Salt and Woodsmoke

Last night I went for a brief meal at Alimentum on Hills Road in Cambridge.
Before I tell you about the food let me just say that (a) we only had a main course (b) we spent more time chatting than paying attention to the food (c) we were kind of in a hurry (d) it [...]

I have got stuff that I want to write about. Honest. It’s really interesting and insightful. It’s just that stuff gets in the way and prevents me from sitting down and getting it from a jumbled up mess in my head to a coherent and informed blog post.
Firstly, there is time. There isn’t enough of [...]

Men of a certain age and persuasion are known to hold their copy of the River Cottage Meat Book to their chests in a manner that should be reserved for their wife or partner. Or new digital SLR. Or a new heavyweight 180 Gram vinyl 30th Anniversary edition of Aja. Oooh.
Anyway, I digress. [...]

I was interrupted from my work yesterday morning when Tinks told me there was an unusual looking man in the shop. He wanted to talk to me about malt. On entering the shop, I was pleased to find a wild red haired man with a pointy beard from Milton Brewery.
For a while I have been [...]

Regular readers who are major players in the Northern Ireland Peace process may well have enjoyed some hot smoked salmon and/or hot smoked beef for dinner on Friday night.
Just a quick note to say that you can pop up to River Farm Smokery shop to buy more of these yummy treats. Obviously if you’re too [...]

is proving harder than it should.
Basically, we want a part time person to do a variety of jobs with the emphasis on cleaning and tidying up. They need to be self-motivated, physically fit, and adaptable. One day they may be scrubbing walls and floors. The next day they may be labelling bottles of ollive oil [...]

We are (I am) making duck ham. The first couple of pieces were duck ham. No saltpeter. Just salt, Peter. They worked well. The duck was good and I had some white pepper to dust them with when they were wrapped for drying. Luscious, salty, hammy, savoury.The next lot were goose ham. (Goose Prosciutto?) These, [...]