Off Topic Decent butchers in hull

Gary Alden in Hessle - supplies a lot of Hull restaurants too

 

Not that I’d know for sure, but Morrisons has a good reputation for their butchers.
Fields was good for sausages, but overpriced for other stuff.
Still get Xmas Turkey from there though as it’s just become a tradition (and you can order it and it’s close)

 

Dixon’s on Chants, as mentioned, is excellent. Great variety for bbq meats and sausage rolls are lovely. Fields in Anlaby is a bit expensive but their pork pies are the best.

 

No snobbery from these quarters, BUT,I go to Marks and Spencer for most of my meat products(Steak,Sausages,Black Pudding etc).It's marginally more expensive than other supermarkets but the quality is far superior.

Mince,chicken...I 'slum' it and go to Tesco

 

You could try this of course…

https://www.thevegetarianbutcher.co.uk/

 

Laveracks in Pocklington is very very good

 

Liggett's in Brid are good value.

 

Farmfoods do a good frozen boil in the bag ham shank.

 

What makes a good butchers

Its all well and good saying here and there are a great butchers

But what is it that seperates a run of the mill butchers to a top of the line butchers

 

Don't really know much about good and bad butchers, but the Hal & Al butchers around Spring Bank and Bev Road seem popular...

Folks definition or geography of Hull is interesting as well

 

I didn't know that tbh,but the standard as dropped at asda n tesco

 

That's a very good call! TBF both parkins and featherstones in howden are good

 

For me a good butcher is one who knows and cares about where the meat comes from and is happy to tell you and will cut any shape/size of meat you ask for. An even better butcher is all that plus being able to offer different product than the standard stuff. eg game/poultry, beef shin, osso buco, venison. Hard to find them now.

edit: they also have to smell of blood and sawdust, and sell pork scratchings...

 

I had to Google 'osso buco', I was half expecting to find out it was horsemeat.


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Makes their own speciality sausages and sells seasonal game.

 

Agree with that - living in Nth Lincolnshire I'm fortunate to live not too far from Tomlinsons' of Winteringham & Uncle Henry's at Grayingham, they're exactly as you describe in your first sentence; you're paying a bit more but the extra cash vs quality, I think, is worth it.

 

You'd get that from a boucherie chevaline(horse meat butchers)...The dirty bastards!!