We are running a competition in collaboration with Scoil Chonglais. With a cash prize pot of €200 this is one not to be missed. We have asked the home economic students to design the perfect burger. As well as the cash prize, the winning burger will be on sale in our shop in the new year. […]
Patterson’s Butchers have been part of the Baltinglass Community since the 1940’s. It is the support of the local people that has kept our shop thriving all these years. We have always tried to do our best to support those that support a local family business like ours. We wanted to share with you a […]
Sometimes when I have visitors I wish I had been more organised, are you the same? Well don’t wish anymore. Fail to prepare or prepare to fail – these are Derek’s famous words! We all know that over Christmas we will have visitors calling, some might be expected and others will be a pleasant surprise. […]
Ireland has the record when it comes to being the top producer of plastic waste in Europe. We generate over 60kg per person every year and more than 60% of this plastic waste comes from packaging. When we read these statistics our first reaction might be ‘it’s so big I cannot make a difference’. However, […]
There are not too many family businesses that have been successfully trading for 75 years and so we decided to mark the occasion recently. We felt that it was important to acknowledge and celebrate an event such as this. Life can get so hum drum that we forget to stop and appreciate our successes. That […]
As I ponder on Valentines Day approaching I am considering cooking a fish dish! Even though I like fish I have never felt confident cooking it so a few months ago I set myself a challenge to cook fish at least once a week. Before I knew it I discovered the ease of cooking a […]
My Aunt Kathy who lives in Canada was telling me about a breakfast dish she makes when having a crowd for breakfast on Christmas morning. To be honest, it can be used any time of year. It is the type of dish that can be prepared the day before and then popped into the oven […]
We are proud of the Patterson’s Butchers Heritage and would like to share our story with you. Michael Patterson arrived in Baltinglass by train from Naas in the late 1920s. He had lived on Main Street, Naas while working as a butcher on Murtagh’s Corner. When he moved to Baltinglass, Michael worked in both Mick […]