Saturday 15 December 2012

Fishin' You a Merry Christmas

Fancy something other than roast turkey this Christmas?

If so, you might like to indulge in some fresh fish from Downies of Whitehills for your Christmas feast!

Downies Fish counter, in-store at the Mitchells Grocery, offers a delicious range of freshly-caught, quality Scottish fish, hot and cold smoked fish, as well as Downies award winning Cullen Skink Soup and Fish Pies.

The members of Downies staff within Mitchells are more than happy to arrange for orders to be taken for any unusual requests, as they pride themselves on being able to source a variety of seafood given plenty of notice.

But as you can see from the picture on your right, you will need to get your hands on an order form before the 22nd Dec.

That's because Downies' fishing boats will not be heading out to sea and the counter will be closed from the 22nd December until the 8th January.

So what are you waiting for? Why not make the most of these great offers and bring something new to the Christmas dinner table this year?

You never know - Downies’ fish could have you converted for life!

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Thursday 6 December 2012

Wood You Look At That...

At Mitchells Dairy, we are always keen to try our hands at new things, but sometimes our hidden talents even surprise us!

After an elm tree blew down in Judy's dad Patrick's garden, Keith and his three sons decided to use their imagination - and started sanding and oiling the elmwood to turn it into hardwood boards!

Only after they tidied the garden, of course.

As you may or may not know, natural wood prevents bacterial growth, making these boards ideal for use in a kitchen environment as a general chopping board.

Due to their beauty though, they also find a place on the table as cheese boards, cake platters, carving boards and bread boards.

Whatever you decide to use them as, they really do make a lovely gift - and they are selling really well in the shop in the lead up to Christmas.

You never know, if the boys keep improving, we just might start making bespoke wooden boards to customers' own design and measurements!

Below, you can see Hamish Whyte, Judy and Keith's eldest son (and part of the 5th generations of the Mitchell family) busy in his workshop making the boards. On the right, you can see our handmade hardwood boards on sale at our shop in Inverurie.


If you want to purchase one of our hardwood boards, you can simply call into our shop in Market Place, Inverurie.

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