Posts Tagged ‘wild’

Cumberland Sausage – Congratulations

Friday, April 1st, 2011

Traditional Cumberland sausage

After a process that has taken close to two and a half years, the Cumberland sausage has finally been granted Protected Geographical Indication by the EU on the 22nd March 2011. This means that the term “Traditional Cumberland sausage” can only be use by producers in the area set out in the application. This looks like it stretches from the tradtional northern country of Cumberland to the whole of the newer merged county of Cumbria which also includes the old county of Westmorland and some bits of Lancashire which got stranded on the opposite shore of Morecambe bay.

In the same month, an application was put forward to gain the same status for Scottish Wild Salmon. We wish them good luck. This shows a real re-emergence of pride over the great local food that Britain produces.

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Rabbit

Monday, August 3rd, 2009

The rabbit is almost a byproduct of farming and country life. To many it is the scurge of crops and can spread, if uncontrolled to cause major problems with food production.  An upside to this is that the countryside does tend to react well to this problem. When you have crops, shooters and something tasty to shoot at, the problem can be kept to a minimum.

Rabbit is a lean meat and can very quickly be overcooked. Due to this it is easy to slow cook, whether as a stew or  roasted. While rabbit is classed as game, it has a more delicate flavour and can be easily overpowered by strong flavours, subtlety is the key.

Our own take on this is to use another great seasonal ingredient, wild mushrooms, stuff the rabbit and then sear before quickly finishing it in the oven. For extra goodness this is served on a salad of freshly picked watercress dressed with sherry and gorgeous local rapeseed oil.

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