Galloway Smokehouse
Welcome to Galloway Smokehouse.
A seasons greeting to you all and since writing last years catalogue much has happened. The snow just before Christmas caused quite a panic with poor old Santa and his reindeer. It was so bad the delivery system ground to a halt for a few days and many thanks for you patience. We did find it very frustrating in that we had very little snow here and the carrier collected from us every day on time but what happened after that was a different story. One thing in our favour though was that it was colder than your fridges in the vans and depots so our goods arrived in perfect condition albeit a little late. The gift certificates given as presents proved to be a winner and snow bound families were happy to receive a gift from their friends and were able to order what they wanted when their road conditions got back to normal.
The nights are drawing in now but there has been no snow on the hills yet. We had our first frost last night so out with the winter woollies. Santa’s sledge is cleaned and polished and his reindeers are on extra oats. With Christmas just round the corner its time to offer you a variety of our products to grace the table and tickle the taste buds. As always we have made a few changes and this year we have queen fillet, goose sausages, streaky bacon and smoked pheasant, sadly though the crab claw meat is unavailable as our fishermen lost most of their gear in the autumn gales.
Here at the Galloway Smokehouse we pride ourselves on our quality control, all our fish are hand filleted, our kilns are small allowing close monitoring of small batches, our raw materials are the best we can find and even our sawdust is specially selected. It is a by-product from a nearby cooperage where whisky barrels are refurbished. This sawdust is impregnated with whisky and when burnt in our smokers gives a rich strength of taste to all of our products. All foods are cured with salt before smoking and to balance the harshness most smokehouses add sugar. To give a fuller flavour we add dark syrup and black rum. After smoking we still bone and slice by hand then vacuum pack to seal in the distinctive flavours, a little slower but the results are worth it. So with the best in raw materials, lots of love and attention and that extra special fresh Scottish air, our prize winning smoked foods are a gourmets delight. They can all be kept in the fridge or freezer without any loss in quality. In fact, a selection of Galloway’s finest in the freezer is always a good insurance for those emergency gourmet occasions.
Finally we cannot compete with mass production on price but can certainly beat most, if not all, on quality. So if you have not already tried some of our best make this Christmas something to remember and order as soon as possible - you will not be disappointed.
Happy Christmas
