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  • Palm Beach Nkwobi Spot 

    Woolwich is getting “Back to Business” after the riots, and in response to calls to support local enterprise, it occurred that one way to do so might be to make a beeline for the Nigerian businesses that have, in some ways, helped to keep local commerce alive in the years between the exodus of the Woolwich Building Society, Royal Arsenal Co-operative Society et al, and the arrival of new investment from the council, Berkeley Homes and Tesco.

    For several years now there’s been more and more Nigerian shops in the SE18 area, and having followed the food related ponderings of local musicians Afrikan Boy and Tinie Tempah, the time seemed right to try out some West African cooking.

    I went to Palm Beach, which is opposite the swimming pool. The reception there was possibly the most good-natured I’ve ever had at a restaurant in this country, and the family that run the place provided a fun and detailed explanation of Nigerian eating and drinking. Broadly speaking there seems to be no wheat or potatoes, and key ingredients include eba (cassava), yam, egusi (melon seeds), beef (nkwobi is hoof stew), tropical fish, and enough scotch bonnet pepper to give you a long and pleasant afterglow. For drinks I tried Palm Wine and Nigerian Guinness, which is much stronger than the Irish type. Overall, I found the intensity of this style of cooking very enjoyable, and am looking forward to trying some more West African fare in the near future, probably at one of the other Woolwich restaurants. At Palm Beach, the cost of mains and drinks was £10-15 per person.

     

    • Plummy Mummy 7:57 pm on September 11, 2011 Permalink | Reply

      Well done you for trying the local restaurants – I must admit I was never brave enough and it sounds as if I missed out.
      If you are up to travelling a bit further afield, I heartily recommend Adulis which is a great Eritraen restaurant in Oval

     11:41 pm on September 6, 2011
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  • The Christmas Cook-Off 

    Mike, Shooters Hill’s new green grocer has offered to provide some prizes for a Christmas Competition, so if you’d like a chance to win a Christmas Hamper or a £10 Voucher for his new grocery service, here’s what to do:

    Please email your favourite cooking recipes, tips, ideas and suggestions for celebrating the Christmas Feast to mike@theverygreengrocer.co.uk, and he will select two winning entries!

    All entries should be emailed by Wednesday 22nd of December for delivery on either Thursday the 23rd or Christmas Eve!

    The winner will receive the following Hamper:

    • A selection of Fresh Vegetables and Fruit suitable for 4 People for Xmas lunch.
    • A Bottle of Ringden Apple Juice
    • Pimhill Organic Porridge Oats
    • Clipper Everyday Organic Tea Bags
    • Doves Farm Strong Flour
    • 6 Free Range Eggs
    • La Bio Idea Wholewheat Fusilli

    A further prize of a £10 Voucher for the Very Green Grocer will go to the second place!

     

     1:18 pm on December 18, 2010
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  • The Very Green Grocer 

    I am pleased to share the details of a new service in the local area, here is a message from Mike, the very green grocer now personally selling a range of goods on Shooters Hill, including locally sourced produce. His approach offers a more flexible alternative to the vegetable box schemes as it gives more choice to the buyer. He also sells an additional range of organic products, and can offer advice on cooking with the ingredients he sells:

    I am Mike and I have lived on Shooters Hill for over 30 years.
    I am starting a Fruit, Vegetable and Organic Grocery delivery called The Very Green Grocer on Thursday 16th December. This is exclusively for those who live on Shooters Hill.

    I will be selling locally produced vegetables, fruit and produce from farms in Kent and also Organic and fair-trade produce and groceries.

    I am offering a service where the customer can shop on the vehicle and choose exactly the products and quantities they want.

    • No Minimum order.
    • No Delivery Charge.

    I have personally delivered over 1000 leaflets to households on Shooters Hill and I take this opportunity to apologise to those who do not like this type of advertising. Unfortunately I could not think of a better way to promote the business to all those households.

    I have been in catering for over 36 years and will be able to advise people on how best to use the produce they buy from me.

    It is called the Very Green Grocer as I intend to run the business in the most environmentally friendly way I can.

    Further details on me and The Very Green Grocer can be found on my website theverygreengrocer.co.uk

     

     11:31 am on December 17, 2010
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  • Fever Pitch Carols at Woodlands Farm 

    I went to the christmas fayre at woodlands farm on Sunday, and to my eyes numbers were down on last year despite the increase in the amount of stalls. In other events this year, the apple day was well attended, the summer show a bit quieter than last time, and the lambing day was absolutely massive this year. On balance I’d say it was a good year for enjoying festivities at Woodlands.

    In other farm news, Bella the pig (saddleback I think) had five babies in November. The piglets are very sweet, and they also remind me of the days when the co-op made bacon there.

    The accompanying audio is a short clip of some nice multipart harmonies recorded live at the farm, I’m not familiar with the second song, but it’s an interesting arrangement. The date of the event also marked the advent of Christmas, and I am trying out a new christmas pudding recipe which is mainly beeton #1:

    Fever Pitch at Woodlands Farm Christmas Fayre by eshootershill

    Well, I wish you well this Christmas.

    hilly's christmas pudding (as yet untasted)
    4 oz organic fairtrade muscovado (carbon footprint marks coming soon, will probably be shocking for tropical goods.)
    4 oz suet (lawson uses butter)
    4 oz sultanas
    4 oz raisins
    2 oz currants (or dried flies as my dad calls them)
    2 oz shredded mixed candied peel (some people hate these, and there are less victorian ways to get the taste of oranges and lemons in)
    2 oz of plain flour
    2 oz breadcrumbs (now possible to buy these in packets from polish shops, very good for fried fish too)
    1 oz almonds (ground, flaked, or best of all hand blanched, peeled and shredded)
    The grated rind of a 1 lemon (I didn't have a lemon handy so I just hope the mixed peel did the trick)
    2 eggs
    ½ teaspoon of nutmeg grated (if you like nutmeg then put more in)
    ½ a teaspoon of salt
    1⁄8 pint of milk
    1 small wine glassful of dark rum
    lawson also puts in couple of ounces of cocoa

    pack in a heatproof bowl cover with greaseproof paper and tie with string.
    steam for 5 hours.
    steam it for at least 2 hours on christmas day, and serve with rum butter.

     

     9:48 pm on December 1, 2010
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  • Shooters Hill, the Cupcake 

    jamosie sweet

    jamosie sweet's enchanted garden cupcakes

    Well, so far there’s been the comic, the poster, and the painting, and here’s another example of the inspiration that can be found on shooters hill, and it takes the form of a cupcake! It’s made by jamosie sweet, who has recently started to sell these decorations.

    Inspired by the walks we take in the forest every Saturday morning up on Shooters Hill [...] Theres only one thing missing and thats some little garden fairies.

    via Jamosie Sweet: whimsical enchanted garden cupcakes!.

     

    • Plummy Mummy 9:57 am on November 7, 2010 Permalink | Reply

      Wow those look so colourful – would be lovely to have at a birthday party. Am crossing all my fingers hoping they are veggie for me!!!

      • Janelle 3:23 pm on November 8, 2010 Permalink | Reply

        Hi Plummy Mummy, The decorations are made from gum paste which contain egg but are suitable for vegetarians, not vegans. The cupcakes have butter and eggs but if you see my blog http://www.jamosie.blogspot.com i have dairy and egg-free recipes.

        p.s what a lovely write up on here. :)

     12:48 am on November 7, 2010
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