Elaine “Foodbod” Boddy presents episode ten of the Foodbod Pod in which she and David Treadway meet Master Butcher, Simon Boddy. Simon is Elaine’s brother-in-law and has developed his on-line and retail butchery, The Best Butchers over the past 20 years with a focus on traditionally butchered meat and poultry and customer service. Specialising in quality meat, sausages, bacon and poultry produced on local farms with which he and his team have developed trusting relationships, the provenance of the meat is of the utmost importance. The Best Butchers dry ages its own beef and smokes and cures its own bacon from woodland pigs at its base in rural Buckinghamshire on the outskirts of Milton Keynes. Simon demonstrates how to prepare a shoulder of pork and discusses what goes into good sausages and beef burgers and tells Elaine about his journey following America’s barbecue route sampling different styles of food, marinades, smoking and preparation.

We also meet Jane Geoghegan, Marketing Manager at Delicious, the online food and recipe site and monthly print magazine that was named “Food Magazine of the Year” at the 2022 Guild of Food Writers Awards. Jane is unsurprisingly a self-confessed “foodie” and tells Elaine about her favourite family foods and why food is such an important part of her life.

And we return to Cherie Denham’s kitchen to learn her recipe and how she makes lemon curd.

Plus there’s top tips, what to do with leftovers and other great food tips and advice.

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