Posts about local and independent food retailers
Everdine (frozen prepared meals)
Everdine are a food-by-mail company, but they supply frozen prepared meals, all ready to go in the oven or microwave.
Suppliers
HelloFresh – Recipe Box
So, another week, another recipe box scheme. This week it is the turn of HelloFresh.
Gousto delivery number 2
The contents of today’s box.
Mindful Chef
This is the second of the recipe boxes I am trying – Mindful Chef. After my experience with Gousto (which was totally satisfactory regarding what they supplied, but fell down in my execution of their recipes), I decided to wait until this week, when I was on holiday and had plenty of time.
Gousto – Recipe Box Review
As I mentioned, the other day, this week I am trying a recipe box from Gousto. The box I am reviewing contains 3 different meals, each with two portions; it sells for £34.99, but I am taking advantage of a £25 discount, giving it to me for 9.99.
Recipe Boxes
Here’s the thing: I can cook, and cook well, but left to my own devices, I tend to get in a rut – even that rut will start out healthy, but soon declines with my enthusiasm. That’s largely how this blog started!
The Great British Cheese Company
Now, I like cheese. However, I’m not usually a fan of adulterated cheeses – you can keep your white Stilton with cranberries, or Wensleydale with apricots, or whatever the latest way to ruin a good cheese is. I like my cheese to taste of cheese, and nothing else. Having said that, I was pleasantly surprised during a visit to the South of England Show at Ardingly the other week, where I found a cheese company who know how to add flavour to their cheese!
BBQ & Butchery
One of the issues of trying to cook American style BBQ in the UK, is getting the right cuts of meat.
Butcher Recommendations
Over on the British BBQ Society Forums, they have been compiling a list of BBQ-friendly butchers; which has since been converted into a Google Maps listing.
Pellet Costs
The grill that I use mainly is a Traeger Lil Tex Pellet Grill. It uses wood pellets as both a fuel and smoke source. The pellets are similar to those used for biofuel boilers, but need to be made from clean wood, with no bark or sweepings, and manufactured using food-grade (i.e. vegetable) lubricants, not mineral oil.