Well, we had our Venison last night and actually it was delicious. Not too dissimilar to beef really, but with a slightly different flavour. I did a garlic and mustard mash to go with it along with a pepper sauce (although that was a packet so I cheated a bit there). Its an expensive treat but I would recommend it!
Tonight we are having the garlic chicken – hmmm, I’m going to be popular in the office tomorrow with all this garlic LOL. We’re cooking it with a stirfry so hopefully they’ll go together ok.
Monday 25 February 2008
Saturday 23 February 2008
Organic V Supermarket
Ok, well, for my first entry into my blog in 2008, I thought I would start with something a bit different – Organic Produce.
Today we basically did the rounds where food shopping is concerned. We started at about 10am this morning with a farm shop selling a small selection of just about everything including a butcher and a fishmonger.
I must admit, that this was not the first farm shop we had been to and I if I’m honest, I think I prefer the other one. But, we did get a few things, chicken, and some salad bits. We got these amazing Spanish tomatoes (although I’m sure that isn’t good for “food miles”) which were absolutely fantastic. The chicken we’ve not sampled yet, but its currently stinking out our fridge with garlic as it had been marinated.
We then went on to an organic butcher, and I have to say their meat looked amazing – I don’t think I’ve ever seen beef like it! We spent quite a lot of money there on not very much frankly. Having said that it was probably our own fault as we bought some venison – God only knows what I’m going to do with it mind you. I’ll keep you all informed!!
Next on the shopping agenda was Tesco and then finally Sainsbury, although Sainsbury was only because we forgot something at Tesco.
It was surprising when comparing what we had bought at the farms to what was in the supermarkets. There was in most cases a complete difference in price, but when we had the salad for tea tonight it was quite clear that the supermarket salad did not have as much flavour as the organic equivalent – I noticed this particularly with the peppers.
Well, I’ll write again tomorrow when we’ve had the venison – wish me luck! Ha ha ha .
Today we basically did the rounds where food shopping is concerned. We started at about 10am this morning with a farm shop selling a small selection of just about everything including a butcher and a fishmonger.
I must admit, that this was not the first farm shop we had been to and I if I’m honest, I think I prefer the other one. But, we did get a few things, chicken, and some salad bits. We got these amazing Spanish tomatoes (although I’m sure that isn’t good for “food miles”) which were absolutely fantastic. The chicken we’ve not sampled yet, but its currently stinking out our fridge with garlic as it had been marinated.
We then went on to an organic butcher, and I have to say their meat looked amazing – I don’t think I’ve ever seen beef like it! We spent quite a lot of money there on not very much frankly. Having said that it was probably our own fault as we bought some venison – God only knows what I’m going to do with it mind you. I’ll keep you all informed!!
Next on the shopping agenda was Tesco and then finally Sainsbury, although Sainsbury was only because we forgot something at Tesco.
It was surprising when comparing what we had bought at the farms to what was in the supermarkets. There was in most cases a complete difference in price, but when we had the salad for tea tonight it was quite clear that the supermarket salad did not have as much flavour as the organic equivalent – I noticed this particularly with the peppers.
Well, I’ll write again tomorrow when we’ve had the venison – wish me luck! Ha ha ha .
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