...we should know about.

Honey from Fir Tree Farm, Crank nr St. Helens. (Farm shop, pick-your-own, walks, etc)

Goats cheese from Delamere Dairy. (available from Woolton's 'Liverpool Cheese Company')

Black pudding from Oakwell Farm, Netherley. (acclaimed best-in-class, and available from an independent butcher (hopefully)near you)

Cooked gammon joint and sausages from Foxhill Pedegree Pigs Farm, Halewood. (farm shop also deliveries)

Wild aparagus from Claremont Farm, Wirral (farm shop, pick-your-own, etc.)

Potted shrimps from 'Southport Potted Shrimps' et al (picked by hand and prepared traditionally)

Christmas pudding from Michelle Ray bakery, Prescot (regional version of, award-winning, and all the rest)


All these business produce their own, in-house products to local recipes from local ingredients.

Not to be confused with the Liverpool Recipe thread...

I don't know about the award winning bit, but I have just been offered an allotment plot on a serene site, right alongside the Liverpool to Manchester rail line at Roby. I am chuffed as fuck!

Nice one Tony, get them gardening gloves on and start growing us a SSC vegetable patch! :pepper::carrot::banana:

...we should know about.

Honey from Fir Tree Farm, Crank nr St. Helens. (Farm shop, pick-your-own, walks, etc)

Goats cheese from Delamere Dairy. (available from Woolton's 'Liverpool Cheese Company')

Black pudding from Oakwell Farm, Netherley. (acclaimed best-in-class, and available from an independent butcher (hopefully)near you)

Cooked gammon joint and sausages from Foxhill Pedegree Pigs Farm, Halewood. (farm shop also deliveries)

Wild aparagus from Claremont Farm, Wirral (farm shop, pick-your-own, etc.)

Potted shrimps from 'Southport Potted Shrimps' et al (picked by hand and prepared traditionally)

Christmas pudding from Michelle Ray bakery, Prescot (regional version of, award-winning, and all the rest)


All these business produce their own, in-house products to local recipes from local ingredients.

Not to be confused with the Liverpool Recipe thread...

Speaking of local produce I'm trying to find a local farm which will deliver boxes of fresh meat, preferably a mixture (ie, bacon, steaks, joints etc) at a decent price. I found one in Lancashire about a year ago but can't find the website any more. Anyone got any reccomendations?

Have you tried Northern Harvest (http://www.northernharvest.co.uk/)? They're Warrington based I think - friends of ours use them very regularly.

Have you tried Northern Harvest (http://www.northernharvest.co.uk/)? They're Warrington based I think - friends of ours use them very regularly.

Cheers mate, will check them out. :eat:

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I don't know about the award winning bit, but I have just been offered an allotment plot on a serene site, right alongside the Liverpool to Manchester rail line at Roby. I am chuffed as fuck!

Excellent! I love allotments. I'm far too lazy to ever have one myself, but my ideal self, who is not so lazy, would be on a waiting list for one.

You should get one poli. Just been up to look at it and my plot is full of brambles (been abandoned for 6 years), but clearing it is part of the thing I fancy anyway. I am going to make a photographic record of it, as the whole site looks bloody awful right now, not just my plot. I am really looking forward to it, even the people passing on the trains wave!

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Spat my chips out!
:colgate::colgate: :applause:

The farm shop by Farmer Ted's kids play place up Ormskirk / Formby way does superb fillet steak.

Farmer Ted's on the other hand is a culinary disaster.

^^The food's so bad last time I went there I had to eat some of the children.

Well, I don't know about award winning but theres plenty of pie action in St Helens. (Just one look at Johnny Vegas will confirm this)

Theres Pimbletts pie factory and theres another smaller bakery/pie factory called Cothams. Cothams do nice (well if you like it stodgy) hotpot and there pork pies aren't bad either, if you like that kind of thing.

edit: i misread the title of the thread, i thought it said products instead of produce, im not thick enough to think you can grow pies :lol:

You should get one poli. Just been up to look at it and my plot is full of brambles (been abandoned for 6 years), but clearing it is part of the thing I fancy anyway. I am going to make a photographic record of it, as the whole site looks bloody awful right now, not just my plot. I am really looking forward to it, even the people passing on the trains wave!

fancy having a look at my back garden tony? ;)

I think I'll leave it to you yosef! You could turn it into a kitchen garden though... I'm on a roll now.

Get digging Tony.

I've done spuds, carrots, parsnips, various onions, courgette, marrow, sweetcorn, tomatos, cucumbers, radish etc. for a couple of years now - it's great to get stuck into and fantastic when you eat your own produce!

what a great list. I want to do a few herbs and exotic salads as well. I may even try growing some chillies and garlic.

Done chillis but they've never developed with enough heat and taste. Lettuce is easy to grow and tasty, loads of things want to eat it though - make sure you wash it out! Rocket is a quick win, just throw some seeds in a pot, grow bag or something in about April and in a couple of weeks it'll be ready.

Now's about right to propagate tomatos indoors and look for seed potatos, get some and stash them in a cool dark place that'll get them ready for planting out once the frosts have gone.

Rhubarbs another winner for the back yard/allotment grower.

With the herbs try some in a couple of pots at home, outside your back door.

My wife's allotment (note: nowt to do wi' me) just spews out asparagus every year. You don't seem to have to lift a finger, though I think the plants were already well established when she and her mates took the plot over.

Their beetroot is the very yummiest thing they grow - the difference between the allotment version and anything you find in shops is astounding.

It's by Sefton Park if you want to rob some.

Thanks men.

My plot has lots of old rasberry and blackcurrent plants!

Wirral tops the food oscars

Wirral Globe

http://www.wirralglobe.co.uk/mostpopular.var.1871875.mostviewed.wirral_tops_the_food_oscars.php

Wirral Farmers' Market has won Best Farmers' Market in the UK at the national BBC Food and Farming awards.

The award was presented at a ceremony held in Birmingham's Museum and Art gallery attended by celebrity chefs, food writers and producers.

This was the first time the awards, described by Jamie Oliver as the food "Oscars" had included a category for farmers' market, to mark the 10th year since the first was held in the UK.

Anne Benson, chairman of the Wirral Farmers' Market said: "We were absolutely delighted and bowled over to win the award. It is a great recognition for the brilliant work of the team of volunteers, who work hard to make it a success; to all our traders and it is a big boost to New Ferry."

She also paid tribute to Amy Brady, who set up the market as part of plans by the New Ferry Regeneration Action Group to regenerate the area.

"Some of the team and producers came down to the award ceremony and impressed everyone there with some of our fantastic produce."

advertisementJames Martin enjoyed tucking into Mary's Cakes, Rick Stein supped some Betwixt Beer and John Jones' vegetable display was praised by the judges."

The market is run completely by volunteers for the benefit of the community and to help the regeneration of the area.

Since 2003, it has put £16,000 back into the community around New Ferry, through grants and financial support.

A report by The Mersey Partnership estimated the impact of the market on the local economy at just under £800,000.

It also said: "The overeall mean scored for visitor satisfaction is 4.30 which is above average and above the overall satisfaction rates at Wirral events in 2005."

To find out more about the awards and the community grants visit www.wirralfarmersmarket.org.uk or www.bbc.co.uk/radio4.

No wonder. Preston's is shite.

Just thought I'd bring this little site to the attention of local food lovers

https://www.goodfoodstore.co.uk/

It's a website which delivers locally sourced, high quality seasonal produce at reasonable prices. My wife got me a box of their stuff for Valentine's day (she knows the way to my heart!) and I can highly recommend them. Meat can be a bit pricey, but fruit and veg are excellent value.