Number three January 2013

In 2012 a Local Food award was secured and the Eastfeast Local Food for Thought in Waveney began. There are six growing project sites and a host of related links encouraging local food production, links with local businesses, improved health and Waveney well being .

Pig club Ilketshall St LawMembers of the Bungay Pig club met up to make stewed apples with the apple glut. They are now frozen awaiting the time to accompany the three 'large black' pigs. The group Please contact Dano is you'd like took a tour of Maisebrook Farm in to learn more about pig clubs Shipmeadow to see how they procand or butchery classes. ess their animals. E: dano.eastfeast@gmail.com

The Grove School Lowestoft

The Grove School are working with Eastfeast horticulturalist Phoebe Wingate. Phoebe has started a colourful and valuable blog site: www.phoebewingate.blo gspot.co.uk It has been an incredibly busy term with the reception classes at Grove Primary; we have designed, built and filled four raised beds in the reception area of the school, broad beans, onions and garlic have been sown, minibeasts have been hunted for, apples pressed and dried, along with banana and orange, and what wasnt eaten was used to make Christmas wreaths. And to finish the term with a treat, Nutmeg Puppet Company performed to an audience of excited reception and KS1 children. We are already looking forward to next term with plans for a forager to find edibles in the wood and planting spices and vegetables to link with the KS2 topic on India.

Profiles

Mary Pendered Lead Horticulturalist mpendered@gn.apc.org

Mary has been with Eastfeast since it began in 2005, working with schools and local communities on projects developing their grounds and allotments. A great believer in getting out there and getting your hands dirty and having fun and growing lots of food for feasting. She is also a forest school practitioner and living willow structure builder!

Recipe

Fish Chowder served with soda bread rolls

600g Potatoes, chopped 1 Onion, chopped 2tbsp Flour 1l Water 1 Bay leaf Salt and pepper 300ml Milk A handful of chopped parsley A large knob of butter
1. Heat the butter in a large saucepan, add the onions and bay leaf and fry gently for 2 minutes to soften the onions. Stir in the flour to evenly coat the onions and then pour in the water. 2. Bring to a boil and then add the potato. Simmer for 15 minutes until the potatoes are soft and then stir in the fish. 3.Simmer for a further 10 minutes to cook the fish and then pour in the milk, add the parsley and season with salt and pepper. Simmer for 10 minutes and then serve.

Sam Woor came 8th in the Junior Masterchef TV programme 2010. He is studying GCSEs and writes regularly for local newspaper food columns as well as taking part in Food Festival events. . He visited The Warren School to demonstrate and share with students his food knowledge and cooking skills and made a fantastic feast of Fish Chowder, Soda bread rolls and Apple and Sausage rolls. Fish Chowder Ingredients 500g fish, use a mixture of whatever you like, we used smoked haddock, haddock and salmon, diced

The Warren School Lowestoft

A group of 5 of the older Warren School students have continued their good work every Tuesday afternoon at the Normanston allotments. So far theyve planted bean seeds, onion and garlic sets and planted little spring cabbages. Theyve also planted some blackcurrant bushes and learnt how to take hardwood blackcurrant cuttings. Having filled their veg beds they began to learn some basic carpentry skills and are now making 4 more the spring...a full and fun term!

making 4 more wooden square beds to plant up Local square beds to plant up in in wooden Food Co-ordinators

Eastfeast Waveney

Bee Farrell bee.eastfeast@gmail.com 07712 651213 Dano Wheals dano.eastfeast@gmail.com 07717 793347

Measuring out wood for bed building

Diary dates
Metfield Community Orchard
Tool workshop Saturday January 12th 9-12 Quiz Night Saturday 26th January 7.30
For tickets phone Lynda 01379 588170 or Barbara 01379 586849

Normanston Park Allotments Lowestoft

NR32 2QL Thursday Club 10-3 all welcome

Winterworkshops at Ringsfield Hall Beccles NR34 8JR

Each workshop will be held on a Saturday and is led by a local practitioner aimed at every level of experience and ability. The day will begin at 10am with welcome hot drinks, there will be hot soup and cake provide at lunchtime and time spent both indoors and outdoors until the day ends at 3pm.

Saturdays in January and February 2013 19th January: Compost and making compost containers Phoebe Wingate 26th January: Making Fish Smokers Richard Walker 2nd February: Natural plant dyes Marina OConnell 9th February: Bees wax salves, honey herbal balls and bees wax candles Dano Wheals 16th February: Working with Willow Mary Pendred

Please book Ringsfield Hall Winter workshops through Eastfeast Local Food co-ordinator Bee Farrell : E bee.eastfeast@gmail.com or M: 07712651213

Each workshop day will cost 10 and to book all 5 days is offered at a discount price of 40
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