Online Butchers

[BenjiA]

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]

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]

Hardly has any. Might be slightly more bony than a monkfish but nothing like a sardine.

[dazco]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

1/2 lb rib eye steaks, £3 each

http://greatbritishmeatco.cmail20.com/t/i-l-djhrdu...

[dazco]

rsbmw said:

1/2 lb rib eye steaks, £3 each

http://greatbritishmeatco.cmail20.com/t/i-l-djhrdu...

Nice work

[gobuddygo]

Have you seen the reviews for this product from Musclefood maybe NSFW

longer thicker

[dazco]

gobuddygo said:

Have you seen the reviews for this product from Musclefood maybe NSFW

longer thicker

It doesn't work

[Toaster Pilot]

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]

dazco said:

It doesn't work

Pull the other one.

[sp3nn1e]

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]

Chucklehead said:

My local butcher.. they're brilliant. If I move I'll be using their online service.

Way to get involved and contribute