T He main topic of conversation last week seemed to be centred on Valentine's Day, and I must admit I am probably like most men: I sit on my hands and let the day Cartier Replica Watches go by without making too much fuss. I did think this year I'd give the missus a bit of a treat so last Friday afternoon I popped up to butcher Bagshaws in Butterton and got him to whip the tail off a beast he slaughtered for us the previous Monday, for Jackie's boxed beef business. Call me old fashioned or just a stick-in-the-mud, but when it comes to proper grub, and something to eat that you would die for, it just doesn't get better than a good old fat oxtail that has spent 12 hours bubbling away in the oven of the Aga with a handful of vegetables and a bit of salt and pepper. T hey say you always remember special events in your life and when they happened. The very first time I had an oxtail with suet dumplings and the trimmings was with John and Shirley Plant at Style House.
Breitling Replica WatchesIt must have been 30 years since that meal, and when I think about it the old taste buds really start jumping.
To cook a tail properly it does take two days. Like all great stews it is always better cooked slowly, then left to rest for 12 hours and reheated the following day. The one thing that you have to have when eating oxtail is a complement of suet dumplings, turnips and carrots. I think I am right in saying that after our Valentine's dinner, neither of us would have swapped it for the finest fillet steak, it was so good.
It isn't many years ago that butchers found it difficult to find a home for oxtails, lamb shanks, shoulders of lamb and belly pork. Such is the demand these days for these relatively cheap cuts you have to be mates with your local butcher to get a regular supply of what was seen a few years ago as unsaleable meat.
Talking of belly pork, we went over to have lunch with one of my oldest mates, John Lewis, who owns paper bag printing The Moat House restaurant in Acton Trussell, which is one of the county's top restaurants. For lunch I had belly pork on a bed of black pudding. I can't tell you how delicious this meal was. Looking around the restaurant there were many more diners enjoying the same meal.
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