tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3078806588853616263.post1932796600127283382..comments2024-03-28T20:02:15.189+00:00Comments on An English Homestead: The ButchersKev Alvitihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04992625860900617194noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3078806588853616263.post-37314933245585433932013-11-28T17:56:42.573+00:002013-11-28T17:56:42.573+00:00Difficult in our village, we don't have a butc...Difficult in our village, we don't have a butcher any more. I grew up here and we had 3 butchers, each specialising, one each in lamb, pork and beef, they killed and butched their own animals, I remember watching the pigs and lambs getting cut up, no H & S then,<br /><br />Not many traditional butchers left, but the ones that are make superb Cumberland sausage (I don't think it's Cumberland sausage unless it's made in Cumberland), bought by length and paid by weight. The supermarket variety isn't worth calling sausage.<br />Sadly the regulations now forbid them to make another speciality, black pudding, which they all made to their own specifications, and complemented the sausage perfectly.cumbrianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10047500383078884463noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3078806588853616263.post-65338062573633539172013-11-24T21:38:23.727+00:002013-11-24T21:38:23.727+00:00A little different maybe... *gulp*
when I have my ...A little different maybe... *gulp*<br />when I have my own animals I'd rather do it myself if the law will let me!Kev Alvitihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04992625860900617194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3078806588853616263.post-87753112089999896732013-11-24T21:37:25.557+00:002013-11-24T21:37:25.557+00:00You can always tell a good butcher from their saus...You can always tell a good butcher from their sausages!Kev Alvitihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04992625860900617194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3078806588853616263.post-91170947130085449872013-11-24T21:36:44.145+00:002013-11-24T21:36:44.145+00:00One day we might become self suffiicient on meat b...One day we might become self suffiicient on meat but even then I have very little desire to keep cattle so I'll always have to either trade or barter from someone!Kev Alvitihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04992625860900617194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3078806588853616263.post-78133765563670682092013-11-24T21:35:43.256+00:002013-11-24T21:35:43.256+00:00The french, for all their faults, do food very wel...The french, for all their faults, do food very well and they know how to support local businesses. I love going there and trying to eat my weight in cheese and salami!Kev Alvitihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04992625860900617194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3078806588853616263.post-87150989240691999722013-11-24T21:34:25.447+00:002013-11-24T21:34:25.447+00:00Yeah but it's Rick I normally see. Always help...Yeah but it's Rick I normally see. Always helpful and nice. I love going thereKev Alvitihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04992625860900617194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3078806588853616263.post-33269092163058730862013-11-24T21:33:49.711+00:002013-11-24T21:33:49.711+00:00Thats mad! I guess use it or loose it!Thats mad! I guess use it or loose it!Kev Alvitihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04992625860900617194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3078806588853616263.post-9520485706251217552013-11-19T17:17:52.559+00:002013-11-19T17:17:52.559+00:00This is our local butcher.
http://hippo-on-the-...This is our local butcher. <br /><br />http://hippo-on-the-lawn.blogspot.com/2012/01/not-for-faint-hearted.htmlHippohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09468795398813061897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3078806588853616263.post-26847646990867472592013-11-19T16:15:00.680+00:002013-11-19T16:15:00.680+00:00I use mine, and I don't even eat meat. But th...I use mine, and I don't even eat meat. But the Chap does and he's worth spoiling. :-) We have 2 with a 10 minute walk and more 'up town.' (Exeter.) One of them does a sausage with seaweed in it!Ruthdigshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01560136830586473734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3078806588853616263.post-22364752884784661002013-11-19T13:14:23.641+00:002013-11-19T13:14:23.641+00:00Well done for making the effort to shop for meat l...Well done for making the effort to shop for meat locally. We don't have to do that any more because we are self sufficient in meat, but if we were not able to continue doing so then I would become vegetarian!Verahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13235143664894609891noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3078806588853616263.post-54785919174395001432013-11-19T12:52:32.514+00:002013-11-19T12:52:32.514+00:00We are very lucky here in France. My nearest villa...We are very lucky here in France. My nearest village has 2, and another very nearby village also has 1. Also the supermarkets often have 'franchised' butchers, who just rent the space. So, wherever we shop, the quality is always superb. You wouldn't catch a Frenchman/woman eating sausages made from skin, rusk, and E numbers.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3078806588853616263.post-64060254682336760532013-11-19T10:29:58.991+00:002013-11-19T10:29:58.991+00:00A huge thumbs up for Dave at Waller's in Ledbu...A huge thumbs up for Dave at Waller's in Ledbury - do you go to their Colwall one, with Matt in charge?Compostwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09028585447065282738noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3078806588853616263.post-83675157638794002272013-11-19T06:06:47.869+00:002013-11-19T06:06:47.869+00:00It looks delicious! We only have one butcher shop ...It looks delicious! We only have one butcher shop in an area of 100,00 people!Gorges Smythehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08777621500611603786noreply@blogger.com