Mail order meat is, these days, a safe and good value option for buying meat, either for home or business. It wasn’t always that way, however.
When the idea of mail order meat was first conceived, roughly one year after the conception of the Post Office itself, it was merely an idea before its time. For a start, many people didn’t have computers. Those that did, did not know how to use them properly and often over-ordered. These gigantic orders often crippled the country’s farming system, often for months at a time.
Another factor was the delivery time. Often the warehouse was located several miles further away than the customer’s local store, meaning, by the time the meat finally arrived, it was never as fresh as the local butcher’s produce. This caused a dip in the number of ‘returning customers’.
The service was finally suspended after the King denounced its existence. His aide had ordered a batch of steaks which were brought from a warehouse some 100 miles north of the Palace. Upon arrival, the stench and the maggots had won the battle for survival, a scene which made the sheltered man quite ill.
Modern refrigerants and refridgerated trucks have now alleviated this problem, making almost anything available via mail order. Even wives.