Beef
A little bit about our preferred breeds at Edge and Son
Beef Shorthorn
An ideal breed for the production of a choice high quality beef with its suitability for extensive and organic farming systems and its proven marbling and early finishing abilities.
Beef Longhorn
The English Longhorn is regarded as the oldest pure breed of cattle in England. It is known for its taste and ability to convert its food into lean meat and muscle and has less of a covering of fat than many of the other traditional breeds.
Dexter
The Beef produced by Dexters is a "traditional" type, with a greater level of fat "marbling" than is seen is supermarket type of beef. It also tends to be darker, partially as result of the breed and partly as the carcase is properly hung to produce a tender and better flavoured meat. Those with discerning tastebuds say that Dexter beef is "sweeter" than other beef.
British White
British White meat is unique in its distinctive flavour. The meat is relatively lean, exhibits natural marbling and is deep red in colour.
Aberdeen Angus
Probably one of the most famous of the rare breeds and now being successfully bred throughout the country. Our Angus meat comes from the grasslands of the Wirral. It is well known for its taste and texture.
White Park
Another one of the oldest of the primitive breeds. Slow maturing animal and a great roughage converter. Often used by the forestry commission to manage hillsides and woodland.
Hereford
One of the most popular of the traditional breeds in the UK. Exported to South America in the 1930s this breed is predicted as the reason why South America became famous for its quality beef. One of our favourites with the largest herd in the UK being in Cheshire. Rich Marbling beef with a creamy fat cover.
All our beef is hung for a minimum of 3 weeks and up to 5 weeks. Please state your preference for hanging time if you have one.