With September being ‘food month’ with the current ‘organic fortnight’ quickly followed by ‘British food fortnight’. And 2008 is also Lancashire Taste08 year, celebrating all the Red Rose County’s excellent local produce. It was appropriate that I had a bit of food trail.
An hour or two spent helping my friend Simon deliver some of his leaflets in Kirkham passed by without me falling head over heels as I did last time I visited that town. Post-delivery I had some coffee in the organic Escape coffee shop – and then I ended up eating tapas at a bar in St Anne’s with some other friends, arguing over Sarah Palin, the credit crunch and Gordon Brown’s woes. Although tapas maybe Spanish, there was plenty of local food on the menu and we order the local sausage and anchovies.
On Monday I went to one of my favourites, Seniors Fish & Chips, in Thornton, for their speciality John Dory. It’s always good to support local fishermen in Fleetwood. After that, I nipped into my favourite deli in Cleveleys, Etchells. A fantastic range of locally-produced food, much better than anything you find in a supermarket. I bought some excellent Dewlay crumbly Lancashire cheese, made in Garstang, and had a chat with the owner about the problems and opportunities he sees on the horizon – rising prices and the squeeze on the pocket are as much a problem for him as the rest of us.
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