Instead of telling you my favourite places, or compiling a list of the meals that ‘you should eat’ in the places that ‘you should be seen in’ I am looking back and remembering my five most memorable new bites of the year. These truly are the bites and tastes that if you ask me (and…
Tag: scotch eggs
Staffordshire Savoury Eggs
I have managed to get my hands on the Scotch Eggs from the Staffordshire Savoury Eggs company on just two occasions, both times in Bakewell at the monthly Farmers Market and at the Bakewell Food Festival. I wish I could sample their delightful wares more often but the circuit that they follow is just on…
Spring Lane Farm Shop "Please sir, Can I have ANOTHER Scotch Egg?"
Ok it’s all getting a bit out of hand on the Scotch Egg consumption front! After a year and a half in Chicago where I had located and consumed the grand total of two scotch eggs, I am becoming overwhelmed with the plethora of opportunity here in the UK. When I was last over here you…
How often do you pick up a Scotch Egg to be told “That was a pig yesterday”?
Today at the Farmer’s market in Loughborough I chanced upon the Woodhouse Farm stall where a young chap was selling a whole load of meats from the farm, sausages, bacon, hams, steaks, black pudding and much more. In amongst that were a few ‘misshapen’ scotch eggs. As I picked one up, in between offering us…
English Farmers Market – Meat, more meat, bacon and scotch eggs
I love a good farmer’s market, whether in the UK or the USA you can always be assured of getting your hands on some good local produce. In Chicago you are usually getting fruit and vegetables from Illinois and the surrounding States of Michigan and Wisconsin. In Nottingham it was meat and dairy from Nottinghamshire,…