Slaughtering a hog seems like a bargain at Ketter's Meats in Frazee, almost 200 miles northwest of the Twin Cities. The old school butcher shop charges $20 per pig. Cutting and wrapping the other white meat costs 40 cents more per pound.
Ketter's also deals in wild flesh like snapping turtle. A five-pound package of semi-boneless meat from the shelled creature can be had online for $90.
It was trying to make that kind of bank that got Ketter's in trouble.
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