Donald Russell Mince deal

neil3k said:
is this mince any good before i purchase it.
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From what I gathered on the comments on HOTUKDEALS, where it was also posted it seems to be good stuff. It works out at less than Tesco stuff, so has to be worth a try.

i'll be able to tell you on tuseday when it arrives anyway.
 
monkentage said:
What does shock frozen mean?

They deliver steak costing almost £40 a kilo frozen?

I think i'll stick to local suppliers...
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Due to the slow freezing that takes place in ordinary freezers, the water contained in the food goes from the liquid state to macrocrystals of ice which, as they expand, cause the cell membranes and fibres to break up. The food, with its torn cells and fibres, can no longer keep the fluids which contain its nutrients.

In addition, if food at room temperature – typically at 26°C or higher – is placed in the freezer, where the temperature is usually -18°C, the other food inside the freezer may start to thaw and the freezer use up more energy.
As a matter of fact, our domestic freezers are designed to keep pre-frozen food, rather than freeze food. If you put fresh or hot food straight into the freezer, you will ruin not only this food but also all the other frozen food already in the freezer.

With the shock freezing function, water contained in the food solidifies rapidly and forms microcrystals, which because of their very small dimensions do not tear the food cell membrane and fibres. The food thus keeps its organoleptic properties, flavour, texture and colours, and lasts longer in the freezer.
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Mine turned up on Saturday!

All the mince was frozen, but pre-packed in plastic packaging - all labeled up nicely and easy to just throw in the freezer

Also got a nice letter from them with a code for 20% off my next order plus free delivery!

I think I will probably order again off them when money is not so tight as I used to order from Allens of Mayfair and I loved their meat :eek: :D
 
For reference, I made my second batch of burgers using this mince last night, and it was noticeably tastier than the same priced Sainsburys mince. :)
 
I've made spag bol with this mince and it tasted nicer than the mince I normally buy from Asda. The texture was different, it was a lot meatier than I expected it to be. I'll definitely be getting my mince from a butchers from now on.
 
I got a pack of steaks and the mince pack - the steaks were ok, too thin for my liking really, but that's my fault for not reading the weights properly, but the mince has been great, everything we've made with it has tasted significantly better than suprtmarket mince, and to be honest, a bit better than the local butchers too.

Think I'll go back to the local butchers for the steaks, but will give these guys another go for the mince....
 
Heads up!

If you, like me, can't bother with normal supermarket mince since trying this stuff, there is a deal currently on (though not quite as good as the OP).

I just bought 12 packs of mince for £45.60 delivered, as they are doing a 20% of £40 spend and free delivery.

So 5.28kgs of mince for £45.60, or £4.31 per 500g (standard, bland supermarket stuff is £4 per 500g).

And 5% topcashback for existing users ;)

20% deal ends on Sunday
 
Hmm, my local butchers does 500g for £3.50 so I might give that a try first.

It was really nice, so if my butchers mince isn't as good I might order some when there is another deal on. I know I said I didn't notice much difference but I did notice it when I went back to buying supermarket stuff. The texture of the meat is a lot better and you really notice the taste difference when using it for burgers etc.
 
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