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Top 10 Tips To Buy Meat Online: Advice on buying and serving.

Tuesday, June 29, 2010 at 10:28PM
Tags: buy meat online, buying meat, online meat, pipers farm meat, red ruby brisket, red ruby silverside, red ruby topside, steaks
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Does choosing an online butcher mean sacrificing advice? At Pipers Farm we think not, and gladly extend the ethics of our friendly shop service to our online customers and visitors. I've put together some of the most popular advice below, but we'd love to hear from you if there is anything further we can help with.

1. Do You Like Eating Fat?

If not then you do not need to pay for it from Pipers Farm! Our animals all grow slowly and reach natural maturity – that is when they develop marbling fat: these are fine strands of fat within the muscle. These cook out and help to add flavour but you don't feel like you are actually eating fat.

2. Do You Like To Eat Meat Rare Or More Well Done?

It is a matter of personal taste, but we would always encourage our customers to eat our meat without overcooking it. There is no need to cook our meat to “make it safe”. The only reason to cook Pipers Farm meat is to enhance the eating sensation, so that it is an absolute pleasure. Clear, simple cooking guidelines are on every pack.

3. Select A Cut Depending On How You Want To Cook

Some cuts are better suited to cooking for longer if that is how you prefer it. Red Ruby Silverside can be cooked for longer than Red Ruby Topside. Slow-roasting in a casserole on a bed of root vegetables is the best way to cook to “well done”. Red Ruby Brisket or Oxtail are perfect for this.

4. Give It A Rest

After cooking, “Resting” meat is very important – it allows the cooking juices to “settle” within the joint, and the flavour develops as it cools slightly.

5. Carve Thinly

Our Red Ruby silverside and topside benefits from some careful carving, so take a few moments to sharpen that knife. If cooked rare, a thin slice is as good as a lot of Fillet you might buy!

6. Buy The Size You Need

Our meat is always slowly grown and properly hung so it doesn't shrink when you cook it. Our shop pages always give a guide on quantities to allow.

7. Double The Pleasure

Always buy meat to allow enough so you can have some of the joint for a cold meal on another day.

8. Plan Ahead

Our “ready to cook” packaging means that each portion is packed separately. Steaks for example can be taken out singly and dropped into cool water so that they can be cooked in less than half an hour...and there is no waste.

9. Try Our Prepared Meats And Meals.

Most of our burgers, some sausages and many of our ready cooked meals are Gluten-Free. Our ready meals are cooked just like you would at home!

10. Your Personal Online Butcher

All our products come with clear cooking guidelines that are simple to follow, and ensure cooking success! And if you like to buy meat and get sound advice, we are always delighted to talk to you on the phone. Our customer service team really do know how to help you, and get the best out of Pipers Farm meat.

Supplying Farm Meat Online: from browser to freezer

Tuesday, June 29, 2010 at 10:14PM
Tags: award winning meat, farm meat, meat delivered, meat delivery, meat online, meat online uk, meat order, online meat, red ruby beef
Filed in: Red Ruby Beef
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Pipers Farm was set up 20 years ago to produce farm meat that every family could eat with complete confidence. Part of that approach involves re-thinking how we make our farm meat and food available to buy, and how we capture and deliver the great taste to the table. I thought I would share with you how we do it, and some of the people we enjoy doing it for!

We spent years working out the breeds which would deliver sensational flavour and eating pleasure.
Red Ruby beef cattle are native to Exmoor. We grow them slowly up on Exmoor and down on the Somerset Levels, until they are 3 years old and naturally mature. We kill them in a very small local Artisan abattoir. We hang the carcases in the traditional way, on the bone for a month. The meat is perfectly marbled, fine-grained with a wonderful depth of flavour. We butcher in a continental style. Each muscle separated out and cut immaculately so there is no trimming left and no waste.
So, what's our secret behind supplying award winning meat online to the UK? We pack in single “ready to cook” portions, and blast freeze. We have captured the moment of perfection, like a perfectly aged wine or cheese. Selecting from our online shop is so simple, and we are on the end of the phone to provide really helpful advice if needed. Our meat offers unbeatable value for money, because we have perfected every detail for complete satisfaction. No waste, no hassle....every time. Nobody delivers faster! Our meat online order service can be used up to 4pm for delivery to your door the next morning! Perfect meat, perfectly grown, packed and frozen by us means that you can come home to the best meat that money can buy – just the right amount for any of the family ( and unexpected guests can drop in too!) at a moment’s notice. Pipers Farm meat is sensational fresh, and every bit as good frozen, so do away with the hassle of hunting for good meat. Enjoy the convenience of sensational meat, ready at a moment's notice, from your freezer, exactly when and how you want it.
And Pipers Farm meat delivers really good nutrition for all ages:
Expectant mums...
paying careful attention to a pure and natural diet.
Young children...
enjoying not just healthier chicken nuggets, but getting involved in the cooking too!
Growing, active teenagers, and busy students...
buying our speedy ready meals as a nutritional alternative to junk food
Busy professionals and chefs-in-the-making...
turning out good meals from our finest cuts, appreciating convenient packaging and delivery
Meals for the elderly...
Looking for traditionally prepared food they can trust, easy to prepare and digest.
The Family...
We are proud to be entrusted in supplying centrepiece meat for those large meals when the table is surrounded by all ages, but all equally hungry!

Simplest Turkey in the Sunshine

Sunday, April 18, 2010 at 09:55AM
Tags: edible flowers, maddocks farm organics, simplest turkey
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Pipers Farm Simplest Turkey. Edible flowers and Salad supplied by Maddocks Farm Organics

The Joy of Family Turkey Dinners at Easter...

Thursday, March 25, 2010 at 03:26PM
Tags: easter, easter dinner, easter turkey, simple turkey, simplest turkey
Filed in: Simplest Roast, Simplest Turkey Simplest Christmas Turkey,
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We always love family gatherings at Easter & we are particularly looking forward to it this year & it will mark the end of what has felt like a very long winter! The daffodils and camellias have just started to bloom so spring must be just around the corner! The longer days certainly give a much more relaxed feeling to the impending arrival of the family...

Following the huge success of the Simplest Turkey at Christmas, we are getting orders for the Simplest Turkey for Easter. Customers at Christmas found cooking a fabulous meal for up to 10 people in just an hour, greatly reduced the stress involved with the traditional Christmas dinner. Easter doesn't need to be any different! Instead you can sit back and enjoy the whole occasion.

Order by 4pm Wednesday 31st March & we will deliver to your home by 12 noon on the 1st April.

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