Author Topic: What's your favourite meat? (Read 8027 times)

waterbuffalofarmer · « **Reply #15 on:** August 02, 2015, 04:51:04 pm »

My favourite meat is hogget shoulder roasted,its beautiful especially the home grassreared ones ( ie my pedigree Lleyns). Second favourite is pork then chicken and lastly beef. I do love a nice steak or lasagna made with quality beef though. The thing is beef is so expensive and the cheap stuff simply ain't worth it. Mind you I used to kill out the odd buffalo and that was the best beef I have ever tasted.

Fleecewife · « **Reply #16 on:** August 02, 2015, 11:32:20 pm »

Quote from: Big Light on August 02, 2015, 09:18:01 am

Fw surely not just hogget but hebridean hogget as M&S we would say ;0)

Well of course

. It does just pip Shetland to the post

. We only have 2 lads to go this year, in a week or two, but there is still plenty in the depths of the freezer.

Heb hogget really has to be home grown, with home grown potatoes and cauliflower, or green beans, served with gravy and mint sauce. I even like hogget cold, in fact I prefer shoulder cold.

devonlad · « **Reply #17 on:** August 02, 2015, 11:38:59 pm »

nothing comes close to a slab of our home reared belly pork, slow roasted for hours and hours- oh yes !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

Kimbo · « **Reply #18 on:** August 03, 2015, 11:53:56 am »

Fleecewife......I think I could eat green beans 3 times a day

lord flynn · « **Reply #19 on:** August 03, 2015, 08:52:00 pm »

I was going to say grass fed beef. Then I remembered slow roasted lamb. Then the black bull steaks and the rose veal I had in Portugal. Then the black pork (also Portugal). Then venison stew.

I have not tried hogget or mutton but pretty sure I would like it.

devonlady · « **Reply #20 on:** August 04, 2015, 08:04:23 am »

Quote from: oor wullie on August 02, 2015, 12:18:49 pm

Devonlady it is wild. I haven't compared it to farmed so can't comment.
We have Red, Roe and Sika in the freezer. The red and roe were shot out of the sitting room window! Sika has the reputation of being the best but I haven't got round to having all three on the same plate to make a scientific comparison.

Stags shot in autumn are much stronger tasting than summer ones and length of time hung makes a big difference to how gamy it tastes.

If only I were nearer. I would happily do a taste testing for you!! The only things I could shoot out of my sitting room window would be my neighbours!!

oor wullie · « **Reply #21 on:** August 04, 2015, 03:47:55 pm »

It would be a mere 2000km round trip for you so next time you have a few hours to spare at dinner time then I would be delighted to cook a venison dinner for you!