Speyside Food Market

Thank you to everyone who came to our market this evening. We hope you enjoyed seeing the animals in their Christmas outfits, the mulled wine and mince pies, the cakes generously donated by Donna's Delights. From all of us, we wish you a festive Christmas and a happy and healthy 2019 See you next year! Edinvale Farm, Elchies, Haugh Farm, Thorabella Farm

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Speyside Producers Market. Last one of the year. Come along to collect pre-ordered meats and browse a selection of fresh and frozen meats from your favourite producers. There will be mulled wine and mince pies along with coffee and biscuits as usual. And, of course, the goats !

Did you come along ? Were you a producer? Perhaps you could leave a review for us.

Well what can we all say ?
A HUGE thank you to the producers and our customers. We were busy right from the off. Comments such as “really great to meet the people who produce this meat” fill us with hope for the future of this unique event.
... And the goats loved seeing you all. Thank you from all of us - see you in December!
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We’re waiting to see you!come along to the first Speyside Producers Market and say hello to the goats of Elchies The kettle will be on and probably cakes or biscuits or something else delicious Hope to see you 11am-2pm

Once upon a time, in early 1800’s, there were 2 chaps - John Booth and Thomas Bates. These 2 chaps were working with the beef dairy Teeswater cattle. Thomas went the dairy route and John went beef. In 1817 animals from his herd came to Scotland and became known as beef Shorthorn, the first registered cattle breed in the world. Still with us? Well how to make this fabulous beef breed even better? Cross it with the traditional Highland cow, of course! Famed for its hardiness a...nd meat quality which is lower in cholesterol than any other type of beef.
So we present Edinvale Farm Highland Shorthorn beef Pure deliciousness
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Just 16mths into farming Thorabella Farm are raising and producing delicious buffalo meat.
In June 2018 they said "Best decision we ever made. They are friendly, docile, easily handled and very affectionate. Their meat quality is second to none. Producing a very healthy meat which is low in cholesterol and high in mineral content with less than half the total fat of conventional lean beef. Our herd is ever growing which started at 4 in August 2017 and totalling 14 just now ...with 7 Expecting females over the next 2-6 months. We sell our Meat locally from the Farm which has had a very high response rate in such a short space of time and we plan to keep growing the herd over the years to come to keep up with demand"
This weekend they will have fresh cuts available and you can pre-order for Christmas !
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Elchies will have fresh Ryeland hogget and mutton for sale at this Saturday’s market. Ryeland sheep hail from Leominster and are an incredibly gentle matured sheep. Not heard of hogget or know what it is? Then this may help
Hogget is between one and two years old
... Mutton is over two – and it’s best eaten at four years
An easy rule is the darker the colour of the meat, the older the animal will be.
The main difference between mutton and lamb is that mutton tends to have more flavour and a little more fat, but it can be tougher so it benefits from long, slow cooking – it’s particularly suitable for stews (see mutton ragout). The trouble is that mutton has earned itself such a bad name that it can be hard to find.
Which, of all of them, is the best? Tom Parker Bowles puts it best:
“Hogget is simply lamb with wanderlust and a decent education. It’s killed when it’s between twelve and eighteen months old, so it knows a thing or two about flavour. It doesn’t overwhelm like old mutton, yet still bleats with ovine delight.”
Tom Parker Bowles, Let’s Eat Meat
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Graeme of Haugh Farm Tasty Beasties will be at the market with his saddleback pork. A hugely experienced farmer, Graeme is supplying his delicious pork to local Speyside establishments and customers. Learn a little about this tasty breed of pig here

This is the FIRST event for the Speyside Producer's Market.
We will be hosting a unique food market. We are the farmers. We have bred, grown or made all the produce.
Suppliers signed up are Elchies (Boer goat, Ryeland mutton & hogget), Haugh Farm (Saddleback pork), Thorabella Farm (Water buffalo), Edinvale Farm (beef) Camilla Fredriksen (Vegetables)
... Also coming along with be Mia and Faye's Swaziland Adventure to raise funds for their amazing adventure to Swaziland.
Please come along and support your local food producers. We work hard in all weathers to produce quality meat and veg.
There will be tea and cake and biscuits. Better than that - there will also be Elchies goats to chat to! Now who could resist those extras on a Saturday morning.... :-)
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