August 2009
Welcome to our August newsletter
We're gearing up for a busy autumn in Suffolk with a plethora of foodie events - wild food forays, game and pork butchery workshops. And don't forget if you book 6 weeks in advance you get 20% off!
In the midst of it all the fourth Aldeburgh Food & Drink Festival takes place at Snape Maltings on September 26-27. Food Safari has sponsored and put together the Festival Fringe with nearly 75 farm walks, behind-the-scenes tours, dinners and special events at food & drink producers, shops, and pubs on th
e Suffolk coast. If you are at the Festival come and say hello!
In this issue:
Seafood in a Day
In June we had a fantastic Seafood day in Orford. Peter, our guide for the morning caught crabs, lobster and even eels and some lucky people were able to take something to cook at home.
We visited the picturesque Butley Creek, home to Pinney's 50 year old smokehouse and oysterbeds. Bill Pinney dredged for oysters and talked about their lifecycle. At the smokehouse we saw Pinney's unique smoking method using whole oak logs.
Finally we had had fun carving a whole smoked salmon and opening oysters before a delicious seafood lunch at Butley Orford Oysterage. You can read a review of the day on British Larder.
There are only a couple of places left on Seafood in a Day 12 September at Pinney's of Orford, near Woodbridge, Suffolk. £150/person or £250/couple.
Or join a half-day Smokehouse Tour on 14 November £45/person.
Hedgerows and Mushrooms
This autumn we've got two Wild Food Events on the private Henham Park estate, near Southwold. On September 19th our focus will be on hedgerows and we will find berries, other fruit and nuts. While on October 24th we will be joined by Valerie Jordan, co-founder of the Tasty Mushroom Partnership, who will show us how to identify, pick and prepare the best mushrooms for the kitchen.
Over a gourmet wild food lunch at The Anchor at Walberswick, Jacky and Valerie will share some of their secrets of how to turn our finds into delicious meals and healthy snacks for you and your family.
Wild Food in a Day
Saturday 19 September - hedgerow foray Saturday 24 October - mushroom foray. The Anchor, Walberswick, Suffolk. £125/person or £200/couple including a gourmet lunch with wine or beer. Click here for full details
Nervous of feathers or keen to get plucking?
Two Wild Meat in Day events will take place this autumn. The first focuses on venison butchery, the second on feathered and furred game. We'll be in the expert hands of Robert Gooch and Ray Kent of the Wild Meat Company.
You'll get stuck in preparing your own game to take home before enjoying a four-course game feast with beer and wine expertly selected to match each course.
Wild Meat in a Day, Saturday 3 October & Sunday 8 November
The Anchor, Walberswick, Suffolk. £150/person or £250/couple including a gourmet lunch. Click here for full details
Suffolk's famous pigs
If you caught the Hairy Bikers' trip to Suffolk on TV this month you'll have seen Jimmy Butler and his free range pigs at Blythburgh, in one of their frequent TV appearances. If you'd like to meet some of the pigs yourself and learn more about the why Blythburgh Free Range produces the best pork used by many top chefs, including Heston Blumenthal, then come along on Pig in a Day on October 11.
After the guided farm tour we'll watch a traditional Suffolk butcher breakdown the pork carcass, before we get hands-on making sausages and charcuterie. As always we'll wrap up the day with a gastronomic pork feast.
Pig in a Day, Sunday 11 October
The Anchor, Walberswick, Suffolk. £150/person or £250/couple including a gourmet lunch. Click here for full details
And don't forget if you book 6 weeks in advance you get 20% off!