Puddledub know their meat. They know how to produce, prepare and deliver Perfect Pork.
All the animals are fed home grown feed and given the best conditions possible. This sound ethic should be followed by others, the taste is evident - the end product is so much better, and the animal has lived a better life. Puddledub do all the butcher work, curing, sausage making, smoking, slicing and packing in their own premises. Quality control from conception to consumption is totally in their hands.
The gammon steaks are excellent while the smoked bacon is just heavenly. I have a butcher local to me that supplys Harrods with their bacon. Puddledub takes quality and taste to the next level, completely outdoing my old favourite rashers. Just to really force home the point - this bacon is very very, special!
The Sausages are just as tasty, with good honest flavours and succulent meats and herbs that blend harmoniously. Please avoid supermarket rubbish, fresh butchers sausages like these need to be championed.
My favourites have to be the Pork Belly and stuffed Pork Belly joints. Cook up a storm with these amazing joints, let the flavours combine with all the fat and crisp up. I am just remembering the smell from the oven!
Puddledub now has an online ordering system, meaning everybody can sample this wonderful Scottish Pork. I have had a look at the site and the prices are really good for the quality / quantity being offered.
So maybe, you have to buy a gift for a food lover. Push to boat out and get them something special from Puddledub…Just make sure you are around when they are planning to eat it!
“Probably the Best Bacon I have tasted in a very, very long time. Absolutely as Scottish bacon should be. Not often I taste things which are as outstanding as this” -Nick Nairn, Celebrity chef
“The best Bacon in Scotland” -Lady Claire MacDonald, the Scotsman magazine
Providing a fine selection of delicious gourmet baskets, filled with delicious produce from Scottish specialist, Inverawe Smokehouses could be the thing you are looking for this Fathers Day. They are absolutely perfect for those hard to buy for Dads, offering something unusual, and guaranteed to send his tummy into spasms! So, go on and show Dad how much he is appreciated, and get hold of a sumptuous fresh food gift basket or hamper for him.
Robert Campbell-Preston, owner of Inverawe Smokehouses, said: “It is a well known fact that the best way to a man’s heart is through his stomach. As a father, I would be thrilled to receive anything from Inverawe, especially one of our gourmet baskets. We believe that we have managed to create selections which will appeal to every Dad this year.’
Give Dad the finest breakfast in bed this Fathers day with The Great Inverawe Breakfast (£29.95). You really couldn’t ask far a more deluxe start to the day. Spoil him with a real Scottish breakfast of kippers, sausages, bacon and black pudding, not to mention the oatcakes and whisky marmalade. Makes your mouth water, doesn’t it! Well mine definitely is, so I can just imagine the reaction from my father if he receives this at the beginning of his special day.
With a unique smoking process, practiced to perfection, the experienced smokers at Inverawe Smokehouse have been using the traditional smoking method to deliver award-winning produce from the banks of Loch Awe for over 30 years, ensuring that the famous Inverawe taste is achieved time and again. And I must say, the food tastes utterly divine.
If you don’t fancy the Breakfast, check out the other hampers Inverawe has to offer. There are hampers which will appeal to all tastes, so you can be sure to find the perfect one for Dad. These include:-
• The Cheese and Wine Tray - £39.50
• The Whiskey and Smoked Salmon Box - £39.50
• The Garden Trug £69-95
• Gourmet Selection Box - £39.50
For further information and to order, please call 08448 475 490 or visit http://www.smokedsalmon.co.uk.
Clipper Teas, Pioneers in Natural and Hot drinks, have recently rebranded after over 25 years good service.
Their range includes the finest blends of green tea, white tea and organic teas and infusions, and was the first tea in the UK to carry the Fairtrade mark.
I have been aware of their Expresso coffee for some time and there are times when I come to depend on such a quality coffee (I have two young boys…)
Clipper have launched a variety of gift hampers, for that person that just loves a cuppa. I bet you can think of a few worthy recipients right away.
The Indulgence hamper (£30.00) is exactly that, the ideal gift for someone who really needs a treat.
The Hamper is beautifully constructed willow containing some of Clippers best from their tea, coffee and hot chocolate ranges.
I cannot stress how lovely this looks as a whole. It’s a gift that will be appreciated cup after cup.
Described as “The Dom Perignon of the Tea World” by the Sunday Times, These amazing, exotic Teas by Choi Time make a special gift – something a little bit different.
All these loose leaf teas are award winning, year after year. The joy is watching each different bulb unfurl and produce a great tasting, health giving Tea.
The Benefits of these teas include aiding digestion, weight loss, anti ageing and high anti oxidant levels. The fact that they taste great obviously helps!
The teas can be purchased online and I can recommend the Gift packs, which would be great for Valentines or Mothers day.
Aesthetically stunning, great tasting and good for you. Ditch the PG tips….
Sometimes, I think I am lucky in my line of work. When Inverawe Smokehouse delivered their Cheese and Wine tray, my thoughts were confirmed.
Inverawe Smokehouse, Scotland’s specialist smokehouse and Royal Warrant holders produce smoked goodies like I have never tasted. Their smoked salmon is arguably the greatest ever (some statement, I know, but completely founded)
Each individual piece of fish or game (or some of my cheeses) are hand smoked in traditional brick kilns for up to 48 hours. This slow smoking process offers up a unique tasted and texture that gives Inverawe its reputation.
The Cheese and wine tray, complete with Wicker bread basket contains nothing short of heaven. A fine bottle of Montrose Cabernet Syrah, 200g Cropwell Bishop stilton, 110g Smoked Island cheddar, 190g Inverawe smoked Brie and 200g Mr Mackenzie oatcakes makes for a fine gift hamper.
The cheeses were all really good, The smoked Brie sublime. I am not too ashamed to admit that once I tasted this, I finished it in one sitting!
Inverawe are offering other gift hampers filled with sustenance and prepared with love for Valentines, such as Whiskey and smoked salmon box or the Port and Stilton box. Please check out their site for these and lot’s more devastatingly wonderful treats. All these gift hampers are available for under £40.00 each.
To mildly understate, I am a big fan.
