Quick frozen un-aged free range Chicken Leg (Drumstick) (bone-in, skin on)
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These are quick frozen, un-aged boneless chicken drumsticks from free range chickens which are raised outside on fresh grass. Each drumstick is approximately 150 g.
This chicken is frozen 2 days after it is killed and packed. This will help to reduce the development of histamine in the meat and is helpful for people who are trying to reduce the histamine content of their diet. To minimise histamine development It should be kept frozen, thawed quickly and cooked immediately after thawing. Quick cooking (e.g. Pressure cooking) is preferable to slow cooking such as roasting or cooking in a slow cooker.
When cooked it should be eaten immediately, or refrozen as cooked meat immediately - it should not be kept as cooked chicken in the fridge as histamine will continue to develop in cooked meat unless frozen.
How much meat should I order?
Here is a general guide - based on average portions.
Turkey - allow approximately 1.5 lbs (675 g per person). For turkeys under 14 lb allow approximately 2 lb (900 g) per portion as the bone to meat ratio is higher for smaller birds.
Goose - allow 2 lbs (900 g) per portion. The biggest geese are only about 11-12 lbs (approx 5.5 kg) so if you need to feed more than 6 people you will need 2 geese.
Chicken (whole, on the bone) - allow 1 lb (450 g) per portion.
Duck - allow 1 lb (450 g) portion.
Pheasant - 1 pheasant feeds 2 people.
Guinea Fowl - 1 guinea fowl feeds 4 people.
Ham, raw. Order 8 oz (225 g) per portion. This will give you 4 oz (110 g) of cooked ham per portion. Ham loses approximately 1/3 to 1/2 its weight in the boiling process, so if you need 2 kg of cooked meat, you should order 4 kg of raw ham.
Meat on the bone (e.g. Rib Roast) - allow 1 lb (450 g) per portion.
Meat, boned (e.g. Rump roast/Topside Roast/Boned Pork Loin) - allow 8 ounces (225 g) per portion.
Meat boned for casserole (e.g. venison casserole pieces) allow 4 oz (110 g) for a casserole with equal vegetable ingredients e.g. mushrooms, onions, carrots. If the casserole meat is just poached in wine, allow 8 oz (225 g) per portion.
Product images & weights
Please note your goods may vary slightly from the pictures on the website. . The images of the meat on our website are for illustrative purposes only. As meat is a natural product, each carcase we butcher is individual and even within the same breed carcases vary in size, overall weight, levels of fat cover, colour and marbling etc. The product you receive may not look exactly like the image of the product on the website, as individual meat qualities e.g.level of subcutaneous fat, colour of muscle vary from animal to animal.
Although complete carcases vary in size the butcher will cut the meat cut as closely as he can to match the weight of the meat product sold. This means that, for example, a rib eye steak of 200 g may vary in dimensions when cut from one beef carcase compared to that cut from another. The steaks from a smaller beast will be smaller but thicker, and those of a larger beast will be wider but thinner, but in both cases the steaks will weigh 200 g approximately, As our meat is cut by hand it may vary slightly in shape and appearance from batch to batch. The product packaging of our goods may vary from that shown on images on our website.
We cut meat as accurately as possible, but as this is a natural product the weight of the product supplied may vary slightly from the weight ordered. It is impossible for the butcher to be absolutely precise when cutting meat and poultry weights and weights of poultry portions (e.g. chicken breasts) vary slightly from week to week depending on the exact age of the birds when killed. Customers who have paid in advance online will not have to pay more if they are delivered or collect a heavier product than than purchased, but we will not make a refund if a product is less than 10% lighter than that prepaid online
Frozen or Chilled?
Our Special packaging
Plastic free meat packaging
Our minces, sausages, steaks, chicken, burgers, casserole cubes, chops, liver and heart are packed in 100% biodegradable plastic free, PLA free vacuum packs made from 100% food stuff ingredients.
Biodegradable Parcel Packaging
Our standard courier delivery box is a biodegradable cardboard box insulated with biodegradable wool liners and kept cold with thick biodegradable/recyclable gel ice packs.
Special Boxes for Frozen Orders
For courier shipping of frozen food we offer a subsidised extra insulating polystyrene box, lined with wool and filled with special ice packs for frozen food which will keep meat frozen for 48 hours.
