Last weekend I met up with my mum and sister to go "truffling" around the stalls of the Food, Garden and Produce show on Parkers' Piece.
After much drooling over the unique handmade silver jewellery stall I managed to prize the girls away from the non edibles and browse the food stalls proper.
I had a venison sausage roll as a snack whilst browsing some artisan pies which resulted in the purchase of a large slice of woodpigeon and plum pie which I shared with the boy for supper, it was really rich and gamey with thick pastry which put up a good fight when i tried to saw it in half...
I also picked up some Californian dried strawberries which are like capsule of solid jam that burst with gorgeous sweet jammy flavour. They weren't cheap at £2.25 for 100 grams but I'd love to source some more to use in baking - I think they'd be lush in cookies and cupcakes.
I bought some beef stewing steak made from the cattle that graze on Cambridge's common land and some beef sausages with ginger and spring onion which I have stashed in the freezer or a rainy(er) day.
The real find of the fair was 'Green Cuisine Food's' dry dip mixes. £3.50 for 57 grams of powder which when mixed with yoghurt or soft cheese makes up to 2 kilos of dips. The neat thing about these dip mixes is that you can make up exactly the quantity that you want so no more dips going out of date and being wasted. We bought them in 'Thai', 'Tikka' and 'Blue Cheese' flavours which we've already tested with breadsticks and red pepper slices and am looking forward to trying as a topping for baked potatoes (Tikka) and a dressing for salad (Blue cheese). Hopefully we'll be enjoying them for a while to come, the powder mix lasts for up to 2 years stored in the air tight pot they come packaged in.
After all that shopping we stopped for a drink (them) and a slice of lovely moist lemon drizzle cake (me) from Cafe Mobile in the september sun. A perfect gastronomic Saturday.
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