Australia, Perth
Steve Law-Davies writes; I was passing by the butcher last weekend (mid Jan 2005) and he still had suet for sale so it must be readily available from him. BURRENDAH MEATS 61 Apsley road Willetton 6155 phone 9457 1667
Australia, Sydney
Karen has helped with the following in Sydney Australia; Good morning Paul, I have found a butcher in Bexley that will order suet for you .
Bucton's
411 Forest Road
Bexley 02 9597 7817
Donna Robinson writes;
I finally found a butcher in Sydney's eastern suburbs that stocks Suet.
Terry Wrights Gourmet Meats, 32 Clovelly Road, Randwick NSW 2031 Phone: 02 9398 7882.
Very helpful and friendly men, best to ring to have some put aside as it goes quite quickly at this time of year.
Australia, Melbourne
Clarendon Street Meats
294 Clarendon St.
South Melbourne.
03 9690 2337
Hobsons Bay Butchers
66 Ferguson Street
Williamstown
03 9397 6729
Neil’s Meats
Shop 508
Prahran Market
Phone 03 9827 6574
Rob’s British Butchers
111 Lonsdale Street,
Dandenong
03 9792 5188
Kirkpatricks
South Melbourne Market
03 9699 2344 (phone first ask for Harry, because they have to order it).
Jonathan's Of Collingwood
122 Smith St Collingwood 3066
(03) 9419 4339
(AU$5 for 500grams, November 2004)
They are a small butcher shop but provide beautiful meats to restaurants.
Thanks to Helen for the entry above
NAME Trudy
MESSAGE There is a stall at Victoria market in Melbourne amongst the meal stalls which specialises in offal and has suet on hand. I have bought mine there the last couple of years - he asks how many kilos you want!
Lorna says;
Suet can also be purchased from Largo Butcher
411 Brunswick St Fitzroy 3065
ph (03) 9417 2689
You may have to order a week in advance, and the bonus is that they put it through the mincer so you don't have to grate it, which is a disgusting job!
Australia, Queensland
Message: Brisbane-suet suppliers
Hypermarket Aspley and Woolworths Strathpine have suet closer to Christmas.
Local butcher at Lawnton will save suet when he gets fresh meat in usually weekly.
Thanks to Gail
Mexico
I'm told.. available anywhere, as it is a basic ingredient for many dishes. However you DO want beef suet for this pudding, not Goat suet.
USA
Mrs. Kristin Wickersham writes; I Have discovered beef suet can be gotten from Ukrop's grocery in Richmond, Virginia.
Liz Palmo writes; For your suet suppliers list for the US:,
Rife's Market in Columbus, Ohio (They don't even act like it is an odd request!)
Canada
Sandra Dumaresq writes;
In the Atlantic Provinces in Canada, suet seems to be quite available at two major supermarket chains. Sobeys carries suet in their frozen meat section. Currently, their supplier is "Tony's" at the Antigonish Abattoir Ltd. In Antigonish, Nova Scotia, B2G 2L2, Canada.
The other supermarket chain is Loblaws. Loblaws uses various store names such as Superstore, Loblaws, Dominion, SaveEasy. Here in Halifax, they also have Tony's suet in their meat freezer cases. Previously, the supermarkets carried suet produced by Maple Leaf Foods which is a large food producer with plants across the country (principally in Ontario, I think);
Update;
I was in another Sobeys supermarket the other day and they had another suet supplier O.H. Armstrong Ltd., Kingston, Nova Scotia, B0P 1RO, Canada.
It has been suggested that if it is necessary to find a substitute for suet, you can take lard, freeze it, and then grate it before putting it into the recipe. The same thing could also be done with vegetable shortening.