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BenjiA

300 posts

209 months

Thursday 4th February 2016
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rsbmw said:
Another mailshot from the meat guys Bavette Steak at £5.95 per kg

http://www.greatbritishmeat.com/meat/beef/bavette....
Had some of this last night, left it to age/dry out in the fridge for 5 days, tasted fantastic, and was so tender, thanks for posting.

Muskythedog

1,970 posts

112 months

Sunday 7th February 2016
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Just putting together an order for King Crab after reading this. Going to go for the Hake, anybody any ideas how boney a fish this is?

Vyse

1,224 posts

123 months

Sunday 7th February 2016
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Hardly has any. Might be slightly more bony than a monkfish but nothing like a sardine.

dazco

4,280 posts

188 months

Sunday 7th February 2016
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Muskythedog said:
Just putting together an order for King Crab after reading this. Going to go for the Hake, anybody any ideas how boney a fish this is?
Just one big bone running through the middle really

Muskythedog

1,970 posts

112 months

Sunday 7th February 2016
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Thanks, so do we think with the skinless and 'boneless' fillets they will be good to go (as much as say salmon would be)? Want to make sure they will be OK for the kids without any messing about.

http://www.kingcrab.co.uk/acatalog/Hake-fillets-4-...


dazco

4,280 posts

188 months

Sunday 7th February 2016
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Muskythedog said:
Thanks, so do we think with the skinless and 'boneless' fillets they will be good to go (as much as say salmon would be)? Want to make sure they will be OK for the kids without any messing about.

http://www.kingcrab.co.uk/acatalog/Hake-fillets-4-...
Those are hake fillets so will have no bone.

I fell in love with these in Spain, fried in a bit of olive oil and a load of fresh garlic and parsley, they really are lovely.
Bargain of the century at that price too

Muskythedog

1,970 posts

112 months

Sunday 7th February 2016
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dazco said:
Those are hake fillets so will have no bone.

I fell in love with these in Spain, fried in a bit of olive oil and a load of fresh garlic and parsley, they really are lovely.
Bargain of the century at that price too
Great, thanks. Will get the order placed.

LordGrover

33,531 posts

211 months

Monday 8th February 2016
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Muskythedog said:
Thanks, so do we think with the skinless and 'boneless' fillets they will be good to go (as much as say salmon would be)? Want to make sure they will be OK for the kids without any messing about.

http://www.kingcrab.co.uk/acatalog/Hake-fillets-4-...
Frozen in one 5 kg block.
Is it okay to thaw, repackage and refreeze?

Muskythedog

1,970 posts

112 months

Monday 8th February 2016
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LordGrover said:
Frozen in one 5 kg block.
Is it okay to thaw, repackage and refreeze?
Says they are:

Skinless frozen at sea hake fillets block frozen in a 5 kilo block; This hake is caught, processed, packed and frozen on board by freezer trawlers fishing the South Eastern Atlantic. . Its Latin name is 'Capensis' and it's one of the sweetest tasting hake species there is. Each fillet is graded 4-6 ounces fully interleaved so each fillet can be removed from the block easily.

Presume they can be eaten one or 2 at a time?

Burwood

18,709 posts

245 months

Monday 8th February 2016
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It may be of interest to some. Buying bulk meats lends itself to a garage chest freezer and a vacuum packing machine. When jc had a boat and lived in Australia I could catch 100kg of tuna, Marlene of white fish in a weekend and packed to all up in the freezer.

FredericRobinson

3,668 posts

231 months

Monday 8th February 2016
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Sounds like what's know in the industry as 'shatterpack', should be easily enough separated, watch out for freezer burn if you're not using it quickly, would expect it to be top quality either, but it depends what you're using it for

Muskythedog

1,970 posts

112 months

Monday 8th February 2016
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Burwood said:
It may be of interest to some. Buying bulk meats lends itself to a garage chest freezer and a vacuum packing machine. When jc had a boat and lived in Australia I could catch 100kg of tuna, Marlene of white fish in a weekend and packed to all up in the freezer.
I alternate roasting a full gammon and a topside joint from the local farm shop every month or so, after investing in a decent slicer. Put them in tin foil in 5-6 slice batches and freeze in a zip lock back, taking out every couple of days to take to work for snap. As long as it's thoroughly cooled before slicing it keeps with no noticeable loss of quality. Fair outlay on the slicer but given the cost of decent cooked meat in the butchers on one hand and the ste they sell elsewhere it's worth it for me ham sarnies and salad and hot roast beef slice sarnies.

Got my slicer from here:

http://www.italiaworldwide.com

rsbmw

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3,464 posts

104 months

Wednesday 10th February 2016
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dazco

4,280 posts

188 months

Wednesday 10th February 2016
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rsbmw said:
Nice work

gobuddygo

1,383 posts

184 months

Thursday 11th February 2016
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Have you seen the reviews for this product from Musclefood maybe NSFW

longer thicker



dazco

4,280 posts

188 months

Thursday 11th February 2016
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gobuddygo said:
Have you seen the reviews for this product from Musclefood maybe NSFW

longer thicker
It doesn't work whistle

Toaster Pilot

14,615 posts

157 months

Friday 12th February 2016
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rsbmw said:
Should add tarelgin.com for Scottish stuff. 3lbs black pudding stick for £7, 4lbs square sausage for £5.50. Excellent.
Wow - thanks for that, as a Scot living in England I usually resort to bulk buying when visiting home and driving it down myself!

gobuddygo

1,383 posts

184 months

Friday 12th February 2016
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dazco said:
It doesn't work whistle
Pull the other one.

sp3nn1e

170 posts

158 months

Tuesday 23rd February 2016
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To add, at least two of the providers mentioned here can be found on cash back websites (eg Great British Meat Co is 8.08% via TopCashback, Donald Russell 5-7%), not looked for any others.

Evolved

3,553 posts

186 months

Tuesday 23rd February 2016
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Chucklehead said:
My local butcher.. they're brilliant. If I move I'll be using their online service.
Way to get involved and contribute laugh