@@arthurraymond6239 Yes, that habit of walking to the middle of the kitchen and holding up the plate has always bugged me a bit. Could Gareth have a small folding table and a stool perhaps? The dining area is best, but of course the rest of the family may be using it.
Worth every penny, Gareth! We bought two last week for a treat as part of a main meal, and it was gorgeous!!!!!! You get what you bung for, at the end of the day, and as a special treat, well worth the price!!!!!
Great Review, I'd rather pay the extra few quid for something as good as that than some of the cheap crap that is in the stores . like you could pay that for a burger made of god knows what.
@@scottneil1187 well take into consideration all the ingredients then of course how long you'd have to cook that meat for and the price that would cost in gas or electric it's not a bad price.
I knew it was going to be good ‘cos you told us in the thumbnail (again !). Shin used to be cheap meat to buy but not anymore. M&S, not cheap but you’re paying for quality. 10/10. A must try.
Hi Gareth. It looks good. I live on my own and buy casserole beef, carrots onions, celery, leeks and mushrooms at a cost of the same or slightly less than £6. Marinate the beef overnight in herbs etc. Fry beef off; add veg and put in slow cooker 8 hours on low. It’s delicious and I get 2 meals out of it.
I'm the same, always use the smell test, not the date. The only things where I do go by the date is for stuff like shellfish, because that can make you seriously ill, so it's not worth the risk!
Used to use shin and oxtail in all my slow cooked beef dishes before both cuts became 'fashionable' because it was so cheap. Now it's as expensive as the majority of premium beef cuts. Mr and the lads at my local butchers were talking about it too long ago. They blame Jamie Oliver !! Poor old Jamie, he does get some stick.. 😂😂😂😂. Looked good mate. Stay safe.
just had this for supper tonight and it's absolutely delicious, well worth £6. I shared it with hubby, added mashed potatoes, roasties and green beans and it was plenty for two. Top quality from M&S as always.
Gareth, you crack me up! You read the spiel on the front of the pack, including the 'keep flat' bit and within the next minute or so you tipped it on it's side to read the back 🤣😂🤣😂
I haven’t had shin since the 70s. You've put a notion on me to het some. Comfort food 🙂 Love the way you do everyday foods, especially the food comparisons. If it's "best before" you are safe to sniff and taste. If its "use by" don't eat it. Big rise in listeria poisoning.
*Oh My Goodness- Spectacular M+S Beef Shin - Phwwooaar 😮👌👌💯🔥* Celeriac mash I am sure was a great accompaniment. Perfect,inviting,appetite inducing heavenly food..well done
Quality always costs more, and while M&S have dropped a notch or two on some items. That looked fabulous. Your added celeriac mash was a great use of leftovers. Has to be said mate, you looked a very very happy man. A man with a fork & a mission. Got to be honest, I used to cook shin of beef for about 4hrs plus. Depending on how large it was. Was good to see a 2nd top marks. Brilliant. 😊😊😊❤👍👌👏 Let's see if we can get a hat-trick🤔😵💫Grand video Gareth, see you in the next video Allan&Family
Wow looks great , you get 2hat you pay for , but M& S perhaps add 10% on . Sometimes ALDI do a pretty good equivalent but not always . At least avoid Iceland their stuff is mainly terrible .
I would prefer to spend £6 on a hearty meal like this all those fragrant veg and that gravy made using the red wine butter and the juices from that shin of well cooked beef is enough to make anybody's mouth water especially with it getting colder in the evenings now it's just what the doctor ordered.
Its been my understanding that any food use by date allows for a further 3 days for consumption if fresh and freezing extends the date depending on the type of product IE fish/meat/bread - i know a lot of people think youve got to throw stuff out if its gone a day over the use by date , its probably something worth looking into - great review as always 😃
Great review, M&S may be a tad expensive, however you definitely get your money’s worth! And loads cheaper than a restaurant or pub meal, so well worth the treat now and then
Looks delightful -- nice to see some actual onions and carrot-y looking carrots, instead of mystery bits, wallowing in that sauce. No need for added "slippage juice" neither, eh? Haven't tried the celeraic mash, but I can easily imagine parsnip mash in there, or roasted sweet potatoes with sage, or large white beans with rosemary. Even a piece of sausage wouldn't be blasphemous. I've no trouble with out-of-date foods as long as they pass inspection; as a frequent user of food banks I often encounter stuff that's past its sell-by date -- that's why it's at the food bank. And raw vegetables have no date -- it's "consumer beware".
I must say Gareth, that looks really good. I love what used to be tough old cuts of meat done long and slow. Now Sparks have got hold of it, I will definitely give this a try. Thanks.
I got this meal from my neighbour today and I had it for my dinner today. Wow!! It was fantastic. If it wasn't for your reviews, I would have missed this item. Six quid was a bargain. It came out on the same par as a restaurant meal. I had it with buttery mash and broccoli, a fantastic meal. I will certainly be buying this again. Thanks for reviewing it m8. 👍👍. I'm not a fan of celeriac though. Buttery, onion and cheese mash is for me 🥰🥰.
Great review! Celeriac is a beautiful if underrated vegetable. Have you tried kohlrabi? Absolutely beautiful when roasted. A fantastic addition or even a substitution for potato if you're trying to lower carb loading!
Maybe some will say six quid is expensive? I think this turned out like a restaurant quality meal, so I think it's great value. Even the ' make it yourself ' crowd aren't going to come in any cheaper than this. I will admit that I do cook a joint of beef in my slow cooker and my local butcher throws in some marrow bones to give it that oomph flavour. I do infuse some red wine into the meat as well. But it takes hours of cooking. So yeah, this is a great review and worth the extra few bob. I'm still recovering from my visit to the ICU so I can't get to our M+S, but my neighbour does, so I've asked her to get me one. And you are not paying extra for a chef to have his/her name attached, like the fancy pie. A great review m8 👍👍.
That looks absolutely mouth watering! 😋😋 I haven't tried Celeriac in years. A friend gave me a recipe, years ago, where she steamed it and then served it in a Yoghurt/Vinegar dressing and it was wonderful. Think I'll give the mash a go, looks great too!
Shin and Brisket used to be very cheap but not anymore. Me and my late wife used to buy a lot of M&S Gastropub range 10 years ago, used to come in blue packages.
I've had some tonight for my Evening meal ,and I can honestly say I think it's one of the best meals I've ever had in my life absolutely delicious so full of flavour just wow Just had a portion of buttery mash with it .thanks for letting us see it I will be buying it again. one negative for me its Not suitable to freeze I would have preferred to have stockpiled some in the freezer but hey ho you can't have everything
When I was young, I had an aunt who made who was a supervisor at a clothing company that made clothing for the M&S range of clothing. She said when their inspectors came around they were very demanding of quality, I presume it's the same for their food. Costly ok but if you consider that compared to say one of the more expensive burgers from McDonalds is it?
can't argue M&S do use quality ingredients and the factories used have to be immaculate having worked in one producing there products so you really pay for that but the results speak for themselves
@johnmarkrobinson2924 possibly produced at the same factory you will be surprised just how much stuff is produced on the same site using same produce while some stores want exclusive only there products packed many and M&S used to not sure now would if the production factory was up to there standard use places that produced for many supermarkets and worked in many places that if we ran out of say one stores products if there was some left from the other use that as it was basically the same not sure it would happen today but who knows 🤣
Gareth you startled me with intro normally say u hope we are all spot on then tell us u been shopping 😅. Great review yet again and my chance to ask if you are spot on.
£6 seems a rip off for that, it's only 500 calories. The thing is that's not a rip-off because look at the quality of it, it's just amazing and I'm not even eating it, I can tell from looking at it. Same with the £7 pie recently. Absolute top quality. I'm the guy that keeps saying Iceland is a rip off and it is, because although their prices are going to be way cheaper than this for this sort of thing, it sure as hell won't have the quality of this or the £7 pie. I don't mind stuff being expensive if there's a reason for it.
That looks delicious. You definitely can’t cook this for just one person. Thus goed idea bij M&S to offer this. I absolutely loved M&S food when I lived in England at the end of Maggie Thatchers reign Left when poll tax was introduced in 1990, no regrets😊
Proper comfort food for a dark cold winter night
Looks lovely it's expensive but sill cheaper than a takeaway.
Probably taste even better ….sat down🤔 😀
Not necessarily. See my comment above.
@@arthurraymond6239 Yes, that habit of walking to the middle of the kitchen and holding up the plate has always bugged me a bit. Could Gareth have a small folding table and a stool perhaps? The dining area is best, but of course the rest of the family may be using it.
how do you turn beef stew into gold?....add 24 carrots
That is so corny, but made me smile on a wet Monday so you get a like 😂
@@KurtLang-tt4kv It's Not Corned Beef LOL
Kaned recon it would be better without the 16% gold and 16% more shin for the price
@@pauljackson1981 Oh God, buckle in 🙈 Any excuse for a good shindig. 😉
mhmm
Worth every penny, Gareth! We bought two last week for a treat as part of a main meal, and it was gorgeous!!!!!! You get what you bung for, at the end of the day, and as a special treat, well worth the price!!!!!
These M&S reviews are the greatest.
Keep them coming.
Thanks for the video.
You're welcome
Oh! Wow!!! That looks a great meal for £6 ....
It looked very tasty, great review Gaz, 😋😋xx
Ta ma xxxx
Great Review,
I'd rather pay the extra few quid for something as good as that than some of the cheap crap that is in the stores . like you could pay that for a burger made of god knows what.
You really can’t argue with £6 for a quality meal like that, looks superb
I'd argue all day. Extortionate.
@@scottneil1187 well take into consideration all the ingredients then of course how long you'd have to cook that meat for and the price that would cost in gas or electric it's not a bad price.
That looks good, even for the price.😊
With it costing more and more to eat out your videos are exactly what we need! Thank you!
You are so welcome!
I knew it was going to be good ‘cos you told us in the thumbnail (again !). Shin used to be cheap meat to buy but not anymore. M&S, not cheap but you’re paying for quality. 10/10. A must try.
That looked very very good!
Bit expensive, but for quality you need to pay.
Nice to know you actually know how to tell if food's gone off, rather than just throwing it away as soon as it passes its use by date.
Yes I did a video about that very thing.
Hi Gareth. It looks good. I live on my own and buy casserole beef, carrots onions, celery, leeks and mushrooms at a cost of the same or slightly less than £6. Marinate the beef overnight in herbs etc. Fry beef off; add veg and put in slow cooker 8 hours on low. It’s delicious and I get 2 meals out of it.
Sounds great!
if you ever decide to make a pie, shin is the perfect beef for it x
I'm the same, always use the smell test, not the date. The only things where I do go by the date is for stuff like shellfish, because that can make you seriously ill, so it's not worth the risk!
When I paused and saw the ingredients I knew you'd do a little 'Lean back of Pleasure'.
Used to use shin and oxtail in all my slow cooked beef dishes before both cuts became 'fashionable' because it was so cheap. Now it's as expensive as the majority of premium beef cuts. Mr and the lads at my local butchers were talking about it too long ago. They blame Jamie Oliver !! Poor old Jamie, he does get some stick.. 😂😂😂😂. Looked good mate. Stay safe.
I love how you get everything out with a spatula. NO waste.
Tom Kerridge. Always hearty food. Comfort food.
It Defintely Looks Tasty. ❤Great video. xx
Thanks so much x
just had this for supper tonight and it's absolutely delicious, well worth £6. I shared it with hubby, added mashed potatoes, roasties and green beans and it was plenty for two. Top quality from M&S as always.
Fantastic!
jus is a reduction and gravy relies on a thickening agent
I'm the same as you, a lot of the stuff I eat is way out of date but as long as it smells and looks ok it is usually fine
I watched a video of that place that sells out of date food and the guy opened a packet of crisps 4 years out of date and they were fine
@@tucoramirez3333I ate a 10 year old pot noodle once, was great!.
Gareth, you crack me up! You read the spiel on the front of the pack, including the 'keep flat' bit and within the next minute or so you tipped it on it's side to read the back 🤣😂🤣😂
Glad you enjoyed it!
Looks good Gareth, another fine bit of food from M+S, enjoy
Looks great,I could almost taste it. Cant think of anything to add. 👍🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧
Peas maybe 😌
Todays weather, thats perfect!!!
The gravy alone looks amaazing, not surprised you enjoyed it fella.
So good
I haven’t had shin since the 70s. You've put a notion on me to het some. Comfort food 🙂
Love the way you do everyday foods, especially the food comparisons.
If it's "best before" you are safe to sniff and taste. If its "use by" don't eat it. Big rise in listeria poisoning.
Top looking dish. Must give this a try.
Ur looking well mate, great vid as always ! That diner looks like a proper treat no dearer than a takeaway really !
Cheers Andy, I've had a shave lol 😆
Looks delicious. Definitely going to give it a try. Thanks for the review.
*Oh My Goodness- Spectacular M+S Beef Shin - Phwwooaar 😮👌👌💯🔥*
Celeriac mash I am sure was a great accompaniment. Perfect,inviting,appetite inducing heavenly food..well done
Cheers Glenda
Looks so good. Defiantly will be buying for a special occasion.
That looks delish Gaz! I love Celeriac mash too! What a lovely meal. Bit expensive but for a treat .. why not?!
it's typical that decent food made from proper ingredients gets 3 out of 4 red health 'traffic lights' , whilst diet coke gets all green.
Off to M&S tomorrow. Not been in for a bit but this is a yes!
@@robertbox5399 me too, l'm going to that meal, looks delicious....
does look good mate perhaps a special dinner on a sat nite now get back to aldi😂😂
Yes treat night
Oh yes this looks great on a cold evening perfect comfort food, well worth the price
Yum, will have to try. Thanks for the heads up
You're welcome 😊
Quality always costs more, and while M&S have dropped a notch or two on some items. That looked fabulous. Your added celeriac mash was a great use of leftovers. Has to be said mate, you looked a very very happy man. A man with a fork & a mission. Got to be honest, I used to cook shin of beef for about 4hrs plus. Depending on how large it was. Was good to see a 2nd top marks. Brilliant. 😊😊😊❤👍👌👏 Let's see if we can get a hat-trick🤔😵💫Grand video Gareth, see you in the next video Allan&Family
Cheers Allan 👌 all the best pal 👍
That looks lovely, thanks, I can try it now, not a diet dinner but that's ok😊😊
That looks delicious lol might have to treat myself to this 😋
Hope you enjoy
Gosh i could.mangle that right now. Looks so good. Great review 👌
Thank you 😋
I’m off to M&S!…… looks yummy ……..thanks Gaz x❤x
Hope you enjoy
That does look good.Also the mash looks good. Never tried it so will look up the recipe for Celeriac mash.
Hope you enjoy
The same way you cook ordinary potatoes but not for as long.
Wow looks great , you get 2hat you pay for , but M& S perhaps add 10% on . Sometimes ALDI do a pretty good equivalent but not always . At least avoid Iceland their stuff is mainly terrible .
Looks great! especially with celeriac mash, great for keto.
I would prefer to spend £6 on a hearty meal like this all those fragrant veg and that gravy made using the red wine butter and the juices from that shin of well cooked beef is enough to make anybody's mouth water especially with it getting colder in the evenings now it's just what the doctor ordered.
That looks delicious. ❤
Celeriac is such a versatile vegetable! One of my favourites. Great video!
Thanks
Its been my understanding that any food use by date allows for a further 3 days for consumption if fresh and freezing extends the date depending on the type of product IE fish/meat/bread - i know a lot of people think youve got to throw stuff out if its gone a day over the use by date , its probably something worth looking into - great review as always 😃
Looks like this is one of your favourites, though I would call it a luxury to enjoy now and again at that price.
Great review, M&S may be a tad expensive, however you definitely get your money’s worth! And loads cheaper than a restaurant or pub meal, so well worth the treat now and then
Looks delightful -- nice to see some actual onions and carrot-y looking carrots, instead of mystery bits, wallowing in that sauce. No need for added "slippage juice" neither, eh? Haven't tried the celeraic mash, but I can easily imagine parsnip mash in there, or roasted sweet potatoes with sage, or large white beans with rosemary. Even a piece of sausage wouldn't be blasphemous.
I've no trouble with out-of-date foods as long as they pass inspection; as a frequent user of food banks I often encounter stuff that's past its sell-by date -- that's why it's at the food bank. And raw vegetables have no date -- it's "consumer beware".
Looked quality . Makes you hungry just looking at it . A treat but well deserved. Cheers 😊😊😊
Thank you 😋
Is 110g of beef usually 6 quid though?
I must say Gareth, that looks really good. I love what used to be tough old cuts of meat done long and slow. Now Sparks have got hold of it, I will definitely give this a try. Thanks.
Thanks 👍
That looked lovely. I'm gonna try
M/s is very tasty
Best wishes, gareth
Cheers Kizzy 👌
I would pay that for such delicious looking meal.
My Mom always used shin to make soup. Exquisite. When I was a little girl. (When the earth was cooling). Cheers Pat in New Jersey
Cheers Pat
I got this meal from my neighbour today and I had it for my dinner today. Wow!! It was fantastic. If it wasn't for your reviews, I would have missed this item. Six quid was a bargain. It came out on the same par as a restaurant meal. I had it with buttery mash and broccoli, a fantastic meal. I will certainly be buying this again.
Thanks for reviewing it m8. 👍👍.
I'm not a fan of celeriac though. Buttery, onion and cheese mash is for me 🥰🥰.
Great review! Celeriac is a beautiful if underrated vegetable. Have you tried kohlrabi? Absolutely beautiful when roasted. A fantastic addition or even a substitution for potato if you're trying to lower carb loading!
Thanks
This looks great, M&S know how to press the buttons, usually excellent. I love M&S meatloaf too, superb 🤤👌
Thank you 😋
That looked so good! Wish I could find something like that in Sweden.
Maybe some will say six quid is expensive?
I think this turned out like a restaurant quality meal, so I think it's great value. Even the ' make it yourself ' crowd aren't going to come in any cheaper than this. I will admit that I do cook a joint of beef in my slow cooker and my local butcher throws in some marrow bones to give it that oomph flavour. I do infuse some red wine into the meat as well. But it takes hours of cooking. So yeah, this is a great review and worth the extra few bob.
I'm still recovering from my visit to the ICU so I can't get to our M+S, but my neighbour does, so I've asked her to get me one.
And you are not paying extra for a chef to have his/her name attached, like the fancy pie.
A great review m8 👍👍.
Cheers Gerry
The eyes……..looks good tbh. Will give it a go. Thanks Gareth x
That looks absolutely mouth watering! 😋😋
I haven't tried Celeriac in years. A friend gave me a recipe, years ago, where she steamed it and then served it in a Yoghurt/Vinegar dressing and it was wonderful.
Think I'll give the mash a go, looks great too!
Great video Gareth, looks delicious xx 😊
Thanks, yes it was lovely
Definitely gonna try this one Gareth. I could almost smell it😊 butterbean mash for me though or roasties 🤔
Thanks for sharing 👍
Enjoy John
Had this the other week, sensational. highly reccomended.
Great to hear!
man that looks stew-pendously good,
wouldn't expect anything less from marks & expensive though eh
Shin and Brisket used to be very cheap but not anymore. Me and my late wife used to buy a lot of M&S Gastropub range 10 years ago, used to come in blue packages.
Expensive but quality food
Gawd i’m hungry now 😂 M &S meals always yummy ❤
Oh dam its been a wile glad to see your still going strong pal another great review 👍
@vortexx8338 cheers mate yes, you been with me since the start. Good hearing from you mate 👍
Have you tried the sides range at iceland as of yet I know I've missed a few vids
Wow looks good 😋 I know not cheap, but you get what you pay for the M&S. Two positive reviews in a row 🤗
The beef cheek with dumplings is amazing too 😊
These meals are utterly superb, just a crying shame, there's not more of it. But with some vegs this is good. Smashing videos. Great work Gaz
Glad you like them!
I've had some tonight for my Evening meal ,and I can honestly say I think it's one of the best meals I've ever had in my life absolutely delicious so full of flavour just wow Just had a portion of buttery mash with it .thanks for letting us see it I will be buying it again. one negative for me its Not suitable to freeze I would have preferred to have stockpiled some in the freezer but hey ho you can't have everything
Looks like that will be my Saturday dinner, I shall have the beef pie Friday.
When I was young, I had an aunt who made who was a supervisor at a clothing company that made clothing for the M&S range of clothing. She said when their inspectors came around they were very demanding of quality, I presume it's the same for their food. Costly ok but if you consider that compared to say one of the more expensive burgers from McDonalds is it?
when you compare the cost to a main meal in a pub these days......its not so bad. The quality of the meals seems top class.
I love M+S......
can't argue M&S do use quality ingredients and the factories used have to be immaculate having worked in one producing there products so you really pay for that but the results speak for themselves
@johnmarkrobinson2924 possibly produced at the same factory you will be surprised just how much stuff is produced on the same site using same produce while some stores want exclusive only there products packed many and M&S used to not sure now would if the production factory was up to there standard use places that produced for many supermarkets and worked in many places that if we ran out of say one stores products if there was some left from the other use that as it was basically the same not sure it would happen today but who knows 🤣
Thanks Gareth. I am most definitely going to try that. It ticks all my boxes. 👍
Looks lovely. I'm off to M&S
Gareth you startled me with intro normally say u hope we are all spot on then tell us u been shopping 😅. Great review yet again and my chance to ask if you are spot on.
Haha 👍
Hello blue. Yep gonna have to go to m&s because that looks blooming tasty. Brilliant video bud. Bye for now.😃🤗✋✌️👍
£6 seems a rip off for that, it's only 500 calories. The thing is that's not a rip-off because look at the quality of it, it's just amazing and I'm not even eating it, I can tell from looking at it. Same with the £7 pie recently. Absolute top quality. I'm the guy that keeps saying Iceland is a rip off and it is, because although their prices are going to be way cheaper than this for this sort of thing, it sure as hell won't have the quality of this or the £7 pie. I don't mind stuff being expensive if there's a reason for it.
good to see M & S consistently winning with Bald Foodie Guy, its my go to on pay day!
Proper winter dinner 10\10
Yes I’ve tried it, bit pricy but good flavour
Great video
Gareth just wanted to say you’re looking really well 😊
Thanks 👍
Mr BFG, Nice sharing meal, 3 quid each, good value.
I will try M&S grub soon, after a certain time! 🇮🇪🇪🇺
That looks delicious. You definitely can’t cook this for just one person. Thus goed idea bij M&S to offer this. I absolutely loved M&S food when I lived in England at the end of Maggie Thatchers reign Left when poll tax was introduced in 1990, no regrets😊
Will try it this weekend ,,,with roast spuds ,looks great 😅 ,
You get what you pay for. Looks great.
Expensive but looks good ❤❤
Yes tasty