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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...

Maggie Beer’s Tips for the Perfect Roast Chicken

Written by Alison Clinch on August 17, 2011. Posted in Cooking Tips, Free Range Poultry. Leave a Comment

If I ever get the chance to invite a celebrity chef to dinner at our house, I know who I’m inviting – Maggie Beer. It’s not just Maggie’s amazing cooking knowledge that I’d love to absorb; I think she’d be such a wonderful dinner guest with her warm and joyful personality. At MasterChef...

Where There’s Smoke There’s Flavour

Written by Ben Clinch on July 14, 2011. Posted in Cooking Tips, Free Range Pasture Fed Pork. Leave a Comment

Smoking is the process of flavouring, cooking, or preserving food by exposing it to the smoke from burning or smouldering wood. Meats and fish are the most common smoked foods, though cheeses, vegetables and ingredients used to make beverages such as whisky, are also smoked. Historically, farms included a small building...

Food, Shelter, Friends and Space – It’s a Free Range Pig’s Life

Written by Ben Clinch on June 4, 2011. Posted in Farming and Agriculture, Free Range Pasture Fed Pork. Leave a Comment

It’s really exciting watching our pig herd evolve. I haven’t had a lot of exposure to large groups of pigs before. To watch a group of pigs in natural surroundings is like watching a group of kids in the playground at lunch; some are sleeping under trees or trying to hide in the bushes, others are chasing...

Our Escape to the Country

Written by Ben Clinch on April 27, 2011. Posted in Farming and Agriculture. Leave a Comment

It’s funny you know, we started the business with idea that we could get the best of both worlds; the city and the farm. Reality is its more city than the farm for the minute (except for Dad who really only leaves the farm when he has to!), but Alison and I did make a trip to the farm a few weeks ago… We...

Thank You for Your Support in 2011

Food Temperature Danger Zone

What Does Free Range Mean to You?

Roast Chicken with Orange

Recipe: Slow Roasted Pork Neck Fillet with Dried Mandarin

Maggie Beer’s Tips for the Perfect Roast Chicken

Where There’s Smoke There’s Flavour

Food, Shelter, Friends and Space – It’s a Free Range Pig’s Life

Our Escape to the Country

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