■ BEEF, LAMB & OTHER MEAT
Michael Shannon has been farming in South Lanarkshire since 1996 and can state with pride that his livestock are reared on a green diet of grass and kale, 365 days a year. This traditional approach to farming is reflected in the taste and tenderness of his produce. Michael has established a successful online outlet for his quality beef and lamb and now has a shop on Lanark High Street. Damn Delicious has the advantage of ‘on farm butchery’ and welcomes requests for specific cuts. Alternatively you can select from an astounding array of online options.
WTS Forsyth & Sons are a family-run butcher sourcing from quality herds while lambs come from farms in the Scottish Borders. Specialities include home-cured bacon, haggis, white and black puddings and pies. In addition, an in-house bakery produces shortbread, gingerbread, Selkirk bannocks and a selection of breads. Gluten-free pork sausages and burgers are available for celiac sufferer. You can expect to queue on Saturdays, an encouraging sign, but you can also order online using their comprehensive website.
■ Lindsay Grieve Traditional Butchers Butcher, Haggis/Sausages 29 High Street, Hawick 01450 372109 www.lindsaygrievehaggis.co.uk Mon–Fri 7am–5pm; Sat 7am–3.30pm. Web/mail order.
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Beef, Haggis/Sausages, Smokery Hardiesmill Place, Gordon,Berwickshire 01573 410797, www.hardiesmill.co.uk Web/mail order.
Robin and Allison Tuke’s 482-acre farm near Kelso is home to a herd of purebred Aberdeen Angus cattle. Firmly committed to a concept of ‘farm to fork’, everything at the farm is geared toward consistency in the pursuit of the best possible eating experience from their beef. Using seam cutting, their butchery produces the largest range of steaks in Britain (11 different muscles). Hardiesmill is also home to Tombuie Smokehouse and as a result, a range of smoked game, meats and cheeses are also available. They sell by web-order and farmers’ markets, but try a trip to the farm for their ‘ten steak experience’,
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Home of fantastic Scottish Beef from our own farm Edinvale, hill lamb from Loch Gorm farm and rare breed free range pork from our friends at Geddes Free Range.
the year at Lindsay Grieve Traditional Butchers, whose award-winning haggis is prepared by hand to a traditional family recipe. This Borders butcher offers a mail-order service on his haggis, dispatching the mutton and oatmeal speciality from Hawick’s High Street to the rest of the UK and beyond into Europe. A wide range of homemade sausages, pies, puddings and burgers are also available.
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Box Scheme, Butcher • Thankerton Camp Farm, Thankerton, Biggar, South Lanarkshire 01899 308688 www.damndelicious.co.uk Fri 2–7pm; Sat 9am—7pm. • 108 High Street, Lanark, South Lanarkshire 01555 663193 Mon–Sat 8am–5pm. Closed Sun. Web/mail order.
Bread, Patisserie, Butcher, Haggis/ Sausages 21–25 Eastgate, Peebles, Peeblesshire 01721 720833, www.forsyths.biz Mon/Tue & Thu/Fri 7am–5.15pm; Wed 7am–1pm; Sat 7am–4.45pm. Closed Sun. Web/mail order.
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