Any butchers on here or anyone who knows their meat?

Jonny69

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We bought a leg of lamb yesterday and roasted it up but when I carved it the meat smelled a bit strange. We had a few bites but nearer the nose it was clear something was wrong so we abandoned the roast just in case, it's going back to the supermarket today.

My question is this. It was a fresh bit of meat bought that day and it didn't smell 'off' like that rancid meat smell that you get when it's out of date. It had a kind of smell of sheep manure about it and the bit I put in my mouth tasted the same as it smelled. Not like a stong lamb taste, it was not good. What was up with the meat? Could it have been diseased or something? Hoping one of you butchers might be able to shed some light :)
 
It could have just been rancid meat, most Supermarkets freeze their meat for transport let it defrost over time and then put it out, you could have just had a bad lot.

Hopefully it was just a one off.

KaHn
 
Sometimes a cut that big it's probably best to abandon it. Ring the supermarket, tell them what the situation is. They'll probably tell you to either bin it (or take it back in?) and you'll get a refund.

You should tell them that you're a semi famous chef, might speed things along.
 
That sounds like diseased out of date meat to me.

I used to work in our local supermarket and their fresh meat was far from it usually. When you take in to consideration the maturity of the staff that run the deli and meat/fish areas you realise that all isn't that it seems from the customer side of the counter.

I swear by my local butcher instead. all local fresh produce, lots of home made burgers and sausages etc. Harldy an ounce of Fat off anything when cooked and the taste difference is amazing. In most cases its a damned site cheaper and you know more or less where it came from and who's touched it.
 
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We swear by our local butcher as well (okay, it's in stoke, so not that local) The meat you get is always much nicer than in a supermarket, and you're dealing with a person who actually wants to be dealing with you, as opposed to people in supermarkets that couldn't care less.
 
I'd be suprised if it was diseased...every carcass that leaves an abatoir is inspected and stamped

more than likely just gone bad

and as people say...I always go to my local butcher for fresh meat..its always a better colour and cut freshly from a properly hung carcass
 
Ben M said:
We swear by our local butcher as well (okay, it's in stoke, so not that local) The meat you get is always much nicer than in a supermarket, and you're dealing with a person who actually wants to be dealing with you, as opposed to people in supermarkets that couldn't care less.
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I'm a believer in eathing ethically. Comes from my dad who likes to promote it. If you have to buy, use local businesses who produce and sell organic goods and grow what you can if need be. Even at our crappy terraced town shed of a house we're trying to grown our own veg etc out the back. Should save us a bit of money too hopefully.
 
Ben M said:
We swear by our local butcher as well (okay, it's in stoke, so not that local) The meat you get is always much nicer than in a supermarket, and you're dealing with a person who actually wants to be dealing with you, as opposed to people in supermarkets that couldn't care less.
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Must be good if you drive all the way from chester for him - do you know the name / where abouts he is so I can try it out?
 
Youstolemyname said:
Apparently Jonny69, the OcUK resident chef, does :)
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And what makes me feel double stupid is today I drove past the butchers and bought free range chicken from Tesco. The shame :(

Repeat after me 50 times: I MUST USE THE BUTCHERS...
 
Telescopi said:
Must be good if you drive all the way from chester for him - do you know the name / where abouts he is so I can try it out?
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I shall ask my dad when he's home later.

I don't think it's massively special, but the stuff there is always very nice, the people are very nice when they see that you're a regular. Part of the reason why my dad makes the trip to Stoke is because he likes the trip, he goes to the market and gets cold meats as well. He generally goes once a month and buys a lot, and we freeze it. It's definately worth trying if you're a local and don't have a current favourite butcher.
 
Jonny69 said:
And what makes me feel double stupid is today I drove past the butchers and bought free range chicken from Tesco. The shame :(

Repeat after me 50 times: I MUST USE THE BUTCHERS...
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I am so lucky that my butchers is an 'award winning' one. It's called 'Broughs' if you google it, their new site for mail order stuff is going live soon.

My weekly treat is going in and getting them to cut me a nice slab of steak to the thickness I desire.

They are famous for their sausages and black pudding :)
 
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