Every year, St George’s Day marks the start of Great British Beef Week. Running for seven days, the celebration promotes our great British beef industry and champions the role of beef within a healthy and balanced diet. As a guardian of cattle, I fervently believe that events like this are integral to supporting the wider… Continue reading Celebrating beef with homemade bresaola
In December our first Hereford cow left the farm. We look after a small herd of Herefords who live outside for the majority of the time – feeding on grass and pottering about as they wish. In the winter months they’re nestled in an open cattle shed feeding on homegrown hay. Farming isn’t particularly in… Continue reading Musings on meat…
Our last calf of the year took its time to arrive. The dam (mum) had been showing signs of the impending birth for a couple of weeks – her udder was gradually getting bigger as the milk prepared to come through and she was showing signs of discharge in the days leading up to the… Continue reading The last calf of the year arrives…
A few weeks ago the cows moved outside for summer and have since been enjoying the lush grass and sunshine. The first cow set to give birth this year is due in late June – imagine then my surprise when on a dog walk last night at about 10.30pm I flash the torch across a… Continue reading A birth on the farm…
This week felt a long time coming, but it eventually arrived. It was the joyous week when the cows were moved outside for the summer, and this year, it was a little later than usual. Later, because the grass decided it wasn’t too keen on growing. It wasn’t wet enough and there weren’t enough nutrients in… Continue reading The cows head outside for summer…
To mark this year’s Great British Beef Week I decided to cook a different dish using our own beef each night. As Sunday marked the last day I decided a slow-cooked dish packed full of flavour was needed, so I plumped for steak and ale pie. When I was planning my week of menus last weekend… Continue reading Great British Beef Week – steak and ale pie
When I was talking to the other half about what dishes he might fancy in our week of eating beef, he was pretty keen on making burgers. If you’ve missed my previous posts this week – it’s Great British Beef Week and each night this week I’m cooking a different dish using our own beef.… Continue reading Great British Beef Week – Homemade burgers
Every night this week I am cooking a different dish using our own beef to mark Great British Beef Week – except tonight. Each month our local Japanese restaurant, Momiji, hosts a sushi week and more often than not we’ll be there with bells on. The food is sublime, the service is wonderfully friendly and… Continue reading Great British Beef Week – Japanese style steak
This week is Great British Beef Week and to mark the event I am cooking a different dish every night using our own beef. Last night it was beef bourguignonne and tonight it’s beef stuffed cabbage rolls – it’s a new dish to me and one which may sound dubious to some but I have high hopes for it.… Continue reading Great British Beef Week – beef stuffed cabbage rolls
Today marks the start of Great British Beef Week, an event which champions British beef. Started by Ladies in Beef – a group of more than 150 farmers who aim to promote the British beef industry – it encourages people to eat beef as part of a balanced and healthy diet. As a keeper of cattle,… Continue reading Great British Beef Week…
