During the Scottish holiday we also discovered a small salmon smokery and were impressed with their quality, so even though they do not offer organic/wild salmon or delivery outside of UK as Inverawe do, they are our preferred supplier. Make sure to order the salmon trimmings to make a fabulous mousse with dill, lime and creme freche. We prefer the whisky flavoured, it is very light and does not overpower.
Another great find was the smoked eel and meats of Brown & Forrest. The eel is exceptional, dont be put off by prejudice. Give the bought in smoked meats a miss and just buy their own smoked on the premises.
A stand-by is our local fresh trout, the best we have found but they also make their own paté. Just changed hands and the paté is not what it was.
One of the pleasure during the year is to open the insulated box of fresh fish. They are so very fresh, not the limp stale, smelly fish you find elsewhere. The downside is they dont offer half kilo weights and you cant eyeball the fish size available but they try to guide on the probable sizes. If you have a particular need you can always try phoning.
I havent included a link to Wallaces of Hemyock even though they are a local producer of venison and bison. All their meat is vacuum packed, meat is not suffiently hung and lies in pools of liquid, is over-priced and they have lost sight that the meat is their primary product and not all the ancillary products they now focus on.
Perrys loves cider and apple related products so there isnt a better place to go for passion that produces a fine range of drinks.
For all true whisky lovers, if you know your stuff where else would you go?
Japan Centre, great source for all japanese ingredients, but with totally indifferent, take it or leave it, attitude to customer support and delivery I cannot recommend it as a link. Watch point, goods are as sold in Japan, so no international labelling, be sure you know what you have got!
Just tried the butcher, Pynes of Somerset, showcased in the One Show, some weeks back and can confirm his bacon is well worth turning off the M5 at J24 towards Bridgwater and at the next traffic lights for. Delicious, tasty and none of this water that spoils so many other claimed 'dry cured' bacon. Best of all thickly cut so you can actually taste what you eat, none of this mean miserly thin slices. I am sure he will cut thinner is you are daft enough to want it. Smoked equally good. Just for the opportunity tried some of his traditional pork sausages. Not a fan of flavour adds, prefer them herbie and plain. But again delicious, produced fat which is quite right but not water nor that white enzyme. Only downside, casing split along length even though I started them gently I just drooled at the beef on display, clearly long hung, dry and a deep red. Cant wait to get back and try some.
Our previous trusted poultry supplier is cutting back towards retirement. Just met the supplier he has confidence in. Website of Otter Valley makes all the right noises and meeting the owner I am confident the claims made are being followed through. So we now have a pleasant run of 9miles to pick up our new supply of chicken. Goose, turkey and guinea fowl are available but only seasonally or to special advance order. Operates mainly as a wholesaler to significant shops out to London and up to Cheltenham but sells locally. So well worth ducking off the A30 on the way home.
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