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UKTV Food Local Food Hero 2008
East Anglian Champion

WILD FOOD, HOG ROASTS & FORAGING DAYS
ITS WHAT WE DO!

We have been very busy roasting pigs every weekend for the last 2 months and the diary is almost booked for the next 2, with just a few dates left so don't wait till the last minute book now for your party.

The Number of Wild Food Nights we have been running have dropped recently due to the imminent arrival of our son, but now he's here and all's well we'll be ramping up again in time to make the most of the crayfish and for the start of game season, so sign up for the newsletter to find out what's going on and when. book now for your party.

We have also added our Smoked Pigeon Pate, Rabbit and Venison Pies to the Bumpkin Shop as we are now making regular batches. With more to follow.

Good news for crayfish lovers out there, due to the significant numbers of crayfish we are now catching, we can offer them at a much reduced rate. In case your stuck for ideas i've added my Crayfish Taglietelle recipe I did on the Gary Rhodes Local Food Heroes Program to our Recipe section for you to try.
Local, Fresh, Live, American Red Signal Crayfish now just £10 a Kilo.

Billy 'The Butcher' Blackman, finally makes an appearance! A week late with a low heart rate and an emergency C section later he's here. After he was plucked from Emma he wasn't breathing for himself so he was rushed up to the special care baby unit to be hooked up to more machinery than I've got in the barn, but after an hour he was breathing for himself. It was a proper emotional roller coaster but luckily what rapidly became the worst day of my life soon became the best when I found out that Emma was fine and then my son and heir to the Village was handed to me. His three weeks old now and has so far been helping to clean out 2 hog roasts and has a shooting trip planned for next week. Only problem I see for the future is that he's growing so fast that I think he may get stuck down the rabbit holes by the time the ferreting season comes around! I'll keep you updated.

Billy in the Special Care Baby Unit Billy practicing air guitar in his sleep All our thanks go to the staff at the QE II for their knowledge, speed and support with his delivery.

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You can see we are passionate about good food, wild food in particular and spreading the word. Take a look at the menus of our Wild Food Nights or the food we serve at Woolmer Green farmers market, 'pan fried pigeon breast with caramelised balsamic onions', 'Rabbit Satay & Burgers', 'Smoked Pigeon Pate & Toast' along with seasonal soups & stews or our new 'Pigeon sausage Bap'. All meat is wild and sourced locally, cooked while you wait and served with local watercress or rocket, in a roll.

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