THE COOMBES HERD is a registered breeding herd of Large Black and Saddleback pigs. These traditional English breeds are reared outdoors or in cottager's sties on our family farm in ArborfieId, Berkshire.
Ellis’s Hill Farm is home to WYSIPIG - What You See Is PIG. They have a small shop/ butchery on the farm where you also can get a cup of tea and a slice of cake. Wonderful pork in all types of cuts, anything from bacon and hock to half a pig jointed for the freezer. Traditional English breeds reared on homegrown wheat and barley and local pellets without any growth hormones etc. And you can tell by the quality of the meat!
They hold an open day once a month with hog roast and it's very nice to be allowed onto a proper working pigfarm (once saw piglets two minutes after being born!). Easy to miss if you don't know where it is, but worth a visit as long as your car can manage the track up to the farm. If you can't visit, then they also do mail order. Their prices are really good and they have a price list on their website. Highly recommended!
Broom House Farm - Durham
I can't recommend Broom House Farm highly enough; their meat is always excellent and properly hung, cut and prepared as you wish by the helpful and knowledgable staff! I always buy "special occasion" cuts from them - they even provided the meat for my wedding - but their cheaper cuts are also excellent (I get through a lot of their minced mutton) and the sausages are so good I have to take them to friends all over the country!
I've just left Durham for Pinner and am going to miss them no end.
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Birgitta (11.06.08)
