good meat

[ozziedturk]

Hi all just want to know where i can get good tasty meat from south east london. i dont want supermarket stuff. i want the best steak and any ideas what steak to get ?

[merciasounds]

I get mine mail order - I promise you it's the best steak you've ever tasted

http://www.donaldrussell.com/easy.cfm -

It may look expensive, but there's no waste, it's well trimmed and a sublime flavourthe pork mince makes gorgeous meatballs, the steak mince makes excellent burgers - but he makes those too try them!!

[sue11]

Merciasounds has beaten me to it! I also use Donald Russell and am impressed by the quality of the meat, expensive though, I tend to use them for treats rather than regular meat purchase. They pack their products in very expensive packaging, remember to ask on the website for them not to do this, unless you want it this way, as it is a waste and gives you extra packaging to throw away.
I have recently ordered their steak burgers, they are so thick that it took ages to cook them! Delicious though and well worth the extra money!
Expect to pay around �10 per steak portion, as I said expensive, but worth the extra quality.
Cheers Sue

[Brooksy]

I use Murrays Meat Market, a large, long established butchers @ the High St. end of Surrey Street open air market (also fantastic for fruit & veg). Incidentally, there is an excellant fishmonger just round the corner at the Crown Hill end.
What do you want to do with your steak? For grilling or frying, use sirloin, sliced wing rib, rump,or thinly sliced top rump. For stewing/casserole, shin, neck, chuck, thin flank.
for pies, chuck. For roasts, sirloin, silverside, fore rib, wing rib, top rump & topside. For braising, chuck, top rump, thin flank, brisket, & thin & thick ribs.

[Brooksy]

Oops, forgot to say in Croydon!

[Im a BusyBee]

i have used Donald Russell many times but i now use a local butcher as my family thinks his meat is just as good. See if you can find a local independant butcher to try. I like to go to mine once a week as i get ham from him. I would also say our opinion is that a steak is never quite the same once its been frozen therefore i try to buy them as and when we are having them.