A quick guide to the best of British produce for campers and caravanners

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Eating the BestFollowing the success of the first Eat Local guide and the ever-growing interest in great British food, Calor, the UK’s leading provider of LPG, has again teamed up with The Camping and Caravanning Club to bring you this new brochure detailing the best local produce across the UK.

This booklet takes you to every part of the country detailing each area’s gastro delights and highlighting the very best places to go to Eat Local – suggested by The Camping and Caravanning Club Holiday Site Managers.

Those who purchase locally grown produce or eat in a local pub or restaurant while holidaying, not only support local businesses, but also means everyone can enjoy wholesome, healthy produce leading to an improved diet.

We hope you all enjoy reading about the UK’s famous foods and that you try as many outlets as possible, so don’t delay – Eat Local today!

Paul Blacklock Marketing Manager, Calor

Marketing & Communications Director, The Camping and Caravanning Club

Contents

Eating the Best p2

The Clubs p3

Local Legends p4

Gastronomic Greats p5

Regional Produce p6-9

Support local produce p9

Readers’ Recipes p10-11

Calor – Lightening the loadCalor, the UK’s leading supplier of LPG, has supported the caravan industry for more than 70 years, and with more than 10,000 outlets nationwide you are never far from a stockist.

A proud champion of UK tourism and Eat Local, Calor has supported The Camping and Caravaning Club since the company began and during the last year has also linked with The Club to ensure their main sites are stocked with Calor Lite™, the popular 6kg lightweight steel cylinder.

Calor Lite™ was designed specifically for the caravan and motorhome market and weighing in at virtually half the weight of Calor’s traditional cylinder, has proven to be a firm favourite with those looking to reduce nose-weight.

Calor offers the widest and most readily available range of gas cylinders and fittings, as well as appliances such as barbecues. All of these can be purchased through Calor Gas Direct for easy home delivery (0800 662 663), caravan dealers, Calor Centres and online at www.caravanning-online.co.uk. There you can also find advice on all things caravan related, from tips for the novice caravanner to caravan sales and storage providers.

Join The Club that helps you enjoy moreIf you love the great outdoors as much as we do, you’ll love The Camping and Caravanning Club. Whether you like striking out on your own, or you want the reassurance of a great place to stay, we’re here for you as much or as little as you want us to be.

We have a reputation for beautiful sites, the finest facilities and the best services. With 109 award-winning Club Sites, 27 Forest Holiday Sites, and 1,350 Certificated Sites, there is something for everyone regardless of how you choose to camp.

We pride ourselves on being the only Club that caters for all, so whether you camp in a two man tent or in a luxury lodge you can rest assured that we’ll always have your needs in mind here at The Friendly Club, as we strive to make each trip a holiday to remember.

To join The Club and browse through the large range of benefits and services offered visit www.campingandcaravanningclub.co.uk or call 0845 130 7632.

East England Castle Rising Tea Room, King’s Lynn Knights Hill Farm Shop, King’s Lynn The White Horse pub and restaurant, Trowse, Norwich Long John Hill Butchers, Norwich St Neots Market, Cambridgeshire

Central England The Bell House Tea Room, Upton on Severn Clive’s Fruit Farm Shop, Upton on Severn The George Hotel pub and restaurant, Youlgreave RA Phipps, Butchers, Hanley Swan, Worcestershire The Old Village Stores, Wolverley

Northern England Janet’s Tea Rooms, Woodhall Spa, Lincolnshire Billy Bells Grocers, Haltwhistle, Northumberland Kielder Organic Meats, Bellingham, Hexham, Northumberland Cowmans Sausage Shop, Clitheroe, Lancashire Northumberland Cheese Co., Blagdon, Northumberland

Scotland Harbour Lights Café, Gairloch Bridge Cottage Café and Gallery, Poolewe Oak Tree pub and restaurant, Milarrochy Bay Poolewe Hotel, Wester-Ross AR Jack, Butchers, Fortrose

Wales The Feathers (Y Plu) Restaurant, Llanystumdwy The Byntirion Inn, Llandderfel, Bala Caffe Cwrt, Criccieth Caerau Uchaf Gardens Tea Rooms, Sarnau, Nr Bala Rhug Estate Farm Shop, Rhug, Nr Corwen

South East England Capel-le-Ferne farmers’ market, Capel-le-Ferne The Kings Arms pub and restaurant, Sandford Lock on Thames Ightham Mote Tea Rooms, Ivy Hatch, Sevenoaks, Kent Four Seasons Delicatessen, Pevensey Bay, East Sussex Burrows Butchers, Folkestone

South West England Two Bridges Hotel Tea Rooms, Yelverton The Mulberry Restaurant, Exeter The Rising Sun pub and restaurant, Umberleigh Fishleigh Farm Shop, Fishleigh Pannier Market, Tavistock

Local LegendsEveryone wants to treat themselves when they’re on holiday – and now you can with this map detailing the best places to discover Britain’s finest regional produce. Whether you want to enjoy fleshy and succulent crabs in East Anglia’s crab shops, barbecue one of Cumbria most famous exports, the Cumberland sausage, or partake of afternoon tea with Scotland’s finest shortbread or Dundee cake, it’s a time to enjoy eating fresh, wholesome food that is locally grown and produced.

The recommendations from The Camping and Caravanning Club Holiday Site Managers mean that you can see the best places to buy and eat local. Our map will help you find local farmers’ markets, traditional fruit and vegetable shops and other food producers. Or, if you don’t feel like cooking and want to try out some local cuisine, a local tea room, restaurant or pub could be just minutes away from the very Camping and Caravanning Club Site, where you are staying.

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Regional Produce

Central EnglandThe Midlands is home to the world famous Melton Mowbray pork pie. Made from the best pork cuts, this is one of Britain’s best loved treats and because of the area’s pig rearing trade, this region’s butchers offer some of the best sausages, pork scratchings and faggots in the country.

The region is also a major cheese making destination, look out for Shropshire Blue, Derby Cheese, Stilton and Red Leicester in the area’s many farm shops. If you’re looking for something special why not try the meat of the old horned Hereford cattle, of which only 200 are used for food each year.

The rich and plentiful landscape means fruit and vegetables grow in abundance. The Vale of Evesham is renowned for its asparagus and spring onions, while pears and apples create Herefordshire’s famous ciders. In fact across the whole of the Midlands, hops makes ale a firm favourite so, when in the pubs, don’t forget to ask for a pint of the local beer.

A trip to the historic town of Ludlow is also a must for all food lovers. Outside London, the town boasts the most Michelin-starred restaurants in the UK and in September the annual food festival celebrates some of the region’s finest food and drink with plenty of samples to whet the palate.

Recommendations: The Bell House Tea Room, Upton on Severn Clive’s Fruit Farm Shop, Upton on Severn The George Hotel pub and restaurant, Youlgreave, R.A. Phipps Butchers, Hanley Swan, Worcestershire The Old Village Stores, Wolverley Cookley Fisheries Fish and Chips, Cookley Top House Ice Cream, can be found in farm shops across the region

East EnglandThe East of England is home to a profusion of game birds, which shelter in the marshes of East Anglia, making them a common find in the many local butcheries and farm shops.

Here, you’ll also find the world famous Norfolk Black Turkey, a wide range of hams and bacon from the pigs of Suffolk and beef from the Lincoln red cattle. Most towns in the region still host busy farmers’ markets, which provide the freshest locally reared meat and produce.

Plums are also a favourite throughout the Lincolnshire area, where they make delicious plum bread found in bakeries and tea rooms.

In addition to East Anglia’s rich agricultural land, its coastline provides excellent fish and shellfish. Renowned for its abundance of small but fleshy and succulent crabs, this area has specialised crab shops on many of its coastal high streets, which are well worth a visit.

Recommendations: Castle Rising Tea Room, King’s Lynn Knights Hill Farm Shop, King’s Lynn White Horse pub and restaurant, Trowse, Norwich Long John Hill Butchers, Norwich St Neots Market, Cambridgeshire Cookies Crabshop, Salthouse, Holt, Norfolk Southwold farmers’ market, Southwold Pier Beccles farmers’ market, Ellough Airfield

Northern EnglandThe traditional dishes of the North have been carefully designed to taste delicious and keep families warm in the colder Northern climate. The county of Lancashire lays claim to its famous Lancashire hotpot, a stew made from layers of lamb, potato and onion, as well as being the original home of pan haggarty, a pan-fried dish of layered potatoes and onions, traditionally topped with Lancashire Cheese, but it is found in the pubs and restaurants across most of the counties in the North.

Cumbria is renowned for the coiled Cumberland sausage, so much so that you will easily find dedicated sausage shops and sausage stalls at the local farmers’ markets. Cumberland is also the home of the delicious Cumberland sauce or jelly, made from redcurrants and enjoyed with cold meats such as gammon and game.

The North also has a wealth of traditional cakes, confectioneries and pastries, such as Eccles cake, treacle toffee, gingerbread and Parkin (a dark, spicy ginger cake). In the east of the region, stottie cake, a savoury bread made from self-raising flour, salt and milk, can be found and is perfect for making bacon butties.

With Yorkshire’s abundance of seaside resorts, along with quaint fishing villages, the region produces excellent seafood, which can be found at local restaurants, markets or fish and chip shops.

Recommendations: Janet’s Tea Rooms, Woodhall Spa, Lincolnshire Billy Bells Grocers, Haltwhistle, Northumberland Kielder Organic Meats, Bellingham, Hexham, Northumberland Cowmans Sausage Shop, Clitheroe, Lancashire Northumberland Cheese Co., Blagdon, Northumberland The Oak Bakery, Windermere, Cumbria Kendal Market, Kendal, Cumbria Woodhall Spa farmers’ market, Woodhall Spa The Fish Shop, Northwich Archers Fish Shop, Woodhall Spa

ScotlandScotland is famous for some of the finest shooting and fishing estates in the world. The ‘Glorious Twelfth’ (12 August) is the start of the grouse shooting season, the fresh foul is then stuffed with rowanberries or cranberries and roasted to perfection. Partridge, wild duck, pheasant and snipe are also popular at other times of the year.

Cattle farming is also big business in the country and possibly the world’s most famous breed, Aberdeen Angus is exported from here around the world.

Nearer the rocky Scottish coastline fishing remains an important industry. Great catches of herring, haddock, mackerel, halibut, sole, cod, plaice, mussels, scallops, shrimp, lobster and crabs are all landed along this coast. Scottish salmon has always been prized for its taste and quality, and salmon from the Orkney farms in particular, is among the best in the world.

Recommendations: Harbour Lights Café, Gairloch Bridge Cottage Café and Gallery, Poolewe Oak Tree pub and restaurant, Milarrochy Bay Poolewe Hotel, Wester-Ross AR Jack, Butchers, Fortrose Angies Cottage Bakery, Laide Williamson Fruit and Veg, Lauder Lomand Shores farmers’ market, Lomand Shores

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South East EnglandThe South East is famous for its fruit and hops, which are plentiful thanks to the warmer climates enjoyed by the region. Visitors will delight at the National Fruit Collections, which are housed at Brogdale and will enjoy the farm shops and ‘pick-your-owns’ that dominate the landscape.

Kentish apples are used for cider-making, while other beverages from the region include hops to flavour beer and vineyards that account for the majority of the UK’s wine production.

When it comes to food, a few things to try when visiting the region include Aylesbury duck, Banbury cakes, Oxford marmalade and the lardy cake found in the most south-eastern counties.

As you would expect of a capital city, London offers a wealth of food choices, and more opportunities than you may think to Eat Local, as it does have its own culinary heritage, particularly for street food. Fried fish and chip shops, Whitebait (whole fried herring or sprats) and roasted chestnuts, along with pints of winkles, prawns, whelks and cockles are less common today than 50 years ago, but the East End is still home to several original pie and mash shops where you can enjoy a meat pie or jellied eels served with mashed potato and green parsley gravy.

Recommendations: Capel-le-Ferne farmers’ market, Capel-le-Ferne The Kings Arms pub and restaurant, Sandford Lock on Thames Ightham Mote Tea Rooms, Ivy Hatch, Sevenoaks, Kent Four Seasons Delicatessen, Pevensey Bay, East Sussex Burrows Butchers, Folkestone Laurel Tree Farm Shop, Crowborough, East Sussex Jarvis Brook Bakery, Crowborough, East Sussex Millets Farm Centre, Frilforde nr. Abingdon

WalesThe varied Welsh landscape produces food of freshness, quality and diversity, providing hearty, filling cooked dishes.

Almost synonymous with Wales are the sheep that roam on the green valleys and hills, and as a result lamb remains the country’s most famous export. However, Welsh black beef has almost overtaken Welsh lamb in its fame and both can be found at the farmers’ markets.

Nearer the coast fishing remains an important industry and the restaurants are laden with fresh herring and mackerel, which swim in great shoals off the west coast.

Nothing is wasted here and the offerings from both land and sea are utilised. Scraps of Welsh lamb are added to vegetables, bacon and leek to make cawl and even seaweed is rolled with oats and made into little cakes called laverbread, which are deep fried to make crisp patties.

Recommendations: The Feathers (Y Plu) Restaurant, Llanystumdwy The Byntirion Inn, Llandderfel, Bala Caffe Cwrt, Criccieth Caerau Uchaf Gardens Tea Rooms, Sarnau, Nr Bala Rhug Estate Farm Shop, Rhug, Nr Corwen TJ Roberts and Son Butchers, Tan Yr Hall, Bala Corwen Town farmers’ market, Corwen

South West EnglandThe combination of rich Cornish pastures and pure bred Friesian cows make the South West a dairy lover’s dream.

With Cornwall’s cream and Devon’s butter, a cream tea is a must when visiting the region. A delicious, fresh baked scone is filled with butter, cream and jam and served with a cup of English tea. And if that doesn’t fill you up, there’s the creamy fudge and sticky toffee to get your teeth into.

When it comes to savoury delights, more of the world’s cheese is sold as cheddar than by any other name. Established in the English village of Cheddar in Somerset, as early as Tudor times, this sharp-tasting cheese has a huge following worldwide. As well as this famous cheese, the area is dotted with other rarer delights such as Dorset Blue Vinney, Double Gloucester and the Stinking Bishop.

The region’s rugged coastline coupled with the river Severn, the river Avon and the river Test, make it a haven for fish lovers producing salmon, trout, pilchards, herrings, mackerel, crabs, lobster, cockles and eels.

Recommendations: Two Bridges Hotel Tea Rooms, Yelverton The Mulberry Restaurant, Exeter The Rising Sun pub and restaurant, Umberleigh Fishleigh Farm Shop, Fishleigh Pannier Market, Tavistock Warren Bakery, Tavistock Andrew and Cathy Tall Butchers, Modbury

David Bellamy and The Camping and Caravanning Club continue to encourage over 460,000 members to buy and eat local produce and “put something back into the economy and environment of the places we visit”.

Buying local allows farmers and fishermen to cut out the middle-men and make a bit more than they would normally from the food they sell. Many are faced with massive pressures to produce ever-cheaper food, often at the expense of the environment.

“One of the great joys of a really good holiday is searching out a local delicacy or two, or having the time to really search out the best ingredients for that recipe you’ve been meaning to try on the caravan stove or barbecue”. – David Bellamy, President of The Camping and Caravanning Club

Campers already have a massive impact on the local economy, with an estimated £28.80 per day spent locally. This makes a big difference to businesses that are reliant on local trade to earn a living, as well as making a difference to the flavours and tastes in your meal!

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Readers’ Recipes

Cedar Plank Smoked Baby Back Ribs1 plank of cedar big enough to place baby back ribs on - untreated, 1-2 full slabs of baby back ribs, 1-2 cups of your favourite barbecue sauce

The Rub: 1/4 cup paprika 1 tbsp chilli powder 1 tbsp curry powder 1 tbsp sugar 1 tbsp salt 1 tbsp black pepper 1 tbsp coriander 1 tbsp garlic powder 1 tbsp dry English mustard 1 tsp cayenne (do not use if you do not like it hot) 1 tsp cumin 1 tsp thyme 1 tsp basil (ground)

Soak plank in water over night (or at least 4 hours). Grind all the rub ingredients together in a pestle and mortar (or use a food processor if you’re looking for an easy life). Remove the thin membrane from the back of the ribs to help cook evenly, spread the rub over the ribs and place in a sealable bag. Refrigerate for 1-3 hours.

Remove ribs from the refrigerator. While the meat returns to room temperature pre heat the barbecue on full and place the plank on the grill. Once the plank starts to crack and smoke turn the heat down to low. Place the ribs on the plank and close the lid. Check the grill regularly. put out any flames that may arise with a quick squirt from a spray bottle. Add the barbecue sauce only in the last hour of cooking or you may burn it. Make sure the plank only smolders. Once the meat starts to seperate from the ribs, enjoy.

by Jerry Lay

Barbecued Honey Chicken6 chicken legs 4 tbsp honey 2 tbsp olive oil 2 tbsp white wine vinegar 1 tsp each of ground coriander basil and chilli powder a pinch of mustard powder.

Mix all the ingredients together except for the chicken legs! Brush the chicken legs with generous amounts of the mixture. Barbecue for 10 minutes.

by Emily Hutchinson

Orange and Green Peppercorn Marinaded Fish1 medium sized whole fish (trout, sea bass or bream) 1 red onion 2 small oranges 6 tbsp light olive oil 2 tbsp cider vinegar 2 tbsp green peppercorns in brine, drained 2 tbsp chopped fresh parsley salt and sugar

With a sharp knife, slash the fish 3-4 times each side. Cut a piece of foil big enough to wrap the fish and use to line a large dish. Peel and slice the onion and oranges. Lay half the slices on the foil, place the fish on top and cover with the rest of the onion and orange.

Mix the remaining marinade ingredients and pour over the fish. Cover and leave to marinate for four hours, occasionally spooning the marinade over the fish. Fold the foil loosely over the fish and seal the edges securely. Bake on a medium barbecue for 15 minutes for 450g/1lb, plus 15 minutes over. Fantastic fish recipe for the barbecue.

by Jackie O’Neill

Super Shrimps2 pounds large shrimp, uncooked, pull the skin/tails off 1 finely chopped onion 1 cup olive oil 1 tsp sugar 1 tsp cayenne pepper 1/2 tsp salt 1/2 tsp oregano 1 tsp garlic powder 1/4 cup maple syrup optionally a pound-of-bacon

In a large bowl, mix everything together (except bacon) and then add shrimp. Leave it in the fridge overnight or at least for several hours. Flip occasionally to distribute shrimp marinade. Pull out from fridge an hour or so beforehand to let things warm/loosen up a bit.

The next day, preheat your barbecue grill while skewering the shrimp. Optionally place flat on a fine-screen mesh cookware - less work! Wrap in bacon and grill. Be careful about flames from the dripping marinade.

Serve over rice, pasta, or as-is... but be sure to drip some marinade on them!

by James Thurrell

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“Real friends of the countryside eat local food” David Bellamy

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