Events

Food Frome will be at Frome Apple Day on October 17th at St. Louis School.  Check back later for further information on Frome Apple Day.

There is also Apple Pressing at Oakfield School on 3rd October, bring along your surplus apples for pressing and get some juice in return.

Diane Wells has contributed the following report on Food Frome activities at the Frome Festival.  Click on "Read More" below to read the full report including the recipes for Savoury Spelt Scones, Mushroom Pate and Chocolate Cake.

Fairy Tale Theme

For the second year Food Frome served teas in the café at Rook Lane Arts Centre for both week ends of the Festival. This year the theme in the café was Fairy Tales. Rook Lane Arts had worked with several artists and schools on this theme and we served teas that reflected the theme: we advertised them as:

“Tasty morsels from woods and meadows with mushroom, nuts and cheese,
Spiced and spangled cakes from the castle
And juices and teas to quench a dragon’s thirst”

Food Frome are running the cafe at Rook Lane Retro Fair this Saturday.

We shall be serving soups 

1. Thick parsnip and apple made with butter
2. Clear vegetable soup for vegans

Both served with Tim’s home made bread

Lentil Pate (V)
Creamy Bean Dip (V)
 With oat cakes (V)

Savoury Scones with home made chutney 
Cheese Straws
Pear Conde

All kinds of Retro Cakes including:

This is a two tickets for the price of 1 deal at a great little event in the Bath Literature Festival on Monday 1^st March. Here’s a link to the page:

http://www.bathlitfest.org.uk/richardshelton.aspx

Tim Manning made an excellent hay box, which was much admired at Potato Day. Brenda, Julian and Diane ran the stall. People who visited our stall put their hands into the hay nest and were surprised at how well it kept the jacket potatoes hot. Then whilst they ate pieces of potato dipped in herb butter (with herbs from Brenda and Julian’s garden) we explained the principles of the hay box. It can be used either to cook casseroles or to keep food hot such as the potatoes. See below for details.

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.