The best parts of an animal to use for a roast dinner will depend on the dish you want to cook, your personal taste and your budget. So ,our experienced team at Hugh Phillips Gower Butchers have come up with a short guide to choosing the best cuts for perfect roast dinner. As with most […]
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Spring is here and spring lamb is on the menu Spring has definitely arrived in the UK and that means that spring lamb is now available to enjoy. When buying your spring lamb, you should look for firm, slightly pink meat with a velvety texture; as the meat ages it becomes darker in colour. You should also look for cuts that show PGI status, which […]
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Seven Different Ways to Cook your Chicken One of the most versatile foods on the planet, chicken can be roasted, baked, grilled, sautéed, braised, or fried. Whether you’ve never cooked a chicken before, or you’re looking for a new twist on the same old bird, we’ve come up with seven different ways that you can cook your chicken to keep your menu […]
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Choosing & Cooking the Perfect Steak Is there such a thing as the perfect steak? Maybe not as people’s tastes and preferences vary particularly when it comes to the way we like our steaks cooked. So, what are the options when it comes to choosing your perfect cut of steak? If price is not an issue, there are many expensive steaks […]
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Meat Boxes for Top Quality Products Buying top-quality meat has never been easier. Meat boxes offer ethical choices, a huge variety of high-quality cuts and convenience too. In fact, thanks to modern butchers like Hugh Phillips Gower Butcher who now offer an online delivery service, just a few taps on a smartphone will see exceptional meat delivered to your door anywhere […]
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The Perfect Easter Roast It’s become as much a tradition to invite friends and family around for an Easter Sunday celebration as it has for Christmas dinner. And like for any special occasion, it’s worth planning ahead to ensure a stress-free and delicious tasty Easter roast. As the butchers at Hugh Phillips Gower Butchers gear themselves up for a […]
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Cuts of Lamb Explained There’s no doubt, when it comes to Easter, lamb is the preferred dish of most Brits when it comes to entertaining friends and family – and there’s nothing quite as good as Welsh lamb that we source locally. So, as you plan your Easter menu, we thought it would be helpful to explain about the […]
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Our Love for Bacon – The Facts As a nation, the UK has an all-consuming love for bacon. But did you know that not all bacon from around the world is made equal? Different countries actually use different parts of pigs to meet their nation’s love of this cut, with Canadians going for loins while Americans use the shoulder. Here in the […]
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We Love Welsh Meat As Wales celebrates St David’s Day this week, the country continues to mark many of the traditions and customs passed down from our ancestors, including the enjoyment of traditional Welsh cuisine including Welsh meat. The Welsh food of our ancestors came from the diet of the working man: fisherman, farmer, coal miner or labourer. So, […]
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Cooking Pork Joints to Perfection It’s a fact. Pork is the most popular meat that we choose to eat at home. As a result of this popularity, there is a growing demand for advice and guidance when it comes to choosing and cooking pork joints. They also want the reassurance that pork products are ethically sourced from local or quality […]
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Beef Brisket – The King of Braised Meats If you've ever eaten corned beef or pastrami, then you've eaten beef brisket. This large piece of flavour-packed meat is often cured or smoked, but it's also one of the best cuts for braising and slow cooking. Different cuts of brisket Brisket comes from the breast section of the animal, under the first five ribs. [...] Continue Reading
Hugh Phillips Gower Butcher wins FSB Award The team at Hugh Phillips Gower Butchers, who have had a stall in Swansea Market since 1878, has scooped the overall award for the best family business in the FSB Wales awards 2018. The team will now go on to the UK Awards in London where they will compete to become the FSB’s Family Business […]
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Recipe Competition Winner – Penclawdd Steak Our Facebook recipe competition which we ran in January has been won by Marc Lyn who entered his recipe for Penclawdd Steak. Penclawdd Steak – Ingredients • 1/2 onion (white, brown or yellow) • 1/2 cup breadcrumbs • 1 lb/500g ground beef (i.e. best Hugh Phillips beef mince) • 1 egg (free range of course) […]
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Non’s Healthy Meat Recipes Our guest writer, Non Evans MBE, regularly shares with us some of her healthy and nutritious meat recipes. And we’re delighted to share three of these recipes with you in our latest blog: Non’s Healthy Meat Recipes. Beef Hot Pot We’re starting with her beef hot pot recipe, perfect for a cold winter’s evening and […]
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Welsh Rack of Lamb for the Perfect Dinner Party If you’re planning a dinner party for friends and family, then you’re probably looking to cook something that is easy to prepare and serve but that looks really impressive too! The ideal cut which is perfect to impress is a Welsh Rack of Lamb. In fact, you can roast a whole rack of lamb to […]
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Welsh Sirloin Steak – Good for your Health and Appetite! At Hugh Phillips Gower Butcher we pride ourselves on the quality of all our meats and in particular our traditionally matured grass fed Welsh Beef – and our Welsh sirloin steak is no exception. Hand cut and trimmed by our qualified butchers, these juicy steaks are marbled with internal fat which melts during cooking, helping […]
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Beef Burgers Aren’t all Bad! Red meat, including beef burgers, tends to be overlooked as part of a nutritious diet; but moderate amounts fit perfectly into a balanced diet. Beef burgers made with lean mince packs your meal with nutrients, like iron, vitamin B-12 and protein. Why are these nutrients so important? Iron carries oxygen to cells, tissues and organs […]
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Popularity of Chicken in January It’s that time of year when many of us have over eaten and indulged during Christmas and, now it’s the New Year, we’re looking at a healthier, more balanced diet. A lot of people tend to turn to ‘faddy’ diets to get the weight off but give up within a matter of weeks. But you […]
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A Turkey Isn’t Just for Christmas It’s just two weeks until Christmas and if you haven’t done so already, you really need to get your turkey and other meat orders in very quickly to avoid disappointment. But, here’s a question? Why do we go mad for turkey only during the festive season? Turkey is not only extremely versatile, so doesn’t have […]
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Showcasing our meat hampers at the Winter Fair Most of us have heard of the Royal Welsh Show, but less well known is the Royal Welsh Agricultural Society’s Winter Fair which takes place each November at the same site in Builth Wells. First staged in 1990, the Winter Fair is becoming increasingly popular in the British agricultural show calendar. Leading stockmen from all […]
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Planning the Perfect Christmas Dinner We all love Christmas, well most of us anyway! But if it’s your turn to prepare the perfect Christmas dinner, the stress of entertaining the family may already be starting to rear its head. The best way to avoid the stresses of the good old festive feast is to plan and do as much as […]
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Meat Hampers – Something a little different this Christmas Most Christmas hampers tend to be made up of classic choices like jams, chutneys or chocolates or savoury alternatives such as cheese and biscuits all complemented with wines and whiskeys. But in recent years, meat hampers have started to become equally as popular. And why not? Who doesn’t love a selection of fresh or cured […]
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The Most Popular British Christmas Roasts Most British families tend to opt for a turkey for their traditional festive dinner but did you know that the good old turkey has only been gracing the British table since the 16th century when it arrived here from America. Before that traditional British Christmas roasts would normally be geese. British Christmas Roasts However, poultry […]
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Popularity of Pulled Pork the UK Words like ‘great value for money’, ‘underused cuts’ and ‘perfect for slow cooking’ are currently being used about pork shoulder joints by many of our celebrity chefs like Nigella, Jamie Oliver and Tom Kerridge who are all strong advocates of pulled pork. So why is this ‘poor relation cut’ growing so much in popularity? Essentially, […]
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Local Butcher Becomes Wales’ First British Strong Man David Todd, an employee at Hugh Phillips Gower Butcher’s Swansea Abattoir, has just become Wale’s first champion in the Britain Strongest Man competition in the under 80kg category. David, who trains a minimum of four times a week, was placed in overall first position in this prestigious competition which was held last month. Earlier this […]
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Why Non Evans Loves our Meat Non Evans MBE is well-known for her sporting achievements and her commitment to helping others to reach their physical and sporting goals. Her impressive sporting career includes playing International Rugby and being the only female to have competed at three different disciplines at the Commonwealth Games. She is also a TV and Radio presenter including […]
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Eat Our Hand Made Sausages with a Clear Conscience We all know that, as tasty as they are, sausages are not considered to be the healthiest of meat choices. In fact, over the past few years, there has been even more negative publicity surrounding the good old British sausage, with health issues caused by chemicals such as nitrates which are commonly used during meat-processing […]
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Why farm house faggots are still a popular British dish Love them or hate them, farm house faggots remain a popular British dish, with tens of millions of them being eaten every year. But what are they exactly? Faggots are a bit like meatballs, though they tend to be larger in size than a traditional meatball. Faggots are made from off-cut meats which are mixed […]
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Rib of beef – the UK’s Favourite Cut of Beef Prime rib of beef is one of the most classic cuts of beef which is growing in popularity among consumers across the UK. How do we know this? It’s because rib of beef is one of the best sellers from our new, online butcher’s shop. This cut of beef comes from the fore-quarter of our grass-fed Welsh Beef […]
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Glamorgan Young Farmers Carcass Judging Competition This week our Farm and Abattoir in Llanmorlais played host this week the annual Glamorgan Young Farmers Carcass Judging Competition with 50 competitors between the ages of 10 and 26. This is the eighth year running that we have hosted this prestigious event in the Glamorgan Young Farmers Calendar. Classes in the competition include classes […]
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