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Great Offer For GFBTS Readers!

1 May

Friends of Gluten Free by the Sea Plymouth Greengrocer are out and about again this Sunday, this time running a stall at the Good Food Market at Royal William Yard.  The great news is that this Sunday Plymouth Greengrocer are offering a 15% discount on purchases if you mention Gluten Free by the Sea!  Not only that, but by taking up the offer you will also be entitled to 10% off your next purchase with them.  I am very excited by this generous offer and I’d like to offer a big thank-you to Julie and Mark for providing this.

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Julie said “We are really excited about attending the Royal William Yard Good Food Market this Bank Holiday Weekend, and if you visit our stall and mention our Great Friends at www.gfreebythesea.me we will give you 15% off your purchase.

You will also receive a Gluten Free By The Sea card, which you can keep in your purse or wallet, show your card on your next purchase at our store at Chaplins, Plympton, at any market we attend or on-line at www.plymouthgreengrocer.co.uk voucher code ‘gfree’ and you will save 10% on that purchase too!

The sun must be going to my head! come and buy your gluten free goodies and save at The Royal William Yard Food Market this weekend”

The market will run from 10am till 3pm.  Plymouth Greengrocer will be selling savouries only this weekend due to the number of cake stalls at the event.  As well as the traditional gluten free Steak Pasty, they will have Cheese & Onion, Curried Vegetable and their new Corned Beef Pasty.  Lisa Hackett from Let Them Eat Cake is also running a stall on the day, so plenty of reason to pop down for a look around on Sunday.  If you fancy stopping for lunch Le Bistrot Pierre and Las Iguanas restaurants are both now open offering great gluten free options.  There is also Plymouth Canteen (River Cottage) and most of the menu there is naturally gluten free.

The Liskeard Country Market

Readers in Cornwall will have the chance to pay Plymouth Greengrocer a visit at The Liskeard Country Market in May.  They will be running stalls on both the 11th and 25th May.  The market itself runs the 2nd and 4th Saturday of each month on the Parade at Liskeard.  You can read more about the market, and also print off a voucher to park for only a pound at http://revitaliseliskeard.co.uk.  Mark and Julie will be selling cakes as well as savouries at this market.  Plymouth Greengrocer are a member of Food and Drink Devon and do great work supporting local producers.

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Simply Moorish

26 Apr

As readers of Gluten Free by the Sea will know I am extremely keen to spread the word about (good) small local gluten free producers.  I was recently lucky enough to be given some gluten free muffin and cupcake samples from Simply Moorish, and I’m pleased to be able to add another such company to the list.  Simply Moorish is run by Helen Jones and is based in Ivybridge on the outskirts of Dartmoor, hence the clever company name.

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Simply Moorish produce a range of foods including soups in addition to the sweet treats, and also produce bespoke cakes and wedding cakes as well as products to cater for weddings and functions.  Helen is happy to cater for any dietary requirement, and uses fair trade and local ingredients where possible.  She does produce “normal” cakes so I was keen to establish what cross contamination controls were in place before recommending the products to my readers.  I received this great information from Helen:

  • I ensure that I do not work within the same area of the kitchen as I do when using gluten products. If I do have to make use of additional cooking space I ensure that this space has been thoroughly cleaned down before so.
  • I use an independent selection of kitchen utensils when baking with gluten free products.
  • I store my gluten free base products, adequately labelled, in a store cupboard all of their own so as to avoid cross contamination.
  • When I purchase my flours and additional ingredients I aim to bag them separately when shopping.
  • I only use Doves gluten and wheat free flour for baking and I am confident that this product has consciously been produced.
  • Transporting products. When selling via wholesale I make sure that my products are packaged in sealed cake pods to avoid contamination from other items within the same chillers.
  • When selling items open, I use the same lined wicker based trays to display my products.

These controls are enough to satisfy me, but obviously coeliacs should make up their own mind based on this information.  I have had these products several times no with no ill affect.  Secondly, I always like to know what inspired a producer to start specialising in gluten free food so I asked Helen the question.  I enjoyed her response and I am sure you will too.  Helen said:

“I embraced gluten free baking when I was asked a couple of years ago when I was trading at an outdoor event if my products were suitable for coeliacs. At this time I was solely making cupcakes. The person asking was the mother of a child. His eyes were transfixed on the sweets, sprinkles and glitter on my cakes and you could tell he so wanted one! This got me thinking, why should he be deprived of such an indulgent treat. I weighed up the demand and undertook some tasters and took some gluten free products to my next outdoor event. The comments and feedback were great. Even to this day, people will walk past my stall at market and comment amongst themselves, with a surprising tonne, ‘ooh, gluten free!’ and turn swiftly to get a better look and make a purchase.”

SimplyMoorishMuffinsAs for the products themselves I really enjoyed them.  My sample box included a lemon and poppyseed muffin, blueberry muffin, cranberry muffin, coffee date and walnut cake, a vanilla cupcake and carrot cake.  Everything had great texture and flavour and was very well presented.  My personal favourites were the muffins.  I’d not come across any locally made gluten free muffins before, and the shop bought ones can often taste over processed.  I’ve been back and bought the muffins as well as some delicious and fantastically decorated chocolate cupcakes a few times now.  I can highly recommend these cakes and it’s good to see another local producer coming up with great gluten free products.

You can buy Simply Moorish products at Ivybridge Community Market, which runs at the community hub in Glanville’s Mill.  The market itself was co-founded by Helen with Jo Jopling, and runs the first three Saturday’s of every month.  Gluten free muffins and cupcakes have also recently become available from our friends at Plymouth Greengrocer.  Helen is also on the lookout for more wholesalers for her Simply Moorish products.

For more information on Simply Moorish see their website, Facebook or Twitter.

Kevin, Gluten Free by the Sea

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Green Taverners Fun Day

15 Apr

A rare opportunity to talk about my favourite subjects at the same time; Plymouth Argyle and gluten free food.  This Sunday, 21st April, The Green Taverners will be running another Fun Day.  The Taverners have done some amazing work over the last few years, supporting the club through troubled times, supporting the unpaid staff through administration and putting on some great events for supporters.  This Sunday’s event will be raising money to send the youth team to the Northern Ireland Milk Cup, as well as supporting other community projects.

The event will run from noon till 5pm, and will feature Quasar combat, a bouncy castle, rides, fun bus, sumo wrestling, face painting, assault course and emergency vehicles.  There will also be an opportunity to meet the Argyle players, live music and there will also be football including an Argyle Legends game.  The bar will also be open in The Green Taverners suite, and there will be food outlets and stalls.  Entrance fee is £5 adult, £3 child or £10 for a family ticket (2 adults, 2 children).  Everything is included in the entrance price apart products from the bar, stalls and food outlets.

The gluten free aspect comes from our friends at Plymouth Greengrocer who will be running one of the stalls.  They will have lots of their gluten free goodies to both sample and buy.  Further info below from them to whet your appetite:

“On Sunday 21st April we will be attending The Green Taverners Fun Day at Plymouth Argyle, Home Park.

We are delighted to let everyone try our gluten free products, as well as our Devon Steak Pasty, we will have for the first time a very delicious Cornish Pasty made for us by The Madhatters in Cornwall.

Our marquee will be full of gluten free sweet and savoury delights to sample and buy, including fudge, cup cakes, muffins, tray bakes, you will also be able to buy freshly baked gluten free Devon Scones, served with Janner Jam and Clotted Cream from Devonshire Farmhouse, delicious!

You can also taste our new gluten free Pork and Beetroot with Horseradish Chutney Pie made with chutney from JB Preserves, Ivybridge.

As always we support local producers and we will be sampling and selling produce from Janner Jam, A Piece of Cake Bakery, Edes Pickles, Burts Crisps, Simply Moorish, Baked to Taste and The Madhatters.

We will be giving away vouchers to visitors at our stand giving them 10% off their next purchase of gluten free foods in our marquee at Chaplins Superstore, Plymouth or on-line on our website.

It’s going to be an exciting day, live music, fairground, meet the players, charity football match, come along and join us, the weather is looking good for next weekend.”

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Let’s hope Julie is right about the good weather.  Sounds like it’s going to be a fantastic event, and I hope to see some of you there.

Kevin, Gluten Free by the Sea

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