Our upcoming cover story in Independent Processor is a company I have wanted to visit for a long time. Unfortunately, I still haven’t visited them, because travel isn’t possible just quite yet. But I was at least able to have a nice conversation with Jonathan and Melissa Pace of Smokey Denmark Smoked Meats, based in Austin, Texas.
One of the things we discussed was how food is an essential part of many memory-making gatherings. Birthdays, weddings, holidays, even funerals all involve a meal. As meat industry professionals, you have a big part in the creation of those memories. People in my family still talk about the time that the family went to a different banquet hall for my Aunt Mary’s funeral and how the entrees weren’t as good as our usual family funeral luncheons. That was 20-something years ago.