Food Fest: Best Meat Treats

Published on Tuesday 19 August 2008 20:00

ANGUS ORGANICS, Airlie Estate, Kirriemuir, 01575 570 103 www.angusorganics.com You can buy Angus Organic cuts of beef, steaks and burgers that come from the famed Aberdeen Angus cattle and sausages from rare breed Large Black pork at the Angus Organics stall at the Foodies producers' market.

All of the Angus Organics cattle are raised on clover rich organic grass and housed in straw bedded courts in the winter.

PIPERFIELD PORK, Lowick, Berwick-upon- Tweed, 01289 388 543 www.piperfield.com Cuts of succulent pork in all shapes and sizes, as well as continental style air-dried charcuterie will be available from Piperfield Porks' stall at Foodies market. The award-winning pork and sausages come from a breeding herd of 25 Middle White pigs. Piperfield sausages were selected by Heston Blumenthal in his recent In Search of Perfection TCV show and are now on the menu at his renowned Fat Duck restaurant.

WELL HUNG & TENDER, Castlehills Farm, Berwick-upon-Tweed, 01289 303070 www.wellhungandtender.co.uk. Owner Donald MacPherson researched meat production and discovered that hanging is one of the key factors in producing the best meat. Well Hung & Tender's prime Scottish beef is hung on the bone to mature for a whopping four weeks, rather than the five to ten days typical on the UK. Its award-winning steak, topside, silverside and burgers will be available to purchase at Foodies.

RIBBLE VALLEY MEAT, Ribchester, Preston, 01254 878 449 www.ribblevalleymeat.co.uk Want to know what Britain's rare and traditional breeds taste like? Ribble Valley Meat will showcase its specialist meats including Gloucester Old Spot pigs that have much better eating qualities than most meat and therefore produce sausages with their own characteristic taste and texture – happy piggies equal tasty sausages. Or try Belted Galloway cattle for melt-in-your-mouth beef.

JAMESFIELD FARM, Newburgh, Perthshire, 01738 850 498 www.jamesfieldfarm.co.uk Fingers crossed for good weather, because Jamesfield Farm has some tasty barbecue specials to buy at the festival. The succulent treats include rump and four-minute steak as well as organic burgers and sausages, all sourced from the Jamesfield Organic Centre, which also sells a wide range of other organic food including fruit and veg, bread and alcohol.