I called in to see my good friends Stuart and Alison yesterday. They have started a number of diversified foody ventures (butchery, school dinners, catering etc) and recently bought a small industrial estate so that they can accomodate all of their activities (and 30 staff) in one place close to the farm.
I had my first tour of the newly-opened butchers shop yesterday and was presented with this.
It's a cured sausage - the lovechild of a Polish recipe and Lincolnshire ingredients. Stuart has a Polish butcher on site (Boston is the migrant capital of Britain) and these are the first product from the newly constructed smokehouse .
"Here you go, Nobby," said Stuart, "Is that big enough for you."
Review: Imagine that you are one of the Borrowers and someone gave you a human-sized peperami. It is quite an intimidating piece of food in that respect.
Good quality ingredients, plenty of flavour. Intend to try slicing it frying it a la black pudding.
Everything in my fridge now smells of smoke and garlic, even the milk; which led to a memorable bowl of porridge at breakfast.
"Here you go, Nobby," said Stuart, "Can you accommodate this, with two ms?"
Very good. My typing monkey was having an off day.