I don't often buy any of the foodie magazines available in the UK - they all seem pretty much the same really in terms of content and style; I could swap the covers between Delicious, Fresh and Olive and not notice. I was in need of something to flick through during a train journey the other day and snatched Fresh from the top shelf. Yep, food-porn relegated to the shelf that cannot be reached!
So what have we got - olive focaccia (yep, could make that tomorrow)... rocket soup ('tis the season for soups)... win a holiday to Ireland (why do I never win anything).. kedgeree (not made that for ages)... ummm, quinces in season (must get some)...
Reading the In Season section on page 18 more intently I noticed a Food For Free listing... Chestnuts (where is a chestnut tree around here?), hare, mallard (yum...), squirrel... SQUIRREL!
Good grief - do people eat squirrel? Road kill squirrel... Wisconsin backwoodsmen out with a gun... but in good ol' Blighty? I don't think I have ever heard of anyone eating Squirrel let alone seen it for sale. And it would seem I am not the only one. Have a look at In Search of Squirrel for example (no date here so not sure how old the posts are).














