bookers ribs

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The best Cash & Carry I've seen was when my mate in Wales took me to Castell Howell. The only downsides I could see were:
1. It's a looooonnnnggggggg drive.
2. It took him 6 weeks while they checked he really was a member of the NFU & had a proper farm/small holding apparantly a flock of 70 isn't proper farming. :shock: (you can be a B&B, pub etc. but they still do the checks)
3. Very little in the way of processed foods but I have NEVER seen such good quality meat at such low prices. Oh and there's an abbatoir almost in spitting distance.
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sounds just like Booker's :lol:
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They have abbatoirs near them as well :shock:
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Made some of the baby backs from booker tonight (in the oven). Very nice indeed and tender. A decent amount of meat, and tasty. The fact that they were individually frozen made it easy to make a few racks with no hassle.

Just put some rub on them, cooked at 140c covered for about 2.5 hours, then put some sauce on and cooked uncovered.
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Never mind Bookers ribs!! Check out the offer on the Rib of Beef £5.99 per Kg (bone in)!!!!
WHAT A BARGAIN!!!!! British too!!!
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Slatts, thanks for all the info and work you have put into sharing this with us, I am going to give it a go myself this weekend!
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Hey Sethh1970

No worries just glad I could help somebody out for a change.
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Got some German meaty ribs at the weekend. Not that impressed with them and was a bit of a pain that they were all stuck together, but working out at £3.40 seem to be on a par with my butchers.

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I've never bought the 'meaty' ones - what is the different between those and the german ribs?

Where is the extra meat?
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aris wrote:Where is the extra meat?


That’s what I thought. I presumed the extra meat would have been between the ribs!! :shock: This would have allowed for easier cutting and better presentation in competitions boxes.

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