Topic ID 3549
Reading this weekend that market towns are making an excellent come back at the moment with the buzz of locally sourced goods. Does anyone know who uses/sells locally sourced goods in town? I'm assuming most of the produce in farrow & farrow is locally sourced and that the farmers market is locally sourced too. Although on that note I was told that the baker in the market comes from Chelmsford (but might be a Chinese whisper) which isn’t that local. Do any of the hotels or local restaurants or café's use locally sourced produce?
Reply ID 51855
yes; check lussmans out - they have fairly local stuff.
Reply ID 51859
All goods sold on the Farmers Market have to be sourced, grown or produced within 30 miles of Hertford; which is why we achieved accreditation from FARMA and why there is strict rules on who is allowed to sell on Hertford Farmers Market. Guidelines which do not always appear to apply at some other Farmers Markets. Only real failure was fish man; allowed because Hertford has no coast line and 30 mile limit is allowed to be extended, but also the seller did not realise the popularity of John the Fish. This has resulted in the increase in food stalls on the Charter Market, esp cheese man and bread man because they did not meet Farmers criteria. Bread man is or was connected to Essex Farmers Market; I say is/was because that group folded sometime ago although it used to pitch up in Harlow. Waitrose also try to stock local produce - ie beer from the Saffrom Brewery which now does both Farmers and Charter market.
Reply ID 51863
FYI - Essex farmers markets still going strong. First Friday of the month in Epping between 9 and 2, and elsewhere listed in the 'Market Dates' list on the left-hand side of this first link. http://www.essexfarmersmarkets.co.uk/ http://www.essexfarmersmarkets.co.uk/
Reply ID 51870
quote:Not quite "in town", but Foodsmiles (http://www.foodsmiles.co.uk) at Westmill Farm and Foxholes Farm shop (http://www.foodsmiles.co.uk) are both good for local meat, fruit and veg.
Originally posted by teddylad
Does anyone know who uses/sells locally sourced goods in town?
Reply ID 51876
Steve Reynolds at Westmill for all things game orientated. There is lots of locally sourced foods close to us, but i have found that most things i have come across, actually aint that good, inclucding the wine from saffron walden...yuk...and the hugely over rated braughing sausage.
Reply ID 51886
quote:Justin i know you are the man but i love my Braughing banger..Why dony you like it is it something they put in it or the fat content, I would be intrested to know...Perhaps you know a better sausage locally. [:)]
Originally posted by justin
and the hugely over rated braughing sausage.
Reply ID 51887
quote:I think there is an air of "if its local its good". I on the other hand, prefer to buy and use good quality, and if its local, even better. I like red squirrel ale. I just think that the braghing is an ordinary pork sausage.
Originally posted by hertford born and bredquote:Justin i know you are the man but i love my Braughing banger..Why dony you like it is it something they put in it or the fat content, I would be intrested to know...Perhaps you know a better sausage locally. [:)]
Originally posted by justin
and the hugely over rated braughing sausage.
Reply ID 51898
braughing sausage i'll take it or leave it. has anyone tried braughing bacon farrow and farrow stock it and i really like it.
Reply ID 51899
Anyone that has grown up on the Braughing banger will know that they are not what they used to be. Best Bangers I have tasted recently were the Cumberland ones from Pickets.
Reply ID 51902
Glad its not just me - I've always failed to see the fuss over Braughing sausages
Reply ID 51904
Have to say I have to agree on the Braughing sausages comments. Like Leo I thouhgt it was just me.....
Reply ID 51905
quote:and I thought it was just me!!
Originally posted by Capitalist piglet
Have to say I have to agree on the Braughing sausages comments. Like Leo I thouhgt it was just me.....
Reply ID 51907
quote:Is Pickets the butchers up Sele farm? If so I fully agree they are the best I've had. Are they local?
Originally posted by Victor Meldrew
Anyone that has grown up on the Braughing banger will know that they are not what they used to be. Best Bangers I have tasted recently were the Cumberland ones from Pickets.
Reply ID 51908
quote:Sele farm is pretty local[:D]
Originally posted by Sargassoquote:Is Pickets the butchers up Sele farm? If so I fully agree they are the best I've had. Are they local?
Originally posted by Victor Meldrew
Anyone that has grown up on the Braughing banger will know that they are not what they used to be. Best Bangers I have tasted recently were the Cumberland ones from Pickets.
Reply ID 51956
quote:I don't think so. I don't know for sure because I don't go in there. They probably sell some local goods such as the indifferent Braughing sausages but I am fairly sure 'most of' their goods are not local or even British. They don't claim to be a local outlet but stock deli products from all over the world.
Originally posted by teddylad
I'm assuming most of the produce in farrow & farrow is locally sourced
Reply ID 51969
quote:Yes pretty good. Not the best I've ever tasted but perfectly acceptable. Its the best butcher around (actually the ONLY butcher around.Farmshop excluded) But back to the point of the thread, have no idea how locally they source their meat.
Originally posted by Sargassoquote:Is Pickets the butchers up Sele farm? If so I fully agree they are the best I've had. Are they local?
Originally posted by Victor Meldrew
Anyone that has grown up on the Braughing banger will know that they are not what they used to be. Best Bangers I have tasted recently were the Cumberland ones from Pickets.
Reply ID 51988
quote:We specialise in British & Irish cheeses - including the two Hertfordshire produced cheeses (Childwickbury & Old Verulamium) from St Albans. Our large pies are from Hatfield made with local organic flour and local meat. The small pies are from Great Dunmow in Essex, so a hair can be split on that one! [:D] The bread and samosas are from Hitchin. We stock Lassiter's Chocolates - made in Walmer Green, Herts. Nervous Nigel - WGC, Herts. Four Seasons' chutneys & sauces - Hitchin, Herts. Daisylake cakes - Essex (er...). The full range of Muriel's pickles and chutneys - a local Herts legend and Paul was a guinea pig on Mickey's recipe developments when he was a young whippersnapper. Farmhouse Foods - Hitchin, Herts. Braughin Bacon - Herts. We have had suppliers from within Hertford itself but had to stop stocking them due to low sales. We do what we can where we can and always encourage local producers to come forward - we try to source local where possible, and yes, there are lines which are imported because they are not made within the uk (or not made to a suitable quality). BTW, has anyone spotted any anchovies in the River Beane yet or know of a local caper farm...?[:D][:D][:D] Unfortunately, Herts is not a county that produces masses of local produce - there are only so many jars of locally produced jam that can be stocked at once - if Herts was simmilar to Norfolk local produce would be coming out of our collective ears! We could list more products but it may be worthwhile to come on in for a nose around or to canvass opinion from other forum members who are our customers. [:D][:D] On a more personal note, the beef we've had from Foxholes Farm has always been very good.
Originally posted by Rachelquote:I don't think so. I don't know for sure because I don't go in there. They probably sell some local goods such as the indifferent Braughing sausages but I am fairly sure 'most of' their goods are not local or even British. They don't claim to be a local outlet but stock deli products from all over the world.
Originally posted by teddylad
I'm assuming most of the produce in farrow & farrow is locally sourced
Reply ID 51989
ooh yes i'll second the beef from foxholes - it's amazing. They also have a new shop up there too, but not seen it yet..
Reply ID 51990
Foxholes use their own beef of course and tell me that they source all the other meat locally. We recently had some excellent lamb from there. The Braughing butchers also source locally and recently took some aberdeen angus from the farm on Ware Park. That's top quality of course, probably even better than Foxholes beef, which isn't bad at all. Any one who has any pretence to being environmentally friendly - and we are trying our best to be green - looks for local produce, so the more top quality products we find out about, the better. Hertford's markets and f&f are great places to start, of course.
Reply ID 51997
quote:Why dont you shop there?
Originally posted by Rachelquote:I don't think so. I don't know for sure because I don't go in there. They probably sell some local goods such as the indifferent Braughing sausages but I am fairly sure 'most of' their goods are not local or even British. They don't claim to be a local outlet but stock deli products from all over the world.
Originally posted by teddylad
I'm assuming most of the produce in farrow & farrow is locally sourced