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How to cook steaks

How do you like your meat? All our beef products, with the exception of minced beef can be cooked rare, medium or well done. Lamb and Veal can be cooked medium and well done and pork, with the exception of fillets, should always be cooked well done. Pan...

Top Tips for Leftover Turkey

We all know what it’s like – Christmas dinner has been a roaring success, but there’s still half a turkey sitting balefully in the fridge. No problem! Here are our ideas to make sure nothing goes to waste… Storing leftovers: After you've feasted on the turkey, cool any...

Why are sausages called 'bangers'?

Have you ever wondered where the name came from? One of the quirks of the English language is our many nicknames for things. Here in the UK, for instance, sausages are affectionately known as ‘bangers’, as in ‘bangers and mash’. This dates back to before the Second World...

Why eat matured meat?

Most of us have some sort of an idea that ‘matured’ meat is good – but do we really know why? It seems counter-intuitive, somehow. Wouldn’t really fresh meat taste better? Well, the answer is a definite no. Maturation is a process that’s old as the hills, for...

Why do we marinate meat?

Summer seems to have made a very rapid exit up here in Aberdeenshire! Just when we’d got in the way of setting up the barbecue, as well … luckily, the principles of marinating work just as well indoors as out in the fresh air. We usually marinate meat...

Storage, Defrosting and Blooming Steaks

Simple meals bring so much satisfaction; meals where you can really taste each wonderful ingredient. This is true for one particular meal more than all the others – your favourite steak dinner. Steaks have to stand up to quick cooking at a very high heat, and be delicious...