Stories

11th January 2016

Celebrate Burns Night

Posted 11th January 2016

If you’re planning on celebrating Burns Night this year, call into our shops to pick up your main course… Haggis! Burns Night is an annual celebration of the Scottish National poet Robert Burns (1759-1796), his most well known poem being Auld Lang Syne, which is usually recited at a Burns supper, along with his Address To A

10th January 2016

Black Pudding: the new Super Food

Posted 10th January 2016

Black pudding, you either love it or hate it, mainly down to the ingredients. However it’s being widely reported that the blood sausage has joined kale, pomegranates and coconut water on the list of super foods. The benefits of the fried breakfast staple include the reportedly high content of: Iron Potassium Calcium Magnesium Zinc Protein

15th December 2015

Austin & Roger’s Christmas Birds!

Posted 15th December 2015

Today Austin & Roger went to visit one of our trusted turkey suppliers, the Towers family at Curwen Hill Farm near Lancaster. They spent time with Dan and his family who breed some of our bronze and white turkeys. The birds are a happy and well kept bunch which means they produce the tastiest meat

25th November 2015

Family Favourites

Posted 25th November 2015

With a busy family ourselves, we know how important it is to have easy but tasty recipes on hand during the week. This is one of our family favourites, Piri Piri Beef Mini Roast. Serves 2 to 3 people Prep time of 10 minutes Cooking time of 50 minutes   Ingredients: 1 x 400-450g/14oz-1lb of

25th November 2015

Introducing Our Very Own Master Butcher Roger!

Posted 25th November 2015

  Huge congratulations to Roger who has achieved The Institute of Meat’s Master Butcher status. This is a great achievement which means Roger now joins only 17 other Master Butchers in the country, an accolade that’s acknowledge by The Worshipful Company of Butchers. The few successful candidates will be announced at the Court Lunch which

24th November 2015

Tips for Cooking a Perfect Turkey

Posted 24th November 2015

The main event of most Christmas days is the turkey, so we’re going to give you some top tips for cooking the perfect Christmas turkey… pens at the ready! Pre-heat your oven: Fan – 180°C Conventional – 200°C Gas – 6 Prepping your turkey: Rub generous amounts of soft butter over the turkey then season

7th November 2015

The Tour of Britain 2015!

Posted 7th November 2015

Our yellow bike was outside the Longridge shop to show our support for the Tour of Britain cyclists who raced past our shop on Monday 7th September. Stage Two of the Tour took the cyclists on a 162km route from Clitheroe to Colne… We were tired just thinking about it! Bradley Wiggins was amongst the pack who flew through the

6th November 2015

Welcome to Our New Website

Posted 6th November 2015

If you’re reading this then you’ve already found our new website! Hopefully you’ve had a good look around and read up on what we at Anderton’s Butchers are about. We’ll use our site to keep you up to date on the latest news, let you know of any job vacancies (if you fancy joining the family)