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Thank you for all of the useful advice!

I've never been sure how to choose a butcher shop, so I've always shyly just bought prepack meat in the supermarket, even though I knew there must be better options. Part of the problem is crowds. I've gone to one of the butcher shops in Kensington Market a few times, but it's always very crowded, very busy. Now normally a busy shop is a good shop, and a recommendation, but it equally means I have to yell across the heads of others to talk to whichever whirling dervish of sales assistant is helping me. This is neither a good way of establishing a relationship with a butcher of any sort, nor an easy way of asking for advice, because the crowds also mean I can't see the display cases very well.

The other market, St. Lawrence, looked more promising in terms of being able to consult with the butcher about the meat for sale; it might also behoove me to check out some of the shops I went to the work of typing up for someone else's sake. Now, at least, thanks to you, I have a better sense for the incentives in finding a butcher to trust.