time of year, but I could be wrong. Tue Dec 30 17:01:21 -0800 2003 905977 0 Whudtle 1 905985 There are several choices: Super H in Fairfax (a large Korean grocery owned by the owners of Han Ah Reum) has rabbit, quail and oxtail (though the rabbit and the quail is usually only available frozen). In fact most better Asian markets around often have these. Springfield Butcher in Springfield (6816 Bland St) has a wide variety of unusual meats, at very high quality. Union Meats at the Eastern Market is my usual source for specially cut beef, though they also have other meats including rabbit; nearby are several other shops that have poultry specialties. Mon Dec 29 19:58:14 -0800 2003 905970 0 James G