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So, I received a call this morning around 10am (Oct. 23) from a woman in New York. She quickly identified herself as the daughter of a long time customer and explained that her mother had been bringing her items from Mister Brisket for years. How, she wondered, could she get a few things herself without needing her Mom to serve as courier? I quickly explained how easy it was for us to ship to her via UPS ground and that it would take two days to arrive\u2013still frozen. We discussed items she\u2019d recently had and really liked\u2013including our amazing beef pastrami and Meyer Natural Angus USDA Prime Beef Skirt Steaks. I told her the cost on these items and how much she could expect shipping to add to her total. She added on a Meyer Natural Angus USDA Prime First Cut Brisket for the slow cooker and decided that was enough for her first order.<\/p>\n

\"\"Ok, I said\u2013now the last thing needed is a credit card number. Susan told me to hang on and then came back to the phone. The card is in my husband\u2019s name she explained which led me to immediately think to myself that this is information I don\u2019t want. In truth, I need the numbers, exp. date, special code and billing address zip. Plus, the other phone was ringing and someone had walked in for an early corned beef sandwich. But, before I could tell her not to bother, she finished telling me his name\u2013Aaron Neville. Funny, I replied, there\u2019s a famous singer with the same name.<\/p>\n

Yes, she told me, that\u2019s my husband.<\/p>\n

Wait a second. You mean your husband is Aaron Neville? THE Aaron Neville? The guy who sang Everybody Plays The Fool, Tell It Like It Is?<\/p>\n

Yes.<\/p>\n

You mean the Aaron Neville who did those duets with Linda Ronstadt? Yes.<\/p>\n

You mean the guy from New Orleans who has performed for years with his brothers? That I saw down at Jazz Fest around twenty years ago?<\/p>\n

\"\"Susan patiently explained it was indeed that Aaron Neville. Then she told me that even as we were speaking, he was sitting across from her eating Mister Brisket Pastrami with scrambled eggs.<\/p>\n

Susan, I told her, snap a picture of your husband eating my pastrami and I\u2019ll pay the shipping costs on your order. She didn\u2019t respond to that particular request but just said \u201chold on.\u201d<\/p>\n

Next, there was a man\u2019s voice on the other end. Had he spoken in falsetto, it would have sounded familiar. But it was just a guy telling me that he really liked my pastrami and skirt steaks. I thanked him and, and\u2026.I really don\u2019t know what else I said. I was conscious of trying not to talk too much. I did mention that I\u2019d seen him perform. And then I just said thank you and he handed the phone back to his wife.<\/p>\n

And then Aaron Neville, a 3 time Grammy Award winner, presumably returned to eating his pastrami and scrambled eggs.<\/p>\n

I finalized Susan\u2019s order. Then I went to the counter and made a corned beef sandwich for a customer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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