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Mr Trotters British Pork Crackling

Mr Trotters British Pork Crackling

“Blimey @Mr_Trotters, these are HOT, HOT, HOT! Shame I don’t have a cooling margarita to hand.” @sipswooshspit

Mr Trotter’s revolutionary British pork snack was the brainchild of food writer Tom Parker Bowles, BBC2 Great British Menu’s judge Matthew Fort and Cotswold farmer, Rupert Ponsonby. It is cooked from 100% British pork, unlike most other scratchings made from imported Danish rind, and carries the Red Tractor quality and origin assurance symbol. Mr Trotter’s uses no added MSG.

Mr Trotter’s Great British Pork Crackling is triple cooked by hand in small batches using a longer process to deliver a crisper crunch.

Mr Trotter’s Jalapeno Chilli has just joined his sibling, the Original, which was launched in November 2011. for this second offering Mr trotter has been travelling far and wide to look for new flavours to show off his porky perfection. That’s why he has teamed up with the jalapeno from Mexico, a medium hot chilli with a verdantly sharp bite.

Available from Selfridges and other deli’s and farm shops, Mr Trotters British Pork Crackling are also available on line.


Tropica Organic Whole Dried Lady Finger Bananas

Tropica Organic Whole Dried Lady Finger BananasPacked with vitamins, rich in fibre, less than 66 calories each, but as tasty and sweet as any chocolate bar. Sounds a little too good to be true, but sun dried Lady Finger Bananas really are in a class of their own when it comes to picnic snacks…

As with any bananas, Lady Finger Bananas count as one of your five a day are a good source of dietary fiber, certain vitamins and potassium. But where they differ from their cousins in our supermarkets is in their constituency and sweetness.

Known as ‘date’ or ‘fig’ bananas, the smaller fruits are renowned for their sweet sticky taste. When the bananas are slowly dried in the sun, they hold some of their moisture, unlike the dried banana chips you may be used to, creating a unique healthy snack that retains the sweet, sticky deliciousness the bananas are famed for alongside the health benefits - in combination making them a ‘super snack’ that is a fantastic addition to any child’s lunch box or grown-ups picnic basket.

Tropica Organic Whole Dried Lady Finger Bananas have recently been launched and the organic, raw and natural bananas combine an amazing flavour and sticky taste that results in an irresistible snack that can also be chopped up and added to cakes and muffins for a delicious exotic twist.

Tropica Organic Whole Dried Lady Finger Bananas are just £2.29 for a 200g pack of approximately 10 bananas from health stores or www.naturboutique.co.uk

Westin Gourmet Meats

westin gourmet meatFollowing the horse meat scandal it is worth hunting down those quality independent butchers both in the high street and one line. One retailer well worth considering is Westin Gourmet Meats.

Each of our specialist cuts are chosen to give you the juiciest, most flavoursome meat available. Our gourmet meat is unrivalled and so are our prices. You can buy your gourmet meat from us at prices that are lower than the standard meat you get from your local supermarket…

All are cut on the day of dispatch by our expert butchers in the heart of Dorset, and no processed meat in sight. Our High Welfare RSPCA Freedom Food Veal which is from farms in the West Country is also becoming highly popular.

Products listed include Rare breed meats from award winning Brookfield Farm (no, its not the one in the Archers. The Archers isn’t real, it’s a radio program), ethically reared veal, four bird roast and loads and loads of offers and specials.

Gourmet Variety Selection Pack - this is only available to those visiting the Westin Gourmet Meats website for the very first time! A selection of products including ribeyes, sausages, chicken breast fillers, pork loin steaks and more for just £39 saving £40! Head to the website… www.westingourmet.co.uk

Help Save The World’s Rainforests This Easter

rainforest foundationA new environmental campaign has recently launched encouraging chocolate lovers to become checkout-campaigners in their choice of Easter Eggs with the aim of halting the destruction of the world’s rainforests.

The campaign is a ground-breaking collaboration between the Rainforest Foundation UK (RFUK) and Ethical Consumer and has surveyed over 70 of the UK’s top chocolate brands on their use of palm oil or its derivatives.

The campaign is being launched in response to the increasing threat that unsustainable palm oil is posing to the world’s rainforests, and consequently, to the people that rely almost entirely on those forests for their livelihoods.

Having destroyed vast areas of forest in countries such as Indonesia, palm oil companies are now planning to expand in the rainforests of the Congo Basin in Africa. An area the size of Yorkshire is currently being cleared to make way for oil palm plantations. If forest habitats are lost, then numerous wildlife species, including forest elephant and lowland gorilla, will also be under threat.

Simon Counsell, Executive Director of The Rainforest Foundation UK said:

“We’ve launched a guide to foods containing palm oil with Ethical Consumer to raise awareness of the impacts associated with the production of this common ingredient. Consumers should be empowered to make informed purchasing decisions, understanding the impact of the production of the products they pick.”

According to a recent RFUK report Seeds of Destruction, 1 million acres of rainforest in the Congo Basin is currently being developed by palm oil producers, and with 284 million acres of suitable soil in the region, developers are actively seeking large sites now. Palm oil is a core ingredient in many food products and companies are not required by EU law to label products containing it until December 2014.

Tim Hunt co-director at Ethical Consumer said:

“Consumer power has the potential to help save the Congo’s rainforests and its wildlife that is under threat from palm oil production. This Easter we’re asking chocolate lovers to buy their Easter eggs from those chocolate companies that we’ve identified as taking an ethically responsible stance on this critical issue.”

The top two chocolate companies identified in the product guide are: Divine and Booja Booja. Neither company uses any palm oil in their chocolate products.

The bottom three chocolate companies identified in the product guide are Lindt, Thorntons and Guylian. Lindt supplied inaccurate figures while Thorntons and Guylian failed to submit any documentation to the organisations that set international sustainable palm oil standards.

The product guide to chocolate is the first of a series of guides that will rate all consumer products using palm oil. Future guides will include biscuits, cereals and spreads.

The aim of the campaign is to encourage consumers to buy the best rated products, forcing those companies that are not taking their environmental responsibilities seriously to use more sustainably sourced palm oil.

The full product guide can be seen here: www.rainforestfoundationuk.org/palm-oil-database

Comic Relief Homeware Range

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Ten of Britain’s favourite celebrity chefs and cooks have joined forces and swapped their kitchens for the camera lens in aid of Comic Relief for a fun-packed photoshoot to celebrate Emma Bridgewater’s stunning homeware range for Red Nose Day 2013, available to buy now from HomeSense stores nationwide.

Those championing the campaign to get the nation cooking using the Emma Bridgewater Red Nose Day products are (pictured left to right): Angela Hartnett, Michael Caines, Raymond Blanc, Valentine Warner, Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, Allegra McEvedy, Antonio Carluccio, Glynn Purnell, Aktar Islam and Monica Galetti.

Emma Bridgewater’s Red Nose Day range consists of six different mug designs, two tea towels and apron designs, an oven glove and a bag for life, all designed for Red Nose Day to encourage the great British public to ‘Do Something Funny For Money’. The money donated from sales of the products will be spent by Comic Relief to help people living incredibly tough lives across Africa and here in the UK.

Renowned cook and food author Valentine Warner says: “By purchasing these lovely Emma Bridgewater Red Nose Day products from HomeSense stores you’ll be doing your bit to help raise millions of pounds to help people who need it most in this country and Africa, and that is a really important thing. I urge everyone to go out and buy a bag for life and a mug and some oven gloves. No, in fact, buy one for yourself and one for all your family and your friends, too! Let’s raise as much money as we possibly can for this great cause.”

“The Emma Bridgewater Red Nose Day products are fun, quirky and of course useful too. I’d love to see the whole nation buying them and getting messy in the kitchen for Comic Relief,” adds Raymond Blanc.

The products are available from Red Nose Day official partner HomeSense the homeware retailer selling leading brands at up to 60% off the RRP and are already proving to be a massive hit with baking and cooking enthusiasts throughout the country who are helping raise money whilst looking fabulous and getting creative in the kitchen.

Chef Glynn Purnell says: “I’m urging everyone to get down to HomeSense stores and purchase Emma Bridgewater’s quirky range of products for Red Nose Day. This campaign has received overwhelming support from well-known chefs across the country and is perfectly placed to get the nation back into the kitchen. The quality of design and merchandise available will ensure that vital funds will be raised to help those less fortunate both here in the UK and Africa. I am extremely proud to be involved and hope Red Nose Day 2013 receives the support it deserves.”

Allegra McEvedy adds: “Go out and buy these mugs, bags, mits and bits from HomeSense for a whole load of reasons: they’re top quality, look good, feel timeless and make you feel better about yourself. Oh, and they also help change the world.”

Antonio Carluccio gave the range his backing by joking: “You can get ‘un naso rosso’ (red nose) for Comic Relief, and you don’t even have to drink! Just buy Emma Bridgewater’s special designs and ‘fare la differenza’ (make a difference).

Red Nose Day takes place this year on Friday 15th March 2013.

Don’t miss out on your very own Emma Bridgewater Comic Relief Homeware Range and help raise money for Red Nose Day 2013, from HomeSense.

 

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