blast from the past!
Wed, Jan 13 2010 02:18
| kingsley village, cornwall, beef fingers, St austell, pearl barley, pork baguette, scotch broth
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Anyway the point of me putting pen to paper was to talk about these beef fingers. I actually
made something I have always wanted to today and that is scotch broth.
Cook the beef fingers for about 2 hours with some vegetables in water to make a flavourful stock. Chop an onion, 2 carrots and 2 sticks of celery. Soften in a large pan then add about 2 litres of the beef stock along with the bones and meat. Introduce 150g pearl barley, 3 bay leaves and some sprigs of thyme. Season really well then cook for 1.5 hours until the barley is soft. Serve with some chunks of crusty bread and some Mull of Kintyre cheddar. Wowsers!
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beef fingers
Sat, Aug 8 2009 01:13
| forgotten cut, kinglsey village, cornwall, ribs, beef fingers, barbecue
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Well, if you look up beef fingers on google, your search will reveal some magnificent recipes for a fish finger style thing made with beef. All American of course! The beef fingers I am talking about are a cut of beef that I bought from a lovely butcher near my Dads in Cornwall in a shopping centre called Kingsley Village. They are dead cheap and I have never seen them anywhere else. Basically, what they are, are the ends of the rib bone. So they are a bit like a pork spare rib but with plenty of delicious beef attached. The meat from Kingsley is of excellent quality. The fat was a lovely marzipan colour and the meat was beautifully marbled.
So we fired up the barbecue this evening for the first time in weeks and I decided to give the little door bell ringers ( fingers ) a go. And for £1.50 for 2 big pieces, they proved to be a real bargain. The meat was flavourful, as rib always is, and there was so much on there we did not need the meatballs and sausages that found their way onto the grill.
So, the next time you are in a butcher, ask them if they can oblige you with some beef fingers. Forgotten cuts are certainly topical at the moment, but these little fellows certainly need a fifteen minutes of fame too.
So we fired up the barbecue this evening for the first time in weeks and I decided to give the little door bell ringers ( fingers ) a go. And for £1.50 for 2 big pieces, they proved to be a real bargain. The meat was flavourful, as rib always is, and there was so much on there we did not need the meatballs and sausages that found their way onto the grill.
So, the next time you are in a butcher, ask them if they can oblige you with some beef fingers. Forgotten cuts are certainly topical at the moment, but these little fellows certainly need a fifteen minutes of fame too.