Post 173: Rubbish Tesco Beef

Look at this, it looks almost exactly the way I wanted it to look. Not burnt on the outside, pink in the middle.

Here it is, resting away, just before serving.

This was served with:
- Mash
- roasted mini turnips, carrots and potatoes
- boiled cabbage and kale
- yorkshire puddings
- horseradish; lots of horseradish
- Claret

It should have all been lovely. Even I already knew that Claret and Beef are a winning combination. The beef was like old boots, fatty, gristly, hard to chew. And, by the time I'd got my last slice, it was already cold. All telly chefs say to rest your meat, and I did this - on a warmed plate. I served it onto warmed plates & I don't faff with my food yet still it was still cold. I just don't get it. I don't understand how you're supposed to both rest the meat and serve it hot.

I really must do better at shopping. On saturday I didn't get to the proper butcher's and so this meat was from Tesco's. I really must find the time to get to the butcher's. For the second roast running; (which is rubbish in itself) I've bought meat there and it's been poor. To make amends, today I'm going to go to the finest Butcher's I know and buy myself a big fat steak which I'm certain will be fabulous.

This was the Claret, which was jolly good and fitted very well with the Beef. A least this didn't let me down.