659036 Mon Oct 12 20:43:50 -0700 2009 5 25 Elsewhere In America 0 5098666 I am looking for a real butcher in Honolulu. I want to find someone that I could order veal bones or specialty cuts from. My search so far found that the supermarkets here cannot help me. Any ideas? Mon Oct 12 20:43:50 -0700 2009 1096279 mynimooose 1 5098944 Whole Foods in Kahala sells beef marrow bones by the pound and will cut them for you if you ask nicely. As for "specialty cuts" or whole-animal or whole primal cuts...good luck. They did offer a flatiron steak awhile ago but were clueless when I asked about hanger or even skirt steaks. Try contacting local cattle ranches directly like Kulana and Pu'u o Hoku. Y Hata Restaurant Supply might have veal bones (for stock) but you probably have to buy them in bulk. If you're looking for offal, try Chinatown or even Don Quixote or the Market City Foodland. I've seen beef cheeks, pork jowls (listed as "pork face"), beef tripe, beef tongue, beef heart, pork kidneys and other gems there. There are VERY few "real" butchers left anywhere in the US anymore, let alone on our little island of O'ahu. Your best bet may be to get Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall's River Cottage Cookbook and raise and butcher your own meat... Tue Oct 13 04:40:10 -0700 2009 5098666 259994 wavsurfer 2 5103123 Thanks for the suggestions. I will need to make a trip to Whole Foods and give Y Hata a call. I also did a bit of research and found a few possibilities and figured you guys might be interested as well. Anyone have any experience with Aala Meat Market (http://archives.starbulletin.com/2007/07/08/business/story01.html) or Young's Meat Market. Also found an older article from Wanda Adams on the subject http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2003/Oct/22/il/il11ataste.html Wed Oct 14 13:17:05 -0700 2009 5098944 1096279 mynimooose 2 5106795 i think you can order primal cuts from north shore cattle company (grass fed beef). they're at the saturday morning KCC farmers market. and i also think you can order specialty cuts from them as well. Thu Oct 15 18:07:53 -0700 2009 5098944 14569 da_seuss 3 5109145 I've ordered from them and sent boxes of their marvelous meats as gifts for friends. Here on Oahu they'll deliver free with $75.00 or more order. My dogs love their stew meat and beef shanks. Fri Oct 16 16:10:47 -0700 2009 5106795 41725 manomin 1 5115408 Have seen North Shore cattle company at local farmers' markets, including Kailua, but they aren't the only local source. A rancher on Molokai offers package deals, but only contact I knowf is through Slow Food Oahu. Mon Oct 19 15:17:33 -0700 2009 5098666 28256 MRMoggie