Food Frome

Diane Wells has contributed 4 sets of Winter Recipes.

1. 4 Soups
   
2. Quince Dishes - One sweet and one savoury
   
3. Drawing on Stores
   
4. Food Memory from Hamburg - 4 Vegetables
   

I have added a more user friendly WYSIWYG (what you see is what you get) text editor to this website.  With this in place I hope it will be easier for others to contribute.  I plan to run an evening of training on contributing to this website in the next few weeks, please contact me if you are interested.

The 5th Somerset Potato Days and Seed Swap will be held on Valentine's Day 14th February 2010 at Pylle Village Hall, Pylle (A37) nr. Shepton Mallet BA4 6SZ from10.00am - 2.00pm.
There will be loads of varieties of seed potatoes for sale by the single tuber, Heritage Seeds and everything the gardener needs to stock the Kitchen Garden. Advice on growing, a seed swap, so bring your surplus seeds to exchange, refreshments by East Pennard Garden Club. FREE admission and loads of parking.
More info at www.potato-days.net or from Pennard Plants - 01 749 860039

Here is an update on Sustainable Frome's Food and Land Events.

The Potato Day and Seed Swap will be held on Sunday 21st February 2010 at the Cheese and Grain between 11am and 3pm.

Entrance: £1 at the door including a free packet of seeds.

This is an opportunity for Frome gardeners to buy seed potatoes, onion sets, garlic, heritage seeds, fruit trees and bushes, rhubarb crowns, etc. and to swap seeds at the Seed Swap table. There will be stalls, information and food available as well as gardening supplies and (hopefully) books for sale.

Millennium Green apple orchard

Sunday 17 January 2010 – Old Twelfth Night

Winter clearing pruning and wassailing

11-3, bring stout footwear, old saucepans (see below) and warm clothing, not suitable for young children because very rough underfoot, bring tools of you have them – there will be some to share. Meet 11am in car-park at top of North Parade.

Refreshments at 1pm and a mini-wassail with cider bowl, burnt toast and ribbons for trees to encourage good spirits, and possibly old saucepans to bang to scare away the evil spirits!

This is an excerpt about sausage making from our DVD Quince, Venison and Peas.

The full DVD is still available, see publications.

The regular Vintage Fair

As usual there will be stalls selling vintage, or vintage inspired bric a brac, clothes and household goods.

FOOD FROME WILL BE SERVING

Soups, savouries, cakes and drinks

– using fresh local ingredients

Freshly cooked and inspired by traditional recipes

Thursday 15th October 10am – 1pm: Food Carbon Footprints at Brown Cow Organics, Pilton, near Shepton Mallet. Find out about calculating the carbon emissions of food. Contact: 01749 890 298

Tuesday 20th October 8.15pm: Informal, fun discussion about food and land issues at 30 Broadway, 462842, This month, bring a book you love about food or land to show the group.

Alan Stone will be leading a tasting of local Somerset ciders whilst talking about some of the adventures he had and characters he met whilst researching his Somerset Cider Handbook earlier this year, Copies of the book will be on sale.

The event is at the Swan Inn in Shepton Mallet on Thursday, 8th October at 8pm. For further information see the Shepton Life site.