What’s the cut? Pork Collar (neck fillet, pork ribeye) is a versatile and delicious cut of pork that seems to be overlooked on menus across the country. The pork collar essentially the same muscle as a ribeye in beef, it is a cylindrical muscle, weighing around 1.5-2kg and has a generous amount of flavoursome marbling […]
Food Fraud Horse meat, fake farm brands and re-labelling meat for extra shelf life. Just a few of the news stories that have cast the meat industry into disrepute in the past few years. A recent study tested meat products across Britain and one in five samples contained the DNA of species not shown on the packaging. […]
New York Deli, with a Shropshire Twist… The History In the late 1800s Romanian immigrants to New York City created something special. For years before in their home country they brined, spiced, smoked and steamed meat to help preserve it in the days before refrigeration. The main meat they used for this was goose. It […]
As Buttercross enters it’s 18th year, we have been reflecting on the way our business has changed over time. The most prominent aspect of this has certainly been the rapidly growing restaurant supply element of our butchery, and the turn of the year will be a time to restructure Buttercross Farm Foods to focus on […]
When Buttercross was in its infancy, we employed an incredibly experienced butcher to help us within the industry, however for all his experience he was shall we say, a slightly eccentric character. As we looked to expand our product range he was adamant that Black pudding would be our next best seller and he knew […]