a cook's tour of Britain

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Tonight on Channel 4 (and unlike the last 4 weeks it is new and not just %$£* dressed up repeats!)

River Cottage Road Trip
8:00pm - 9:00pm
Channel 4
VIDEO Plus+: 4063
Subtitled

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Our TV chefs are getting restless. We've just seen Jamie Oliver toiling around Italy in his camper van, and now a gung-ho Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall breaks free from his home at River Cottage for a cook's tour of Britain. In this
first of a two-part special, Hugh visits Scotland, where he pitches his teepee on a Dumfries and Galloway hillside. Here he watches the haggis maker in action, before going on a daft jaunt to hunt a "wild haggis", where participants dress in wet suits and kilts (mercifully, false comedy breasts are not involved). Hugh shoots a teal (a small wild duck) and cooks it on a campfire for breakfast (with a kebab of its heart and liver). All this nature red in tooth and claw might be a bit much for some, but you've got to admire Hugh's enthusiasm.

Pink.

A fitting programme to be screened today. Happy St Andrews day Competitionscafe.:)

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arkonite_babe

I'd forgotten about this being on! Thanks for the reminder, I love river cottage

halloweenqueen_2

Thanks for the reminder, whats the traditional foods where you live?
I've had the cheese in wensleydale, the dumplings in norfolk etc, i like to try the local foods when I travel about in this country - whta else is there to try?

VickyA_2

halloweenqueen wrote:

Thanks for the reminder, whats the traditional foods where you live?
I've had the cheese in wensleydale, the dumplings in norfolk etc, i like to try the local foods when I travel about in this country - whta else is there to try?

Stuffed chine and lincolnshire sausages from Lincolnshire, oooh, and some plum loaf with cheese. Mmmmmmmmm. Yum, yum.

Or, from my kitchen tea and biscuits.

halloweenqueen_2

stuffed chine???

ancasta_2

I cant wait to see this, i love "the fearnster" he is the nicest man ever. he really is so polite and friendly... i think im in love

moggins

I think he's fantastic too, not afraid to get his hands dirty like a lot of tv chefs. The programme was great, can't wait for the second part

squeaky

halloweenqueen wrote:

stuffed chine???

In the link

Stuffed chine

zar

Coventry - nothing traditional as such but all the fish and chip shops there sell (potato) scallops - thick slice of potato fried in batter - which I've just looked up on wikkipedia and fascinatingly it says this is common in Australia, I've never come accross it in the rest of UK so wonder how that came about?

In Wales - Cawl (recipes vary but basically lamb and leek broth - http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/ilovewales/sections/food/cawl.shtml - good for the slow cooker) and welsh cakes, which are both great foods and deserve to be made by everyone everywhere!

Whilst living in Yorkshire I was completely converted to the combination of wensleydale cheese and fruit cake, yum yum! Talking of which, the bakers there sell "yum yums" which are like plaited doughnuts only worse for you, but I've since seen these on sale elsewhere so not sure if its local and spreading or what. And of course, yorkshire pudding which eaten on its own with really good gravy is amazing.

I've been in east Kent for over a year but it seems a bit sparse on the regional dish front. There are defintely fewer chippies than other places and they are called "fish bars". Plenty of hops and market gardening and a few vineyards - the pork and hop sausages from my local farm shop are surprisingly good!

My DH is from Dorset, he loves lardy cake and Dorset style apple cake which I haven't seen outside the county - http://www.dorsetshire.com/new/recipes.html

There are still a few regional dishes around if you look hard enough! Those little cookbooks for £1 in tourist shops are good for getting local recipes. - http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/search-handle-form/026-3159980-9117240

ancasta_2

MMMM i love fruit cake and crumbly cheese. yum.

Bakers up here in Durham/Newcastle area sell yum yums and they are lush! definately a good name for them!