As Christmas approaches, and we are starting to gear up for the festive season, we were, last week, suddenly spirited back to Easters past. As regular customers will know, we run our Easter painting competition every year, for our young customers. We get so much enthusiasm, and such effort goes into the paintings, that it is always a great time for us. So imagine our huge delight last week when Abe Faraway, the first ever, 2014 winner, walked into Meat NW5 asking for a Part-Time job! As the attached pictures show, Abe has changed a little, but he is obviously just as enthusiastic about Meat today as he was ten years ago, and he is very welcome to join our Team. Of course, when Abe won the competition, he was paid in chocolate.
Do you think I will I get away with that now ??
Whilst we never aim to be a gift shop, there can be no doubt that we have some great gift ideas this year. Headlining is our fabulous new Meat London Champagne. We have teamed up with Pierre Mignon, from the village of Le Breuil, to produce the first bottles to carry our name. It’s delicious and a lot of fun as the party season swings into motion. Give it a go. Gessica has also taken on a trio of fabulous Riojas, including a Crianza, a Tempranillo and a Reserva, packaged in an attractive carry box. The shops have an ever growing selection of fabulous Ports and Sherries, and we have recently taken stock of a delicious Limoncello and a Meloncello.
For those looking beyond the booze, ‘Meat London – the Book’ remains a lovely gift idea and Craig has a large selection of BBQ Courses ready for every skill level. If the Course dates on our website don’t suit you, please call Craig directly to negotiate the date you want.
Now is the time to think about the Thanksgiving table, and especially the all important Turkey. We have wonderful birds from the farm sitting in the Kent countryside. I am reliably informed that the turkeys are looking good, and we have an abundant supply of weights to suit everybody. With Thanksgiving being on 28th November, there is no time like the present to be ordering your own turkey. Of course there is a huge array of everything else you would want for the celebration dinner, so come in and ask the Team. We will be delivering on Wednesday 27th and Friday 29th, and I have just negotiated with Craig a delivery on Thursday 28th if there is demand.
And finally this month, I’ll finish with a little fun. Thursday 21st November sees the annual day of French bon-homie that is the day of Beaujolais Nouveau. Beaujolais Nouveau is solely from the Gamay grape. A grape widely planted in the Burgundy region of the Alps. The grapes are turned into wine at an extraordinary speed, creating a young, pale wine, with fruity flavours and few, if any, tannins. Until 1951, the wine would mostly be drunk by the locals, but then, in 1951 the marketing people came up with the idea of creating a race to see who could get the wine to Paris the quickest. The race was well received and became a national event. By the 1970’s Beaujolais Nouveau day was growing internationally, until today there are millions of people around the world enjoying the day of bon-homie. I was once in the world famous Rungis Market in Paris at around 3am on Beaujolais Nouveau day. Oh my, what a carnival !!
We will, of course, have plenty in the shops on Thursday 21 st November. Come on in, we’ll share it with you.
Happy November...
