Where do you buy your meat?

Used to buy local – but local stopped supplying decent meat reliably – Now like Lee – I’m buying it increasingly from on-line suppliers.

I used to buy my meat in the supermarket, but now I don’t eat meat any more. All the scandal regarding the horsemeat made me think that we don’t really know what’s in our meat, or what drugs the animals have been treated with.

As for getting full traceability from the butcher, what about McColgan’s butchers shop in Strabane Northern Ireland which was caught out in the meat scandal. It was on the BBC news.

I buy steak at my local co-op when it is on offer, otherwise I prefer to buy from the Farmers’ market 7 miles away in Totnes, Devon. I buy smaller quantities but the quality and range is superb and the farmers can tell you about its source.
We are eating more fish than meat now. It is costly, but takes very little cooking time, so we save on that.
I love making tasty enjoyable economic meals.

I buy my meat from a number of sources. Whole lamb from a local farmer who sells it butchered and packed for the freezer, scottish beef from Costco, pork from a local pork butcher and chicken from Waitrose.

I used to buy only specific cuts of meat at a local butcher’s specialising in maintaining rare breeds in the village of Comberton, Cambs and pre-packed organic cold meats and bacon from the supermarket. However, since the horsemeat debacle, I now buy all meat from the butcher’s and it’s so much tastier; not just braising steak and joints but sausages, ham and bacon too. They understand their produce and know where it’s come from and I like supporting a local trader.

since the horse meat scandal we have vetoed all red meat from the supermarket.

we buy at a family butcher which has its own slaughterhouse.

the meat is excellent, service personal, we can buy just what we want. though as its some miles from our home we usually do a big meat shop and put stuff in the freezer in usable quantities.

and its surprisingly good value for money. who says supermarkets are cheap. they trade on convenience and con us into thinking their prices are low/

Interesting article in Which, but one of the criteria I would have been interested in is whether the Beef is grass fed or corn fed.
Not sure how much difference that makes in terms of taste (I do not exactly have a connoisseurs tongue) but I prefer to get grass fed whenever I can due to the better health benefits (Grass fed cows contain greater Omega 3 fat as opposed to Omega 6)

WORD OF MOUTH,
About two weeks before christmas a shop was being prepared for opening in the old arcade Dorchester A BUTCHERS. On opening it didn’t look to be very busy such a shame as so much time had been spent on getting it up and running My mother said ill support it so 7 days before christmas she bought a top quality piece of beef for christmas lunch The butcher asked when it was for and then offered to vacuum pack for keeping.
Christmas lunch arrived beef cooked and WOW
It was superb melted in the mouth full of flavour ,best piece of beef the family had tasted for some time.
Word of mouth soon spread the news around the village and amongst friends.Happy to report 7 people from the village now going to the new butchers, furthermore my mother was informed by someone else about the excellent ,meat from this new outlet.
Service and quality will always be rewarded,now every time we pass the shop is busy !!

I used to buy meat at supermarkets only, because it was a quick and easy way of picking it up, but after I’d tried some locally reared beef and lamb I didn’t want to go back. My family and I prefer the taste of locally butcher quality meat so much and I like to know where it comes from. The only problem is trying to fit in the time to get it, so now I order a box of meat and veggies from http://veg-inabox.co.uk/ and it gets delivered. It’s so fresh and I don’t think I’ll ever want to go back to supermarket meat!