Issue 059 - Reflect Magazine

12 Lincolnshire’s Finest Food
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Food Glorious Food
As well as an array of attractions to suit all ages and interests, Lincolnshire is also home to
some of Britain’s finest food producers. The eastern county has been leading the way in living
off the land for many years, before ‘seasonal’, ‘sustainable’ and even ‘local’ were buzz words –
food and drink in Lincolnshire is at the very heart and soul of life.
As a rural county, Lincolnshire is the birth-place of a number of dishes and delicacies,
including:
• tangy Lincolnshire Poacher cheese - produced in Alford
• coarse-ground Lincolnshire sausages
• succulent, marbled Lincoln red beef
• stuffed chine salt-cured pork filled with green herbs, usually parsley
• haslet – a type of pork loaf, also flavoured with sage
• Plum bread
• Grantham Gingerbread
It’s not hard to see why Lincolnshire has gained an enviable reputation for its produce. It’s
now almost 15 years since a group of Lincolnshire farmers decided to create their own meat
co-operative and the ‘Lincolnshire Quality Beef, Lamb and Pork Ltd’ is going from strengthto-strength.
Its aim is to promote Lincolnshire born, reared and finished beef, lamb and pork
and each cut of meat can be traced back to one of the scheme’s producer members. For
more info on the co-operative, visit www.qualitylincolnshiremeat.co.uk
For the freshest, finest local produce look out for the Tastes of Lincolnshire logo at shops,
places to eat and accommodation. A Lincolnshire County Council and European Union
funded project, Tastes of Lincolnshire encourages people to choose local food and drink.
Food produced by its members can be enjoyed across the county in farm shops, farmhouse
B&B and guesthouses, hotels, pubs, cafes, restaurants and bars flying the Tastes of
Lincolnshire flag. For further details on food from Lincolnshire, or the Tastes of Lincolnshire
project, please visit www.visitlincolnshire.com/food-and-drink
H.E. Wilkinson & Son
High Class
Family Butchers
7 The Parade,
Cherry Willingham,
Lincoln LN3 47L
Tel: 01522 751120
Only the best local
meats bought and sold
SC LS SS SR
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Ownsworth’s
Home-grown
in Lincolnshire
Cold Pressed Extra Virgin
Extra Virgin Cold
pressed Rapeseed Oil
The pure and
natural choice
Handson’s of East Kirkby
Award-winning traditional butcher
Grafters Brewery
Grafters real ales are brewed onsite at
the Half Moon pub in Willingham-by-Stow,
near Gainsborough, Lincoln.
Our multiple award-winning beers
are considered to be some of the best
available and can be sampled at the
Half Moon, as well as other real ale
establishments.
You can even take Grafters home with you
- it’s available in bottles as well as handy 5,
10 and 20 litre boxes.
Grafters produces a number of popular,
award-winning beers including the flagship
brand Moonlight, as well as other favourites
such as Brewers Troop, Golden and Wobble
Gob.
Grafters Brewery @
The Half Moon Public House
23 High Street, Willingham by Stow,
Gainsborough DN21 5JZ
Tel: 01427 788340
Email: phil@graftersbrewery.com
Ownsworth’s rapeseed oil is ideal for deep
and shallow frying, roasting, marinades,
drizzles and mayonnaise.
Our rapeseed oil is high in vitamin E and
half the saturated fat of olive oil, is rich in
healthy OMEGA 3, 6 and 9, and contains no
preservatives, is trans-fat and GM-free.
Available from:
• Good quality farm shops and delis
• Restaurants and cafes
• And direct from the farm
Contact details
Tel: 01400 273989
Email: fulbeckfarms@gmail.com
Andrew Ownsworth
Fulbeck Farms
• Lincoln Red beef
• Hand-raised pork pies
• Lincolnshire sausage and lamb
• Home-made ready meals
…and a large variety of Lincolnshire-produced
goods including stuffed chine.
We now offer a mail order service.
www.handsonsbutchers.co.uk
Townley’s Farm Shop, Main Road, East Kirkby
Tel: 07732 057338 01790 763264 01790 763370
Free local delivery
Meridian
Meats
...in the Heart of the Wolds
Traditional Lincolnshire Butchers
Winners of Country Life Magazine’s
‘Britain’s Best Steak’ from our own herd of
prize winning pedigree Longhorn cattle.
BBC Young Butcher of the Year 2009,
Gold Award winning Lincolnshire Stuffed
Chine, Lincolnshire sausages, speciality
sausages, pork pies, speciality pies &
dry cured bacon.
108 Eastgate, Louth, Lincs
LN11 9AA
01507 603357
Shop online at
www.meridianmeatsshop.co.uk
Oak Tree Farm
Serious about sausages
Farmers of free-range rare breeds.
Traditional butchers shop.
Hog roast catering.
Oak Tree Farm
The Butcher’s Shop,
4 Main Street, Sutton-on-Trent
NG23 6PF
01636 823999
info@trentsidesaddlebacks.co.uk
www.trentsidesaddlebacks.co.uk
Only The Best From
Odling Bros
In the current economic climate, we’re watching every penny. If you’re looking to
save money on your food bills, Reflect would like to recommend buying your meat
from a local, experienced butcher instead of pre-packed from the supermarket.
An experienced butcher will not only save you money, he’ll also be able to advice
you on the best cuts of meat, as well as the best accompaniments to really bring out
the true flavour. This issue, Reflect would like to draw your attention to the high
quality meat and the friendly service on offer at Odling Bros…
Situated in the village of Navenby near Lincoln, Odling Bros is an independent
butchers, offering high quality cuts of meat, alongside a deli counter and grocers
stocking all the essentials. Established in the 1920s, Odling Bros has remained in the
Odling family since its creation, which helps to maintain that family feel and the
friendly and approachable nature of its staff, something that Odling Bros prides itself
on.
History
The current Odling
Bros premises on
the High Street,
originally a barn,
was purchased by
Charles Preswood
Odling, the son of a
Branston farmer and
prominent Wesleyan
family. In 1909
Charles was elected
Sheriff of Lincoln,
whilst running
his jewellery shop
on Lincoln’s High
Street. He converted
the Navenby barn
into a clock makers,
watch repairers and photography business for his son William, also known as
‘Clocky’. William went on to produce several postcards of the local area, as well as
commissioning ornamental porcelain vases, which are still collected to this day.
In 1920, William’s son, Charles Williams, converted the business into a butchers,
trading as CW Odling. Management of the business then passed to Charles’ sons
Charles, John and Keith.
Today
The shop underwent a radical refurbishment in 2006 in order to accommodate the
Odling Bros expanding range of products, which includes locally sourced meat and
poultry, a wide range of goods baked on the premises (including pork pies, meat pies
Odling Bros is open from Monday to Saturday, 6am until 5:30pm, so why not pop in and see
for yourself why they’ve survived for so long, and gained such an enviable reputation.
For more information, please call 01522 810228
or visit www.odlingbros.co.uk
Alternatively email shop@odlingbros.co.uk
and sausage rolls), an extensive cheese and delicatessen
counter and fresh vegetables and grocery essentials.
Alan Odling, told Reflect: “My grandfather established
the butchers and my brother Roy and I are going
to carry on for many more years, hopefully passing
it onto our children to enable a fourth or even fifth
generation of Odlings to carry on the Odling Bros
name and reputation here in Navenby for future
generations.”
Celebrating 92 years of success, Odling Bros is today
run by Keith’s sons as a team effort after his retirement
last year. Odling Bros do run a delivery service fromt
heir mobile van, covering the areas of Waddington
and Brant Road, as well as RAF Cranwell. Alan and
Roy are hoping to expand the deliveries further this
year with a mail order service as part of a new website,
which should be launch at the end of February.
Odling Bros. Ltd, 54 High Street, Navenby, Lincolnshire LN5 0ET
If you can’t wait until then for regular updates on
Odling Bros, you can befriend them on Facebook
(Odling Bros Ltd) or even follow them on Twitter (@
Odlingsbutchers), where Alan often ‘tweets’ special offers exclusively for Odling’s
followers.
With such a long history, Odling Bros have seen the best, and worst, of times, so how
have they survived “That’s simple,” Alan said, “we’ve continually built upon our
reputation for exceptional quality, striving to give our customers exactly what they
want at a reasonable price, with a smile and cheery greeting.”