“She makes cider inside ‘er inside…”

There’s not a lot to say about this little place except that you should really drop in if you’re going anywhere near the Lizard Peninsula and you have a penchant for the appley goodness of cider.

Rebuilt from part of the wartime RAF station at Predannack, The Cider Barn is a fairly new addition to the area. Home to Cornish Blacksmith Cider, they actually make the good stuff on site. Drop by to enjoy tasting the wide selection of different ciders, wins, liqueurs and meads. They also have an outdoor display of ancient Cider presses too.

There was such a massive selection that me and Louise had a bit of a problem choosing, so we ended up buying a big selection which we then merrily ‘tasted’ back at the campsite.

I have just found this from Stuart Gardiner, a tea towel with a yearly guide to 74 British seasonal fruits & vegetables printed on it. It comes in a six colour unbleached organic cotton tea towel and its made in the UK.

How cool is that.

You can buy it here

Roll on the British booze and cheese night 

(and crumble)

Tonight….

My house

All Carry On Britain peeps attending.

I will update tomorrow

So I’m back to work today after seven weeks of christmas, holidays and work trips. Basically I’m trying to lose the weight that I gained over Xmas so no more trips to the vending machines and certainly no trips to M&S for lemon cheesecake. So I went to work today armed with British apples and bread from Barbakan and my soup.  Since we had the largest celeriac known to man in our fridge, yesterday I decided to make a soup. I threw together some garlic, a whole celeriac, leeks, onion and some  carrots (all British) and some chicken stock, watch out Nigella. It looked lovely in the pot, its just when you blend it, it just looks like baby food! Back to the drawing board on that one. Tea made up for it though, parsnip, potato and cauliflower curry (again all British).

Ps I know the Muppets arent British but I love them and this was the best lunchbox I found.

I’m home!

As I’ve spent the last two months in the depths of Christmas celebrations and work trips to China a good old-fashioned detox is in order. Since I’m usually away in January, I start my New Year’s resolutions a little late, not like it makes a difference because I never stick to them! This year will be different, I’m approaching thirty and its time for huge changes.

This year along with the usual suspects (I must not smoke, I must go to the gym more) I have decided that I will buy British wherever possible.

So I will start with a GREAT BRITISH DETOX to try and repair my body of the wrongs I have done over the past few months and support British produce at the same time.

But I’ll start all that detox stuff tomorrow. My first port of call when returning home….. Wild at Heart. Wild at heart is a deli based in Chorlton (www.wildatheart.uk.com) and they have the most amazing selection of cheeses, salads and cakes amongst other things. One of their aims is to support local and rural economies and when it tastes this good, I’m totally down with that. After literally stuffing my face with cheese, ciabatta, olives, stuffed peppers and finishing off with an organic chocolate cheesecake, I sheepishly looked at my mass of empty plates and decide to go home. I have just been in China for two weeks! I am just wondering how long I can use that excuse for.

Anyway DETOX STARTS TOMORROW!

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I know it is not a good start to a blog that is promoting Buy British to say I’m in China! I know SHOCKING, but at the end of the day I have to earn a living and it just so happens that the long-standing ‘British’ company I work for manufactures in China.

I have this dream (God who do I sound like) that it would be lovely to see everything designed and produced in good old blighty. I voice my opinion on this quite a lot and although it’s a beautiful idea, the logistics are a nightmare. If we can find skilled people in the UK to make the products, it still causes a problem because all the components are made in China. Not only does fail to boost our economy but also the air miles will still be through the roof!

Anyway all this economy talk is well out of my league…..I promise from now on I’ll only talk about food and fashion – my two favourite subjects of conversation.

Not long till I get home and the first thing I want is Covent Garden soup and a Pie Minster pie…more on that later ☺