Winnipeg Free Press
Butcher shops not pleased with meat fraudster who left them chewing on bad cheques
“As far as I was concerned, he was a guy who was getting his business going… and I wanted to help him.” –Michelle Mansell
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The Meat of the Matter
SPICE OF LIFE
From the get-go, Linda Frig, co-owner of Frig’s Natural Meats & More, has made the store’s hugely popular pepperettes and sausages from scratch.
Her daughter, Michelle Mansell, says customers who’ve been shopping there for years have figured out a way to determine what sort of mood Linda was in, the morning or afternoon she was in the kitchen.
“Our regulars have been known to come in and say, ‘Linda must have been pissed off last week, the pepperettes were a little on the spicy side,’” she says with a chuckle, responding, “It is freaking true,” when her mom yells, “That’s a bald-faced lie,” from the other side of the room.
“I’ve seen it myself,” Mansell continues. “She’ll be back there grumbling about something and grab a big handful of spices and toss ‘em into a bowl. I’ll be like, ‘Uh-oh, things are going to be a bit on the hot side, today.’”
— David Sanderson | Winnipeg Free Press
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