The Riverford meatbox - current boxes (click for contents )

small meatbox

When we first launched the Riverford meatbox it took the form of a fortnightly changing box containing a roast, a selection of meat cuts, and family-friendly items such as sausages and bacon - therby satisfying household culinary needs from Sunday lunch to mid-week suppers and hearty breakfasts. We have held fast to that initial concept in the form of the small, medium and large boxes which continue to change fortnightly for variety and to reflect seasonal changes in cooking style (braising meats for winter later make way for burgers for the barbecue in summer, for example). They vary in size to suit different household requirements. These boxes come complete with the Newsletter and a Riverford 'taster' - a culinary freebie from us to you.

The Meat Box can be supplimented with items from our extensive extras list. You may also, if you wish, order exclusively from this list to make up your own bespoke box (with the sole condition that the order be a minimum of £25).

In direct response to customer demand for a gluten-free box we introduced the nothing but meat box - as a derivative of the medium meatbox it contains only meat cuts and no processed items. The nothing but meat box (gluten-free) is also available together with an optional breakfast pack (this is not gluten-free).

 

newsletter taster

Home curing ...

Firstly, curing salts. We put them in the box once before and had some fairly complimentary feedback and, as it is a pork box this time, we thought we would try again. The idea of soaking a joint of pork in brine seems so alien in these days of limited salt intake that it does need a little explanation cookingforengineers and wikipedia do it much better than me). The idea is that the joint will stay moist when cooked and, for once, it isn’t bad science. In essence, salt gets in via osmosis, changes the proteins to form a water retentive molecular structure...

Ben Watson

The Riverford boxes for the freezer - all meat delivered fresh and ready for home freezing

We listen to our customer feedback and in response to it we introduced firstly the Riverford boxes for the freezer (chicken box, pork box, beef box and lamb box) and then the steak box, and beef fillet. These boxes are for those who wish to bulk buy their favourite organic fresh meat for home freezing - the steak box and - even more so - the beef fillet being at the luxury end of the meat box spectrum. They are very competitively priced - click here for more details and box contents.

meatbox contents for THIS fortnight 30 August - 12 september 2010

These are the contents of the current fortnight's boxes. When ordering, please bear in mind that the contents of your box do not depend on the date of your order but on the date of delivery. Occasionally we have to make adjustments but publicise them as soon as we can. The item weights quoted are average weights.

small box
pork loin roast
700g
 
  Yorkshire pork sausages
x 6
bacon
250g
beef burgers
x 2
minced beef
450g
beef escalopes
400g
whole chicken
1.5kg-1.7kg
cooked ham
250g
     
  taster: curing salts
   
£49.95
medium box
pork roast
1.2kg
 
  Yorkshire pork sausages
x 8
bacon
300g
minced beef
600g
diced pork  
400g
ham hock  
x 1
whole chicken  
1.7kg-1.9kg
braising steak  
600g
  cooked ham  
300g
 
     
  taster: curing salts
   
£66.95
large box
pork roast
1.3kg
 
  pork sausages
800g
bacon
400g
  pork steaks
500g
 
lamb chops  
450g
minced beef 2 x 450g
900g
shin of beef joint  
700g
whole chicken
1.9kg-2.1kg
chicken liver parfait
270g
   
 
  taster: curing salts
   
£86.95
nothing but meat
box -
£49.95
belly pork
1.4kg
lamb chops/steaks
600g
minced pork
600g
diced beef
400g
whole chicken
1.7kg-1.9kg
taster: curing salts
 
nothing but meat box (above) + breakfast pack (below) -
£64.95
back bacon
250g
streaky bacon
250g
pork sausages*
x 6
pork & herb sausages*
x 6
*these items contain gluten
All item weights quoted are average weights. Please note that in the event of an unforseen shortage of items we reserve the right to make a suitable substitution - in the event of this happening we hope that this does not cause disappointment. Occasionally we run out of things, when this happens we reserve the right to substitute items, quantities of other contents may be adjusted accordingly. We reserve the right to include one item which has been dispatched frozen. This will always have at least five days shelf life (from dispatch/ packing) or three days in the case of a minced product such as sausages or meatballs.
this fortnight next box freezer box extras order online
Riverford Butchery, Dean Court, Lower Dean, Buckfastleigh, Devon TQ11 0LT
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