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11-07-2020, 06:37 PM
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Does anyone eat much Red Meat These Days!

I was just checking my Butchers delivery list for next week and it just occurred to me how long it has been since I last bought Beef or Lamb! I do still buy British minced Beef for my Shepherd's Pies these days. but that is it.

I wonder why this is? It's certainly not that I don't absolutely love Roast Beef with Yorkshire Pud and Horseradish Sauce, or Roast Leg of Lamb with Mint Sauce or Mint Jelly. I drool just thinking about them.

Looking at my list, I have Gammon Joint, Pork Sausages, Bacon rashers, Whole Chickens, Chicken Breast,s and Pork Loin Chops.

I seem to recall months ago, grumbling to myself over the price of Welsh Lamb. It was something like £11 for half a leg! and Lamb chops were just as expensive. Beef wasn't much cheaper. Perhaps that's why.

I'm fortunate that it's definitely not a case of not being able to afford to buy Lamb or Beef, but I simply refuse to pay that sort of money for what would be one meal plus the pooches having left overs. I can get two Gammon joints or two whole fresh Britiish Chickens for the same price.

Why has Lamb and Beef been priced beyond the means of many? I want so much to support our British Farmers but not at any price!

How about you? Do you still buy Lamb and Beef often?
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11-07-2020, 07:35 PM
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Re: Does anyone eat much Red Meat These Days!

I eat red meat in Pukka pies and a fair amount of ham, which I think is also classed as red meat? Sausages sometimes too. Occasionally minced beef as well (less than 5% fat).

No joints or cuts of red meat these days.
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11-07-2020, 07:44 PM
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Beef sometimes but more often chicken.
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11-07-2020, 07:51 PM
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Hi

We both import and export lamb.

http://beefandlamb.ahdb.org.uk/marke...rade-balances/
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11-07-2020, 08:14 PM
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Oooh, l had a rib-eye steak for my dinner tonight. Should l feel guilty?
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11-07-2020, 08:20 PM
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Re: Does anyone eat much Red Meat These Days!

Originally Posted by Artangel ->
Oooh, l had a rib-eye steak for my dinner tonight. Should l feel guilty?
Had pizza tonight..........!
Guilty? Nah.............
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11-07-2020, 08:26 PM
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My dealer gives me a good deal on Polish pork.

blx to British Farmers. I know where to find better.
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11-07-2020, 08:28 PM
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Beef joint and Lamb are extremely expensive, I think, particulalry lamb. I asked my butcher not so long ago why lamb was so expensive. He said that because the EU is prepared to pay top prices for our lamb , because it;s the best in the world, the price is not reduced for us. Why would they ?
New Zealand lamb although nice has a wet skin, where as Welsh lamb has a dry skin... and don't ask what difference that makes, because I didnt ask.
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11-07-2020, 08:55 PM
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Very rarely eat red meats, mince in a cottage pie thats about it,maybe some stewing steak in the winter occasionally.
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11-07-2020, 08:56 PM
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We have rib eye steak every other Saturday .
Love it so much .
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