This blog starts as the autumn winds over the West Yorkshire moors, the backdrop for Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights, are on the return. Great for wind power generation, not so good for the garden which takes a bashing.
Bradford's International Market over the August bank holiday was another big crowd puller. Among the hundreds of stalls lining city centre roads closed to cars for the occasion were some real gems. Mrs Kirkham's traditional Lancashire farm made cheeses was one. Creamy, delightfully fresh tasting and crumbly, made from unpasteurised milk collected from the farm's herd of Fresian Holstein cows. A regular medal winner and it's easy to see why. A near neighbour stall is home to Mrs Bourne's mature Cheshire, another unpasteurised cheese from a Fresian herd. Traditional cheese making has been undertaken at the Bourne's Malpas farm for over 70 years.
Further up the hill is a stall with a range of olive oil rarely seen in this neck of the woods. Apulia Blend olive oil from, surprisingly, Apulia in Southern Italy. I worked my way down the line of 10 or more oils available to taste and plumped for a litre each of the single estate Adamo, made from Ogliarola and Cellina di Nardo olives (acidity between 0.35-0.5%) a fruity oil with a smooth almond after taste and, from the same family, Le Chianche made from Ogliarola and Leccino of similar acidity but having a rich peppery aftertaste. A bottle of sweet, cherry flavoured and unctuous Saporoso balsamic vinegar from the Famiglia Malpighi in Modena also seemed to find its way into my bag.
What better way to complement excellent cheese and olive oil than a family size Pain au Levain, organic bread from the Flour Power City stall doing a roaring trade mid-way between the olive oil and cheese stalls.
Shame they are all only here for the weekend ...
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment