OK this is the one. THIS IS THE ONE. I psyched myself up. I’m going to make Maple Bacon. Turns out, I made Treacle Bacon. What? I’ll explain… So, I thought I’d do streaky bacon, for two reasons. One, I love streaky bacon. Two, it was something different to...

Following on from Makin’ Bacon: Round 1, I thought I’d have another go. The thing is, round 2 didn’t go very well either. For two reasons. One, I still didn’t listen to the advice from the butcher. Not because I didn’t want to listen to him, not because I...

So who doesn’t love bacon? I know, you can tell me various sub-sets of people who won’t, but truth is, they’re wrong. You either love bacon, or you’re wrong. Simples. I used to order off Cure & Simple, it was a “bacon by post” service and it was good...

Who doesn’t love a steak sandwich? A vegetarian I suppose. But, vegetarian I am not. This was actually post Feastival, I’d stopped in at my brother’s place and we decided, let’s nip to the butchers, get an Ox Heart, and replicate something we’d seen at Feastival… but, then we...

Back in 2014, we visited my brother for a couple of days. We both have a strong passion for cooking, and when we get together often create marvellous things. On this occasion however, my brother told of this event he had just got back from. The Big Feastival. “Festival?”...

Christmas 2020! A time for celebration, family gatherings and… oh wait, no. This was 2020. “I’m…. dreaming of a …… lockdown Christmas?!” Still, as much as I was expecting it to be a lockdown Christmas, and as much as I was tempted to meet up with the family –...

Steak. Sirloin Steak. The classic. I love Sirloin specifically for being able to have it really rare. The issue with Rib Eye, which is actually my favourite, is that it it’s anything less than medium and the fat hasn’t rendered and it’s just not that nice. Anyway, I’ve cooked...

So, the time was November 2020. Part of the first big lockdown. Well, not the first lockdown but you know what I mean. I guess, Pre-Vaccine lockdowns. Post-Eat-out-to-help-out but Pre-It’s-safe-outside. Anyway… it was a friend of mine’s birthday, and we always try to get together, but he’s about 12...

So we’re almost there… almost at my discovery of Harrisons the butchers. I’m excited because I bought a lot from butchers pre-Harrisons, but post-Harrisons, well, I buy all my meat from the butchers. So anyway, this was from another butchers that no longer exists in Leigh; I don’t know...

OK so I haven’t cooked 5,819,415 briskets. But it was starting to feel like it. I’m actually cooking one tomorrow as I write this, but… this one was from September 2020. So we’re nearing the time I found Harrisons the butchers, but as yet… I hadn’t found them. So...