MEAT & MORE
All the suppliers below havethe
highest sustainability andwelfare
standards and sell excellentmeat
boxes, but I’ve highlightedstar
items of difference:
FARMISON & CO farmison.com
Look out for... small, excellent beef
wellingtons to serve 4 (if you don’t
feel up to the challenge on p42),
duck cocktail sausages and
ready-to-roast porchetta.
PIPERS FARM pipersfarm.com
Look out for... Cockerels (about 4kg;
order now for delivery from 20 Nov)
as an alternative to the traditional
big turkey roast, as well as the
cheat’s gravy (useful standby). I also
love what they call the ‘weird bits’,
like bones for stock and offal that
can be tricky to come by if you don’t
have a good butcher near you.
FIELD & FLOWER fieldandflower.co.uk
Look out for... Just-like-homemade
meat pies (only individual at the
moment, but they’re working on
largeronesthatwould
beexcellenttostashin
thefreezer);herband
saltedchickenthighs
(easy,special);bavette
steaks;excellent
sausagemeat;ethical
wild game.
COOMBE FARM ORGANIC
coombefarmorganic.co.uk
Look out for... beef from retired
dairy cattle. The flavour is deep and
complex, enhanced by pronounced
fat-marbling – well worth trying.
Check out the goat, turkeys and
charcuterie, too.TURKEYS & MORE
We may not be able to have a throng
round our tables this Christmas,
but a glistening roast turkey gives
the most versatile leftovers (almost
the best bit: those curries... That
turkey pie!) and British free-range
turkey farmers need our support.
Here are my two go-to free-range
producers (order ahead now):KELLY BRONZE
kellybronze.co.uk
The turkeys come
complete with a simple
thermometer that
pops up when the bird
is cooked just-so, reducing
the risk of dried-out meat.
Look out for... the stuffed breast
roast and crown if you don’t want
a whole bird.
COPAS copasturkeys.co.uk
Quality, unadorned turkeys.
Look out for... whole stuffed turkeys,
breasts and crowns, cockerels,
duck, goose and smoked chicken.SUSTAINABLE FISH
FISH FOR THOUGHT fishforthought.co.uk
Look out for... lobster, Cornish sole
and gurnard, plus prepared seafood
dishes such as lobster thermidor or
lobster macaroni cheese made by
their cheffing team in Cornwall.
PESKY peskyfish.co.uk
Pesky became a direct-to-customer
online shop over lockdown and isYOUR CHRISTMAS
M A I L-OR DER
SHOPPING GU IDE
“Thisistheyearwe’veallreassessedwhereweshop, how we
shopandwhatwebuy.Weknowyoucarepassionately about
sustainabilityandsupportingBritishfarmersand producers,
and sodowe.There’sneverbeena bettertimethan Christmas
2020 tochoosewisely,orderfromthebestandpepper quality
buysandtreatsintoyourChristmasplanning.This is by nomeans a definitivelist,butfeaturedherearethecompaniesI would order from
without hesitation withhighlightstolookoutforineachcase.” EDITOR K AREN BARNES
Check
individual
websites for
Christmas last
order dates.
Many companies
offer a discount on
first orders, tooSecret address book