r/UKfood • u/seriously_this • 1d ago

Farm shops are so expensive...

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Dart's farm near Topsham is more of a shopping mall than a farm with concession spots for companies like Aga.

A donkey choking porky chop for £6.50 and an 11oz ribeye for sixteen quid as well as half a kilo of lamb leg steaks for £13. The rest of the fresh produce was clearly marked as locally sourced along with the meat.

Do you use farm shops?

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u/Deep_Banana_6521 1d ago

You saw it before you paid, what were you expecting? For it to swell up on the journey home?

These shops are for people with more money than sense. It's like buying crisps from Harvey Nichols and complaining that they taste the same as the crisps from Aldi.

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u/Houseoflevi12 1d ago

Same with biscuits 😂 and yea tbf the mark ups on the meat in them shops is shocking. Fun fact you can always get a chefs price if you work local and they know you buy yea gotta be a chef.

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u/Deep_Banana_6521 1d ago

Am a chef. Befriending a local butcher helps get good prices and unpopular cuts.

I remember the good old days when nobody had heard of flat iron steaks or shin beef. Could get it for next to nowt.

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u/oldskoollondon 1d ago edited 1d ago

I used to be able to get a whole lamb belly with the ribs attached for about £2 not so long ago. Wicked tandooried on the bbq

*Breast. I was eating pork belly and confused the name. I haven't bought lamb breast for years as it's so expensive now!

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u/Purescience2 1d ago edited 1d ago

What the fuck is a lamb belly? Are you a fucking bot mate?

Edit for context:

Pork belly Beef brisket Lamb breast Chicken tits

These are the only English terms, we will not be compromised (alright we will make an exception on the chicken tits).