A halal butcher near Mount Florida and Cathcart

Getting here from Mount Florida and Cathcart

Mount Florida and Cathcart stations are on the Cathcart Circle. Take a train round through Langside to Pollokshaws East, about 10 minutes' walk from the shop, or stay on one more stop to Shawlands, about the same. Cathcart is also where the Neilston and Newton lines leave the loop, so it's an easy change from further out.

If you're driving, there's on-street parking on and around Kilmarnock Road; please check the signs for times and any charges.

Feeding everyone on match day

Mount Florida is Hampden country, and a big game means people round the table. Food that's quick, filling and easy to eat with your hands works best: homemade burgers (ask for beef mince with about 20% fat, made fresh while you wait), crispy wings, and seekh kebabs on the grill or under it.

Cooking for a crowd? The crowd calculator works out how much meat to get, and our BBQ guide has a shopping list for 6, 10 or 20.

Family meals and the freezer

For the rest of the week, the best-value cuts go furthest: chicken legs and thighs, lamb neck for a hotpot or broth, mutton on the bone for a slow curry, and a whole chicken that does two or three meals. A whole or half lamb, cut to your list for the freezer, is usually the best-value way to buy lamb if you have the space. See good food for less for the details.

Cook something tonight

• Homemade beef burgers Juicy burgers made with just beef mince, onion and seasoning, grilled or pan-fried and piled into toasted buns.
• Crispy buffalo chicken wings Chicken wings baked until shatteringly crisp, then tossed in a buttery hot sauce. No deep-frying needed.
• Seekh kebab Long, juicy lamb mince kebabs with green chilli, onion and fresh coriander, cooked on skewers over a hot grill.
• Lamb hotpot Lamb and onions slow-baked under a lid of overlapping potato slices that turn golden and crisp. A Lancashire classic for cold nights.

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