South London butchers
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xsunnysuex
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Mr Retro said:
Why not? You get shellfish stalls. What's the difference?
xsunnysuex
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tarannau said:
Well if there is I've never found it. And as I said before. It's always really busy.
TBH popularity ain't a good guarantee of quality - you could probably do a roaring trade in rip off Boyzone CDs at some markets for example. There's something about crowds and apparent bargains that makes people lose their critical edge - take those lock in shops that encourage people to bid for random parcels of goods, on the hope that they'll get some kind of bargain video camera/console/tv.
I'm just intrigued how an animal can be portioned up so cheaply, especially one that's not particularly suitable for intensive farming techniques and cost cutting like lambs. It doesn't seem to add up in my head, although someone's welcome to give me some insight.
I'm just intrigued how an animal can be portioned up so cheaply, especially one that's not particularly suitable for intensive farming techniques and cost cutting like lambs. It doesn't seem to add up in my head, although someone's welcome to give me some insight.
xsunnysuex
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It isn't all as cheap as the lamb. I got a nice beef joint on Sunday for £5. I wouldn't buy it if I thought it was likely to make me ill.
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tarannau said:
Yes I do see what your saying. But how many of those people will go back again and again for more. I can tell by the banter the butchers have with their customers that they are regular visitors.
Orang Utan
Maybe I like the misery
Lack of discernment
xsunnysuex
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zenie said:
Shoulder of lamb.
zenie said:
What joints do you think you could get for a fiver though? We've bought whole lambs, pretty much direct from the farmer, and I'm struggling to see how the sums add up. Breast and even scrag would cost more than that, surely?
Proof is in the eating of course, but I'm cynical. Even in my old days working in dubious cockney pubs with dodgy meat raffles this would seem a little peculiar.
£5 for a beef joint sounds more plausible btw, even if qulaity and animal welfare ain't likely to be great,
Orang Utan
Maybe I like the misery
People who buy cheap meat - I used to buy Tesco lamb all the time - the value cuts, but then tried it from Moens and the contrast was astonishing - I can't eat Tesco Value lamb anymore - it's too fatty and chewy. I imagine people who buy meat from stalls like this lack cash and know no better. Otherwise they wouldn't be buying it.zenie said:Who has?
xsunnysuex
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Orang Utan said:
I know what tastes nice. And that is good enough for me. I wouldn't buy it if it didn't. And it's not a case of lacking cash. It's grabbing a bargain.
Orang Utan
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Of course I am. It's my specialityzenie said:
Orang Utan
Maybe I like the misery
Mutton's better anywayzenie said:
It's bit of a trek from Brixton but worth it, the best butcher I know of is Muscat Butchers, 13 Peckham Park Rd SE15.
Their meat is top quality and very reasonably priced. They can sell it at such a good price because they sell meat to the catering trade i.e they supply a lot of good restaurants in South London.
(They are lovely geezers as well.
Their meat is top quality and very reasonably priced. They can sell it at such a good price because they sell meat to the catering trade i.e they supply a lot of good restaurants in South London.
(They are lovely geezers as well.
Ms T
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Loupylou said:It's bit of a trek from Brixton but worth it, the best butcher I know of is Muscat Butchers, 13 Peckham Park Rd SE15.
Their meat is top quality and very reasonably priced. They can sell it at such a good price because they sell meat to the catering trade i.e they supply a lot of good restaurants in South London.
(They are lovely geezers as well.
Thanks for that. I'll check it out next time I'm over that way.
Ms T
Honey-coloured ramparts
Although I like the look of Scotch Meats as well - their supplier is Natural Farms, apparently.
http://www.naturalfarms.co.uk/index.shtml
http://www.naturalfarms.co.uk/index.shtml
Ms T said:
Kennedys .RIP. innit...
Just read this from that Natural farms site:
" After slaughter, the breakdown of oxygen in the blood produces lactic acid and it is this which tenderises meat, adding flavour in the process. If an animal is stressed at the time of slaughter, then the oxygen in the blood is used by the muscles beforehand and lactic acid is not formed in the same quantities.
It takes time for lactic acid to tenderise meat and indeed for gradual water loss to further concentrate the essential flavour developed.
Commercial restraints on supermarkets mean they simply do not hang their meat for long enough - it is on the shelves as quickly as possible after slaughter.
This results in the meat being tough and tasteless in comparison to meat that has been properly hung."
Very intresting...
