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Buy our Beef The Forequarter is where the muscles have worked the hardest and cuts tend to be less tender BUYING BEEF requiring slower methods of Quality beef is hung for at least three weeks. cooking. This makes increased tenderness and enhances • Neck - Mince flavour. The meat loses less moisture improving • Ribs – Chuck and Blade: diced for it for cooking. Beef from an independent slow cooked casseroles etc. butcher or direct from the farm is more likely • Ribs – Middle: boned and rolled to be of higher quality in terms of taste and into a joint for slow cooking or diced for casseroles etc. tenderness – you will also know where it • Ribs – Fore: A prime cut for roasting on the bone or boned and comes from. rolled. Boned and sliced into Rib-Eye Steaks. • Brisket – Boned and rolled for slow cooking or pot roast. • Shin – Sliced for stewing The Hindquarter generally for roasting and quicker cooking. • Sirloin – Boned an