What are the best meat cans to buy in uk?

[WomanOfTheWoods]

Thinking back though my Mum and Granny used to buy cheap cuts of meat, the ones which need cooking slower for a long period of time. Shoulder of lamb, cheaper cuts of beef, chuck steak, blade, liver etc and used to make some great meals although the thought of pigs trotters still makes me heave. I do think that the meat eaters who aren't willing to go veggie and those with the knowledge may start to consider cooking these again although they obviously are not as cheap as back in the day. We both take packed lunches to work and the price of cooked meats has increased stupidly. It now works out cheaper to buy and cook the small frozen meat joints from the supermarket.

Down memory lane
I recall mum sending me to the butchers in the meat market with 50p to get a piece of brisket 'about 50p' I was embarrassed when he weighed it and asked for 55p. She used to have belly pork with tinned tomatoes and dipping bread for her saturday lunch. Dad used to have tripe in vinegar or 'hodge' ot chitterlings. Disgusting! I had an aunt and uncle who loved kidneys 'with all the fat on'. Both lived to be 90, Dad made it to 93.
We've recently gone back to brisket in preference to topside or silverside. Easier on the elder's dentures and so much tastier. Six hours in the slow cooker it becomes fantastically tender and juicy. Nothing like the fatty hard roll that Mum used to cook in the oven, There's a lot to be said for cheap cuts of meat, where cheap is most definitely a relative term.
At the two nearest towns, ALL the butchers stands in the back of the indoor market have gone. They used to be thriving areas. Indeed, I only know of two traditional butchers shop within 15 miles! And one looks ready to retire and opens short hours. Another twenty years and folk will be looking back at the olden days where mum and dad used to eat pigs and cow meat.

Yes, cheap cuts of meat can be delicious , especially when slow cooked. Fats are not the problem. It's processed carbs and especially sugar that is bad for health.
I now realise there must be a massive difference between town and country. As a child of the early 60's , from an ordinary working class family in the North of Scotland, quality cuts of meat were very much the norm.
Everyone had roast chickens, roasts of meat , legs of lamb, venison and fish from the independent fish shops,,, and always steak on a Friday. We all lived in quality housing too. But the fundamental difference is that housing costs mortgage/rent was only ever a small percentage of wages and land to build your own house was cheap. Everyone with a garden grew some food, and wood was cheap and often free.

[jennyjj01]

I now realise there must be a massive difference between town and country. As a child of the early 60's , from an ordinary working class family in the North of Scotland, quality cuts of meat were very much the norm.
Everyone had roast chickens, roasts of meat , legs of lamb, venison and fish from the independent fish shops,,, and always steak on a Friday. We all lived in quality housing too. But the fundamental difference is that housing costs mortgage/rent was only ever a small percentage of wages and land to build your own house was cheap. Everyone with a garden grew some food, and wood was cheap and often free.

I was from townie poor working class parents. Mum was a rubbish cook, and we did not eat well. Chicken, brisket, or sausages were the highlights. Sunday roast did for sandwiches or stew for a couple of days. Fish was tinned pink salmon + parsley sauce. Fruit was in a tin with carnation milk.
No offence to Mum, but I don't think cooking was her thing, or her mum's.
We had a garden at one house and dad did a few spuds and beetroot and beans, but he worked long hours.