"alternative butcher"

[grynch]

ok.. this one is aimed at our UK resident forum members ( as the site below will not ship outside of the UK )

I also don't know if any of you guys are foodies.. but I gotta say.. I'm having a "food-gasm" just reading this site.

wild boar anyone?
suckling pig?
welsh "wagyu" beef?

http://www.alternativemeats.co.uk/


and on, and on , and on.....
The Mutton Renaissance
Free Range Chicken
Guinea Fowl
Duck Recipes
Christmas Recipes
Osso Bucco
Crocodile
Kangaroo
Quail
Ostrich
Wild Boar
Rachel's Rabbit
Venison Dishes
Pleasant Pheasant
African Game
British Game
Rose Veal Dishes
Canapés
Kid Goat

[DanaC]

The farm shop near my village sells wild boar sausages. Venison sausages too. They're very nice. Wild Boar and Redcurrant sausages ftw. Every so often Sainsbury's carry Kangaroo steaks. They're rather nice. Guinea fowl are fairly readily available as are quail and quail eggs, but they're pricey compared to chicken or turkey.

[Trilby]

um....nope.

[Sundae]

Butchers in England have to have a specific licence for game, and as trade fell off for town centre butchers, most of them let it lapse. I vividly remember whole rabbits, hare and pheasants hanging outside butchers as a child.

Back when I regularly hosted 6+ people for dinner, I had access to a farm shop which sold some of the above. I enjoyed teal especially, but could never cook it for my family now because the correct cooking time leaves the meat naturally pink - it runs red like steak when cooked, not clear like chicken. Mum would simply refuse to eat it.

I had a carpaccio of wild boar at my friend's wedding in Tuscany. Yum.
I've only had goat as Curried Goat (Carribean recipe). I'd like to try it roasted though.

I have eaten many of the meats on their menu, but I'd like to taste the rest!
There is a foodie culture in this country and one day when I am a bestselling author of My Life As A Strawberry Festival Queen I will purchase from websites like this for my Aga cookbook.

[infinite monkey]

I'm waiting for your book, Sundae, but as to the food Bri and I will be going to Marions for some pizza or some other such sort of normal food.

[Sundae]

Honestly, Infi, much of the meat they sell is... well - meat.
Crocodile, kangaroo, antelope, ostrich, boar - I've eaten it and it doesn't taste weird or wacky.

I won't serve you frogs legs or escargot - which I have eaten and are more unusual. Or insects.
And I'll hold off on veal, horse or rabbit for moral/ sentimental reasons.

Other than that, just trust me. And you can bring dessert

[infinite monkey]

We have a restaurant in a small town that's close, called Buffalo Jacks, that serves wild game. I've tried it. I just don't get it.

I'm a simple girl with a little kid's tastes. I went to lunch once with an ex-boyfriend and his friends, and his buddy said "You eat just like our kids!" I was having grilled cheese and fries.

Or, as Bobcat Goldthwait said (yes, oft-repeated by yours truly): tastes just like chicken? Then buy a fucking chicken! It's the cheapest fucking meat you can buy.

Do you like Pineapple Upside Down cake? It's been too long since I've had any. I don't like cherries on mine, so you have to be the cherry.

[Sundae]

I'm conflicted on pineapple.
Pineapple upside-down cake is too sweet for me. Probably the syrup they put with tinned pineapple.

Pineapple on pizza - YUMYUM!

Snack-packs of pineapple from the chiller don't agree with me. The sides of my mouth and my tongue start to sing. In a really bad way. After a while it just stings and that's horrid.

BUT. When I was in Sri Lanka I had fresh, local pineapple every day. It was like pineapple x10 and no mouth irritation.

Anyway, I promise not to push you too hard when you come over.
But I will ask you to try some things you haven't have before. Within your eating purlieu. Like dosa, paratha, bhatura (Indian breads), various pickles and pies (esp Pieminister). And a good old English Breakfast!

Don't worry, you can wash it all down with Bucks Fizz (aka Mimosa, I think).

[infinite monkey]

Mimosa = Champagne and orange juice, here.

Well, when you come HERE, I'll make my famous chicken kebabs with fresh pineapple, on the grill. Fresh pineapple is so much better, and on the grill it's to die for.

[Sundae]

See we can't get proper fresh pineapple here. The majority is imported - I don't think it's even financially viable to grow it under glass.

Yay - Bucks Fizz does = Mimosa.
Let's have lots.

I was staggered to have it unlimited as part of brunch in San Francisco.
I don't think they were used to the British.
The plan was to get loaded and sleep all the way home.
Guess what?
The plane was late. We had a 13 hour flight with hangovers.

[infinite monkey]

Hahhahaha...I don't even know where we get pineapple. Hawaii? Under the sea?

Anyway, by 'fresh' I meant in a pineapple shell, and not out of a can. I didn't mean like picking it off the pineapple tree.

[DanaC]

Originally Posted by Sundae

See we can't get proper fresh pineapple here. The majority is imported - I don't think it's even financially viable to grow it under glass.

Yay - Bucks Fizz does = Mimosa.
Let's have lots.

I was staggered to have it unlimited as part of brunch in San Francisco.
I don't think they were used to the British.
The plan was to get loaded and sleep all the way home.
Guess what?
The plane was late. We had a 13 hour flight with hangovers.

I wiki'd Mimosa. Apparently where Bucks Fizz is a 2:1 Orange to Champers mix, Mimosa is a 1:1 mix.

Bucks Fizz to me is Christmas morning. Always used to have Bucks Fizz with Christmas breakfast at J's dad's. We then adopted it for ourselves. And I've kept it up as a singleton :p Every Christmas I do myself a poor man's Bucks Fizz (cava instead of champagne) with my breakfast. It's the only part of Christmas breakfast that Pilau doesn't get a taste of.

[Aliantha]

Bucks Fizz is a waste of good champagne.

There are places around here that sell most of those types of meat, mentioned in the op. They're incredibly expensive. Prohibitively so in most cases. In particular, I don't understand why the rabbit is so expensive. You can go west of the coast about 100km and shoot as many as you like of the little suckers for nothing more than the cost of a .22 bullet. You can even use a crossbow if you want.

Just don't let the cops catch you.

[Sundae]

I know - I was looking into making a game pie a couple of months back - rabbit is a very healthy red meat. I found it in two supermarkets at ridiculous prices. Errrr, no. Gave up the idea and just had chicken curry - can't be arsed doing pastry just for chicken.

Ah Dana, the more potent mix explains why I was quite as drunk as I was.
I was also a (UK) size 12 then, and more susceptible!

I had a Chrimbo tradition of Bucks Fizz and smoked salmon on water biscuits. But once I had no-one to share it with, it petered out. And the evil ex wouldn't touch salmon in any form.

I want to be at Limey's for Christmas, because she's serving Rum Flip.

[Trilby]

mmmmmmm...marion's piazza!