Welcome,
Orkney is world-famous for the quality of it’s beef, lamb and fish
- quite simply, the best in Orkney is as good as it gets. Washed by the
Gulf Stream, Orkney's mild climate and long summer evenings when the sun
hardly sets means the grazing is lush. Orkney has virtually no pollution,
meaning crystal clear air and clean seas – better
for humans and animals alike.
Orkney is small, so for animals the journey
to market seldom takes more than half a hour, which means little stress.
As an island, with a natural barrier to any disease or infection – no
foot and mouth or mad cow disease here, Ever.
All the
farmers we deal with are hand-picked
for their compassionate and ethical farming methods and the consistently
high quality of their stock. We insist on full traceability from the day
beast is born to the day it appears in our butchery.
All our meat is cut
by hand – by
skilled butchers who want you to get the best there is, cut the best way
and with the absolute minimum of waste for you.
For
our premium beef range we specify pure-bred Aberdeen-Angus beasts.
Crossing (for example an Aberdeen-Angus bull and a Charolais cow) produces
a bigger calf and for some reason the meat can still be called Aberdeen-Angus
- but any test will show it does not have the unequalled texture or flavour
of our pure-bred Aberdeen-Angus.
We insist on hanging the beef carcass for
a minimum of 21 days – it
takes that time for the enzymes to work and the meat to mature. Some things
just can’t be rushed.