Why did we take a two hour round trip to visit a farm shop?
I must be getting old because I had got the date wrong. I had made the appointment for the 27th, not the 20th. Happily, Joanne & Steven took this in their stride.The farm has been slaughtering animals since the 1830's when animals were delivered by horse & cart and slaughtered on a slab. It is very different now! The abattoir is state of the art and has been planned really well to expose animals to the least amount of stress possible. Apparently I was babbling like a five year old but, hey, I was impressed.
Whilst we were there we availed ourselves of some beautiful sirloin steak, Cumberland Sausage and lamb loin chops - all have which have been devoured with relish.
See also: Taking Pigs To Slaughter
Let us know how you get on with Airey's please. We're starting to think about keeping some live stock and it's the process of slaughter that we think we will struggle a bit with.
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I certainly shall. I won't pretend that it's easy taking livestock to slaughter but if you can find a good abattoir it really helps.
DeleteForward planning I like that, sounds like you have found a good place to take your pigs, :-)
ReplyDeleteWe had the full tour and it was really very impressive.
DeleteA visit like that must be reassuring and worthwhile. Flighty xx
ReplyDeleteIt is indeed, Flighty.
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