Food Festival

entwisi · 02-04-2006, 19:42

So anyone else go? It was sodding hard work pushing Siobhan in her pram to get anywhere near most of the stalls. I thought that whilst prices were on teh high side theer was a good selection of produce from people who obviously cared about their product. I'm lucky in that where I get my LPG in Knutsford has a farm shop where she sells all sorts of game and rare breed meats. She also has a couple of Polish chefs working for her and they do some delicious polish dishes

godfrey · 03-04-2006, 04:45

I went for the first time not knowing what to expect. Possibly I was looking forward to survey a good sample of good local traditional food.

What I saw was an expensive array of marketing ploys to sell more product by providing new flavours to the punters: icecream; cheese; oils, honey;... Hardly traditional.

I was disappointed and will not bother in future years.

thomas_045 · 03-04-2006, 12:59

Ooooooo! It was also on at Ossy Mills aswell. It was ace. They had a chocolate fountain hmmmm... strawberries held under hot flowing chocolate! I think us staff had more free samples all day than the customers. I came home feeling veeeerrryy sick!

stanerlee · 03-04-2006, 14:07

Personally , i enjoyed it but i spent a fortune!!!! some cheaper stall might be an idea for the future. Veggie Blackpudding is a winner as is Lancashire sauce!!!

thomas_045 · 03-04-2006, 14:19

Yeah it did seem a bit expensive. But ah well... life goes on. The good was awesome though...

lettie · 03-04-2006, 16:02

I enjoyed having a mosey round all of the stalls and trying out the different Lancashire cheeses. I tried that much stuff that I didn't need lunch

Some things were overpriced, and I couldn't what relevance the stalls selling Spanish and Italian foods had to Lancashire. Nonetheless, I enjoyed it.

entwisi · 03-04-2006, 19:50

Did it say it was a festival of lancashire food or just a food festival in Lancashire?

thomas_045 · 03-04-2006, 20:05

I think you might of said it was just a good festival in Lancashire Entwisi. But who knows eh.

lettie · 04-04-2006, 07:13

It was advertised as the 9th Lancashire Food Festival, so I guess you can take that whichever way....

entwisi · 04-04-2006, 07:32

So they are perfectly within their rights to have 'foreign' foodsstuff there.

SPUGGIE J · 04-04-2006, 09:41

Did he "foreign" food stuff include German red sausage? Make great hotdogs them bangers.

fireman · 04-04-2006, 14:00

I got some smoked peppered mackeral and it was absolutely delicious.

lindsay ormerod · 06-04-2006, 18:28

We enjoyed it too! Much better having the marquee instead of cramming it all in the Town Hall.We got some great cheese;sausages and a couple of botttles of "Bumble " sauce which is very good indeed! Hope someone decides to sell it locally or will have to venture to the wilds of Ramsbottom!