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 Forest Hillbilly  in a hidey-hole 16 Apr 22 4.10pm |
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I have to say I am a bit of a meat snob, when I can afford to be. I have 2 preferred butchers where i get meat for special occasions (like Sunday lunches and when we have guests), otherwise supermarket pre-packed meat for just us eating other dishes. You can always taste the difference in a roast dinner, between a good butchers joint/chicken, and a supermarket (even Taste the difference) job.
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JRW2  Dulwich 16 Apr 22 4.29pm |
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Originally posted by Forest Hillbilly
I have to say I am a bit of a meat snob, when I can afford to be. You can always taste the difference in a roast dinner, between a good butchers joint/chicken, and a supermarket (even Taste the difference) job. Me too. It must be a good forty years ago that I started banging on to whoever would listen to me about pork in particular and chicken to some extent having become tasteless. We decided - mainly on animal welfare grounds, as it happens - to buy only from independent butchers selling organic, free-range meat, and our eyes - and taste buds - were opened. What a difference. Yes, good meat is expensive, but taking into account bacon, mince, sausages and chops we were probably eating meat four or five times a week. "Eat less, eat better" is a good maxim in my opinion.
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| Forest Hillbilly in a hidey-hole 16 Apr 22 4.56pm |
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Originally posted by JRW2
Me too. It must be a good forty years ago that I started banging on to whoever would listen to me about pork in particular and chicken to some extent having become tasteless. We decided - mainly on animal welfare grounds, as it happens - to buy only from independent butchers selling organic, free-range meat, and our eyes - and taste buds - were opened. What a difference. Yes, good meat is expensive, but taking into account bacon, mince, sausages and chops we were probably eating meat four or five times a week. "Eat less, eat better" is a good maxim in my opinion. spot-on comments, which I can agree with. We certainly couldn't afford butchers meat every day. the attached photo is one of the joints we found in the freezer, which is defrosting for cooking tomorrow. OK, so in appropriate Biblical terms, we should be feeding 5000. However, it will do us 2 adults for Sunday and Monday, with scraps for the 2 dogs and should be plenty of meat left for a cottage pie on Tuesday. And perhaps some sandwiches for work
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Attachment: | Midlands Eagle 16 Apr 22 7.07pm |
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Originally posted by Forest Hillbilly
We certainly couldn't afford butchers meat every day. I don't find it more expensive. Our butcher sells a half loin of pork which is about 18" long for £15 That sounds expensive but we cut it into three joints so at £5 per joint it's cheap. Most decent butchers will also make their own sausages and these should be head and shoulders above supermarket sausages - even those with expensive branding
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 becky over the moon 16 Apr 22 9.37pm |
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Originally posted by Midlands Eagle
I don't find it more expensive. Our butcher sells a half loin of pork which is about 18" long for £15 That sounds expensive but we cut it into three joints so at £5 per joint it's cheap. Most decent butchers will also make their own sausages and these should be head and shoulders above supermarket sausages - even those with expensive branding Both of the butchers in our village make their own - skins never split, next to no fat, and when they are cooked they are just solid all the way through, at very little extra cost over the sawdust and gristle of the processed ones.
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| ex hibitionist Hastings 19 Apr 22 6.57pm |
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Have any of you ever been involved in a spit roast and if so what position were you in, I mean left or right of course?
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| kingdowieonthewall Sussex, ex-Cronx. 19 Apr 22 8.37pm |
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chateaubriand... Also, the sausages ,clonakilty irish sausages or beef & scallion
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| Apollofuzz On the edge of reason 20 Apr 22 12.13pm |
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Originally posted by Midlands Eagle
I don't find it more expensive. Our butcher sells a half loin of pork which is about 18" long for £15 That sounds expensive but we cut it into three joints so at £5 per joint it's cheap. Most decent butchers will also make their own sausages and these should be head and shoulders above supermarket sausages - even those with expensive branding Does anyone remember Kennedys Sausages? Every Friday I had to go and get sausages from Kennedy's for our Tea. Unfortunately they are now are all closed. But we have found an alternative. They are from Ken 'N' Eddys (See what they did there) Beckenham High Street. Expensive but very good.
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| Dubai Eagle 20 Apr 22 1.11pm |
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We grew up on Kennedys sausages & mum used to buy their sausage meat to make home made pasties, as u say shame they all closed down now Originally posted by Apollofuzz
Does anyone remember Kennedys Sausages? Every Friday I had to go and get sausages from Kennedy's for our Tea. Unfortunately they are now are all closed. But we have found an alternative. They are from Ken 'N' Eddys (See what they did there) Beckenham High Street. Expensive but very good.
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| Palace Old Geezer Midhurst 20 Apr 22 1.47pm |
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Originally posted by Apollofuzz
Does anyone remember Kennedys Sausages? Every Friday I had to go and get sausages from Kennedy's for our Tea. Unfortunately they are now are all closed. But we have found an alternative. They are from Ken 'N' Eddys (See what they did there) Beckenham High Street. Expensive but very good. Strangely enough, my wife and I were reminiscing fondly about the wonderful Kennedy's butcher just the other day as we tucked into a sausage and mash supper. In addition to their sausages they made lovely pork pies too. My memory is somewhat fuzzy these days, but, do I recall they had a shop in Church Street near the bottom end of Surrey Street?
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| Badger11 Beckenham 20 Apr 22 2.42pm |
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Originally posted by Apollofuzz
Does anyone remember Kennedys Sausages? Every Friday I had to go and get sausages from Kennedy's for our Tea. Unfortunately they are now are all closed. But we have found an alternative. They are from Ken 'N' Eddys (See what they did there) Beckenham High Street. Expensive but very good. God yes, in fact I am having Ken an Eddy's sausages tonight. I was absolutely gutted when they closed seemed the family had a hissy fit, what they should have done is turned their shops into a Greigs style e.g. hot food and drink as well as the sausages and pies. The Ken and Eddy's are a pretty good copy unfortunately nobody is doing the steak pies which I loved. It was a sad when when it closed down.
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mr. apollo  Somewhere in Switzerland 20 Apr 22 3.01pm |
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Originally posted by Jimenez
Very difficult to get decent lamb here, so I do miss the Roast Lamb, but what I really miss (& I tried to buy it at Xmas) is the Golden Syrup pudding you used to get, have they stopped making them? I think Lyle's used to make them. That alongside Vanilla Ice Cream, custard or even evaporated milk. Try britishcornershop.co.uk I use them .... very good... They do Aunty's Golden syrup pudding or Mr Kipling, deliver to US (and Switzerland where I am).
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