Looking through the posts I’ve put up, I detect a bit of a negative theme, which is it is diffult to find some local products and they are expensive when you do get them. But, let’s look at positives.
The big one is that it is perfectly possible to buy from sources within five miles of Faversham a large proportion of all the ingredients of a good, varied diet, eg, pork, lamb, beef, fish (of many kinds), seafood, vegetables, fruit, juices, beer and cheeses, and, thus, it is perfectly possible to live well while adopting a fairly full-on, though not exclusively, local food policy.
It is also perfectly possible to buy these things easily. No, you can’t expect to whiz into a supermarket, whiz round the aisles and whiz out again loaded with a cornucopia of local products, but it is perfectly possible to buy a large proportion of your food from local producers, it just takes a little adaptation.
Also, and just as importantly, much of this local produce is offered at a good price.
I’ll expand on this tomorrow, in the meantime . . .
My intimates, per the comment from Lucy the other day, know I am partial to a kebab or twain. This may sound bonkers for a man professing to be getting into local produce. But, if you haven’t tried Faversham Kebab House, may I commend it to you. What many don’t realise (“doner, it’s grease on a pole”) is that pretty much everything served there is made on the premises, unlike many bog-standard kebab houses – and that includes the doner! I’ve had a tour of the kitchens and the cheffing going on was v impressive.
So, kebabs remain my guilty pleasure, a phrase Cheryl Cole seems to be incapable of going five minutes without uttering.
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