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Fresh Meat from Patrick Strainge Visit Patrick Strainge Butchers, and find out for yourself what good meat really tastes like!  If you’re concerned about ‘food miles’ and want prime meat which has been locally reared and butchered, look no further than Patrick Strainge’s Bampton shop in Oxfordshire.  Choose from a selection of: • Free-range Beef  • Free-range Pork • Free-range Lamb • Award-winning Sausages • Poultry • Game (when in season)

Special Occasions Why not celebrate your special occasions with some prime meat and poultry from Patrick Strainge Butchers: • Christmas - Free Range Fresh Poultry and Game. • Pig Roasts - You can hire a DIY Pig Roaster or we'll cook and carve for you! Prime Local Meat The meat in Patrick Strainge Butchers is reared on local farms, ensuring you get the best quality meat which is tender and tasty.  Many of the local farms are owned and managed by other members of the Strainge family.  The animals are free-range, reared in the Windrush Valley, and no growth promoting additives are used.  All the meat butchered by Patrick Strainge has full traceability.   Patrick regularly visits the local farms to select the animals personally, making sure only the best quality stock finds its way to your table.  Traditionally Butchered Meat All Patrick Strainge’s meat is butchered traditionally in the shop, after being hung for at least 3 - 4 weeks in dedicated refrigerated stock rooms.  Hanging the meat improves the flavour and makes the meat tender by breaking down the fibres Prime Oxfordshire Beef Where possible, only traditional British breeds of cattle are selected for Patrick Strainge Butchers.  Reared on local farms, the cattle graze in the Windrush Valley during the summer months.  Much of the stock is personally selected by Patrick himself, ensuring your beef is tender, delicious, and of prime quality.  Best Local Lamb All the lamb sold in Patrick Strainge Butchers is under a year old.  The lambs come from local farms, many of which are owned by other members of the Strainge family.  The lambs, which are all free-range, have grazed in the fields close to Bampton. Prime Pork Pork sold by Patrick Strainge Butchers, like the rest of the shop’s meat, comes from local farms.  The pigs are bred outdoors and are all free-range.  The whole pigs are butchered in the traditional way in the Bampton shop.  Gammon, Bacon & Hams If you’re thinking of having a great British breakfast, you’ll need some of Patrick Strainge’s bacon.  All the gammon, bacon, and ham in Patrick’s shop is home-cured.  Unlike the bacon normally associated with supermarkets, which is wet cured and contains large amounts of water, Patrick’s traditional dry curing method ensures a quality, tender product, which retains its natural flavour.  Both smoked and green bacon are available. Patrick’s bacon has won some coveted awards at local and national butchery competitions.   Smoked Meats All the smoked meats at Patrick Strainge Butchers are smoked in-house using secret ingredients!     Award-winning Sausages There’s nothing quite like the great British Banger, unless it’s a Patrick Strainge ‘Banger’.  These home-made sausages have won gold awards at national level, so it’s no wonder Patrick Strainge makes around 500kg of them every week in Bampton.  If you’re one the nation’s sausage-lovers, you can choose from a wide range of traditional and popular varieties, such as: • Caramelised Onion (Competing for 2008’s Champion of Champions Award) • Old Traditional • Bampton Royal (with herbs) • Pork and Leek • The BST (created for the Rugby World Cup.  The name stands for Blood, Sweat and Tears.  Ingredients include black pudding, pork, onions, and other secret ingredients!) Each week, you’ll find between 6 and 8 different varieties available.  Which will you choose?   Fresh Chicken All Patrick Strainge Butchers’ chickens are barn-reared on Oxfordshire farms.  The best quality birds are selected and whole birds only are bought.  All the chicken pieces sold in the shop are jointed by Patrick’s butchers.    Fresh Game Local Game, such as pheasant and venison, are available from Patrick Strainge Butchers when in season.  Christmas Poultry & Game When it comes to Christmas, you can be sure of getting the best quality, fresh free-range poultry from Patrick Strainge Butchers.  All the birds are reared on local farms and come ready prepared for your convenience. All these birds are hand-plucked in the traditional way.  You can choose from:                                                         Turkey - Goose - Cockerels - Pheasant   Pig Roasts Planning a party?  What better way to cater for your guests than with a traditional pig roast.  You can hire a pig roaster for a DIY Pig Roast, or a Patrick Strainge Butcher will come along to cook and carve your pig, leaving you to enjoy your party.     Food Miles With the increasing concerns about the distance food travels through the food chain to your plate, it is important to find a butcher who buys animals from local herds.  At the abattoir, the animals are treated as humanely as possible. Animals being transported to an abattoir can suffer high degrees of stress.  This is not only inflicts unnecessary suffering, but results in poor quality meat.  All Patrick Strainge’s stock travels no more than between 5 and 10 miles from the farms to the abattoir.  The animals are frequently accompanied by their herdsman, with whom they are familiar.  Animals from different herds are never transported together. This way, their journey is made as comfortable as possible.  When stock from different herds are transported in the same vehicle, stress levels increase, and fights can break out between the animals.  With Patrick Strainge Butchers, the animals’ well-being is as important as the quality of the meat you buy for your table.  For more information why not visit Patrick Strainge Butchers in Bampton, or telephone 01993 850 350 to place your order today.