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Winners of the Taste of the West 2010 Gold award for Online retail outlets in Cornwall and the Taste of the West Silver award for Local Retail Outlet.
We are a 850 acre traditional mixed and non-intensive family run farm based in the heart of rural Cornwall and we produce, supply and deliver the finest quality meats and produce from our licenced premises. All the beef and lamb sold in the shop is born and reared on our farm.
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Seasonal Selection from Lobbs Farm Shop ...
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Newsletter - Winter 2012
Well its goodbye to 2012 and welcome to 2013 let’s hope it’s a drier year with less of the extremes that we experienced in 2012. The winter cereals that we have planted are growing but there are too many bare patches due to the abysmal weather conditions. My father has been here at Kestle for over 80 years and has never known the ground so wet, even on the top of the hills the soil is saturated. Luckily we are not farming on a floodplain, there are many farmers upcountry that have seen their farm yards with all the fodder stores, cattle sheds and their houses completely flooded; what a nightmare.
Our November born lambs have had an extremely difficult time with the continuous wet weather. Once the lambs coat gets caked in mud it loses a lot of its thermal insulation properties, requiring the lamb to use any energy it has to keep warm rather than grow. I have had to bring in two lambs that were just completely sodden and these two are now being fed by bottle as pet lambs.
Everyday we go to the vegetable field to cut a fresh supply of vegetables for the farm shop, during the Christmas week it was twice a day. As all of you gardeners will know it is very difficult to cut the vegetables and keep them clean because everywhere has been so muddy. At times it was difficult to stand up, let alone cut our cabbages, cauliflowers and sprouts. This year our sprouts stalks did have a few black spots on the outer leaves, this is a disease due to the damp climate which is prevalent here in Cornwall. We could have sprayed these plants every three weeks which would minimise the spots but I would rather eat vegetables that have had the minimum of chemicals if at all possible. We only use fertilisers and chemicals where there is a good reason for doing so, all of us in the Lobb family eat the vegetables that we produce so there is quite a bit of self interest involved.
Christmas Draw Winners
We put the names of every one that made a Lobbs farm shop Christmas order into a box and we drew out the following lucky winners of Lobbs vouchers:
£150 Mrs Illsley, Biscovey
£100 Mrs Atherton, Gorran Haven
£50 Mrs Round, Duporth
Winter Warmers
Now that we are in the depths of winter it is a good time to look more closely at our range of economical stewing meats and casserole dishes. Chuck is beef that originates from the neck and shoulder of the animal is well marbled. Shin is from the leg and needs to be cooked slowly to break down the fibre which forms gelatine which has real flavour. Braising steak is derived from the shoulder as well but this is much leaner than chuck. Brisket joint cheaper alternative for a slow roast and then has a beautiful taste when cold.
All of these meats are best cooked long and slow ideal for a casserole or a winter stew with a selection of Lobbs’ winter vegetables. For an easy option pick up one of our vac packed fresh vegetables for stews. Personally I prefer a stew to eat on the second day; just delicious after a cold wet day on the farm.
I was dismayed but not surprised to hear that a certain supermarket has been selling inferior “beef burgers” using 29% of horse meat. What has not been mentioned much is that the meat for these burgers came from various countries throughout the world from Poland to S. America imported to Holland and then re-exported to N. Ireland to be then transferred to be sold in the UK. What a journey, are the meat hygiene controls up to the standard of the UK? How were these animals cared for on the farm? Did the meat come from a mechanically recovered meat system?
Let’s Stop Horsing Around
Lobbs’ beef burgers contain real beef from our own animals mixed with flavourings and preservatives , made by our butchers and are only 55p each, combine with a roll, salad and possibly a spoonful of a chutney like the Crellow Old Dowerhouse plum chutney and this makes a cheap tasty meal. Our butchers trim the meat off the bones and the bones are then taken away. In many large factories the bones go through an extra mechanical process which results in more “meat”. This paste like product is then used to make burgers, pies or the value ranges of mincemeat. Lobbs farm shop extra lean mincemeat is made from the shoulder and neck joints and makes a flavoursome lean mince. The normal lean mince is made from good beef as it is being trimmed in the normal butchery process. This meat is then put through our mincer and put into the counter fresh every day. We do not use any colouring or additives, just meat. Our mincemeat texture is so different to the supermarkets pink paste which looks like it has come out of a cake decorating tube.
Winter Warmer Offer!
Winter warmer pack of two pound bags of mince and one bag of braising steak in the step deck for £7.14.
I have just compared our prices with a large local supermarket. Our extra lean mince is cheaper and our normal mince is slightly dearer but we know where it comes from and what’s in it!
Lobbs extra lean £7.05/kg
Supermarket extra lean £7.50
Lobbs standard £4.39/kg
Supermarket standard £4.00
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