The Yarn by The Free Range Butcher

Daddy Day Care at Home and on the Farm

Written by Ben Clinch on March 22, 2012. Posted in Animal Welfare, Farming and Agriculture, Miscellaneous. Leave a Comment

Today is Daddy Day Care around here. Some days we have grandiose plans, other days we don’t. Today is one of the latter. I am lying on the couch trying to get a catch up snooze from a busy weekend of markets, but Tom is playing carparks on my belly. The noise he makes as he pushes the cars off the edge and before he...

Guide to Beef Cuts

Written by Alison Clinch on February 19, 2012. Posted in Cooking Tips, Grass Fed Beef. Leave a Comment

To get the best results, it’s important to choose the right cut for what you’re making. Hands up anyone who’s used fillet for a slow cooking casserole and ended up with mince? Or stir-fried gravy beef and still been chewing it hours later? Ok, maybe that’s an extreme example, but you get my point. Here’s...

Thank You for Your Support in 2011

Written by Ben Clinch on December 15, 2011. Posted in Free Range Poultry, Miscellaneous. Leave a Comment

Well Christmas is literally just around the corner now and I wanted to take a moment out from packing Hams and Turkeys to thank all of you for your support this year. Once again it’s been a big year for us – new staff, new markets, and new premises. None of our success would have been possible without your...

Food Temperature Danger Zone

Written by Alison Clinch on November 21, 2011. Posted in Cooking Tips, Farmers Markets, Free Range Poultry, Health and Wellbeing. Leave a Comment

With the start of summer just around the corner, we need to remember the importance of how we transport and store perishable goods, such as meat. There’s a saying in the food service industry: “Keep cold foods cold, and hot foods hot”. Bacteria thrive between 5°C and 60°C, a range of temperatures that’s...

What Does Free Range Mean to You?

Written by Ben Clinch on September 13, 2011. Posted in Animal Welfare, Farming and Agriculture, Free Range Pasture Fed Pork, Free Range Poultry, Grass Fed Meat. Leave a Comment

There has been some talk in the media and at the markets recently about Free Range and exactly how ‘free’ is the ‘range’. When we first started the business and we were thinking of a name, we sent out a sample of our top five names to family and friends. The Free Range Butcher was not among them....

Roast Chicken with Orange

Written by Alison Clinch on September 9, 2011. Posted in Free Range Poultry, Recipes. Leave a Comment

A little bit of effort in preparation with this roast chicken but once it’s in the oven it’s all done. All you need to do is wait and then enjoy your roast dinner. Ingredients: 1 Whole Free Range Chicken 3 oranges 100g butter Bunch of tarragon 5 tbsp of honey 300ml red wine Method: Preheat oven to 200...

Recipe: Slow Roasted Pork Neck Fillet with Dried Mandarin

Written by Alison Clinch on September 5, 2011. Posted in Free Range Pasture Fed Pork, Recipes. Leave a Comment

This ‘secret’ recipe was given to us by Mrs Chu, one of our regular customers at the farmers market. According to Mrs Chu this is a basic Chinese marinade and has multiple uses. It’s great for marinating chicken pieces to be used in a noodle dish or for a pork neck fillet. The marinade will keep in...