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2011 True Taste Magazine 

Directory of Food and Drink From the People of Wales 2011-12

The Deputy Minister for Agriculture, Food and Fisheries Alun Davies, visited two Wales the True Taste award winning companies in Montgomery to see how their preparations for the festive season are progressing.

The Deputy Minister visited Ifor Humphreys at Ifor’s Wagyu Beef in Abermule, where he saw how the cattle are given daily massages and, according to the Japanese tradition, beer.  

The beer is surplus real ale from Monty’s brewery in Montgomery, which was the Deputy Minister’s next stop, where he met owner and Brewster (female brewer) Pam Honeyman ...

From a young boy, Steve Vaughan always wanted to work with his hands. He could have been a hair stylist; instead he decided to be a butcher – a wise choice, as it turned out. And his many North Wales customers would certainly agree.

“It was the smell of sawdust, meat and other good things that made up my mind,” said Steve, who started learning his trade at the age 13, after school and at weekends, in a local butchery in his home village of Caergwrle.

Leaving school at 15, he was immediately offered a job at the same shop, where he stayed for the next 20 years ... 

Ingredients:

• 500g Trehill Farm new potatoes
• 4 Pennsylvania Farm free range duck eggs
• 225g green beans
• 150g or 225g Saloni or Gorno’s chorizo
• 1 garlic clove, finely sliced
• 2 tbsp Sherry or red wine vinegar
• 2 tbsp chopped fresh parsley
• Halen Môn sea salt
• Salad leaves to serve

Method:

Cook the potatoes in a large pan of boiling salted water for 12 minutes, adding the eggs after 6 minutes and adding the beans for the final 2 minutes ....