Michael Kirk (butcher)

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Michael Kirk
Type Butcher
Founded1934 (1934)
Headquarters
56, Woolpack Street, Wolverhampton
52°35′07″N2°07′40″W / 52.585380°N 2.127802°W / 52.585380; -2.127802
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Products
Website porkiepies.com

Michael Kirk is a small family firm of butchers in Wolverhampton, England, [1] established in 1934, which has won several prizes for their pies, [2] including National Pork Pie Champion, 2005, and for their sausages. [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

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Owner Michael Bachyk says of his pork pies:

I base my recipe on the traditional Melton Mowbray-style pie, which doesn't use cured meat like most Yorkshire pies... You wouldn't roast pork and expect it to come out pink, and mine looks much more like roast pork, a greyish colour. But it's all down to personal taste. That's just how we like them here. [7]

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References

  1. "Michael Kirk, Butcher in Wolverhampton, West Midlands: Good Food Near You". Uktv.co.uk. Retrieved 23 September 2012.
  2. 1 2 "Meat and poultry: Central". The Guardian . London. 3 November 2007. Retrieved 23 September 2012.
  3. "Michael makes best bangers". Expressandstar.com. 18 October 2007. Retrieved 23 September 2012.
  4. "Award's a sizzler!". Birmingham Evening Mail . 28 October 2004. Archived from the original on 28 March 2015. Retrieved 23 September 2012.
  5. "RURAL LIVING: Butcher's bangers are the best in the region". Birmingham Post . 31 January 2006. Archived from the original on 28 March 2015. Retrieved 23 September 2012.
  6. "Food Hero; MICHAEL BACHYK MICHAEL KIRK BUTCHERS, 56 WOOLPACK STREET". Birmingham Mail . 15 November 2007. Archived from the original on 28 March 2015. Retrieved 23 September 2012.
  7. Peter Cossins (24 March 2004). "Reach for the pie". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 23 September 2012.