Tavern Tasty meats, Norfolk, UK - specialist traditional rare breed pork, beef and lamb meat butchers.

FAQ

IS YOUR MEAT ORGANIC AND FREE RANGE?
No, our meat is not organic but all the animals have access to outdoors.
Our rare breed pork is fed a grain based diet which is drug free, also free of growth promoters and is low protein. In fact our porkers are finished on their Mum's diet. As you can imagine Mum rarely falls ill and just needs enough protein to ensure good health! Rare breed pigs do not thrive on commercial rations, they will eat it heartily enough but it just streams out of the other end without doing much.
Our pigs are fattened in straw filled yards in small groups with access to outdoors so that they can see the sky, feel the rain on their backs as well as the warmth of the sun.

THE COMMERCIAL PIGS OUTSIDE THAT ARE SEEN ON T.V SEEM HAPPY ENOUGH
Yes they do, but ponder this awhile. Rare breed pigs are built for flavour, they put fat on and take 2-3 months longer to grow to the equivalent commercial weight, even the commercial trade is now discarding the fast growing lean pig because the pork tastes of cardboard and doesn't crackle. Here's another tip. Next time you see a pig on TV look at its tail. If its docked it has come from an intensive system, weaned from its Mum at three weeks old and fed rocket fuel full of protein to make it thrive!

WHAT ABOUT YOUR BEEF AND LAMB
The rare breed beef at the moment comes from local approved Norfolk farms who specialise in conserving the old British breeds. White Park from Swanton Morley and Catfield, Longhorns from Matishall and Fakenham, Gloucesters from Happisburgh all grass fed in extensive systems. We keep Southdown Shetland and Whiteface Woodland lamb on our farm which are also grass fed. We are also supplied by other small producers of Shropshire, Norfolk Horn and Jacob.

THERE SEEMS TO BE A NUMBER OF FAMOUS PORK PIES COMING FROM NORFOLK ARE YOU HAVING A COUNTY COMPETITION?
The famous ones spoken of in the Times over the last couple of years are made by us to our secret recipe. We supply a number of Farm Shops and distributors throughout Norfolk, and I have to admit that they are all the same We hope to make our Shortcrust meat filled pies as famous soon. So watch this space!!! I have yet to find any pies that can compete with our generous filling.