There is always something new and interesting to see around the next corner for somebody from the suburbs when visiting a township. This is even more so the case when you have a camera in hand and looking for those unusual photos to post. Although there are many of these around the townships, I have a particular butcher / take-away that I like to pop by (to look, not to buy from) when I'm visiting the Red Location Museum. Just down the road from the museum a couple of pots are cooking away in anticipation of the lunch time or going home crowd to come by and purchase a meal. The contents of the pots range from chicken pieces and chicken heads & feet to cow liver and offal.
As you walk around the corner you will find the butcher shop's "display window". It seems that the meat (or offal, fat, liver, etc) doesn't get sold by weight, but rather by quantity with the meat being wrapped in newspaper for you to take with you. We asked the lady if we could look inside...
... and this is what we saw. The butcher hacking away at a cow's head trying to split it open, I imagine to try and get to the brain. I know that half a sheep head with the brain in it (called smileys) is a township delicacy, so my guess is that its the same with half a cow's head.
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