Market manager Katrina Palmer said following on from a successful apple theme last month, she felt it would be a good idea to give each onthly market a new theme.
She said: “It’s a great way to emphasise the great produce we have here at the market and remind the public of just what they can buy. There is a great range of sausages that can be bought at the market – all with great quality and high percentages of meat to give them a great taste and importantly made from meat that you can know where it has come from.”
Smallholders such as Barton Farm Products have pork, pork and apple, lamb and mint and beef sausages while Westholme Farm has a range of venison and beef sausages from Deer n Dexter as well as a wide range from Mainsgill Farm such as Cumberland, pork and sweet chilli and pork and leek.
Ms Palmer added: “Customers really are spoiled for choice. Of course the mash part of the equation can be bought from our regular organic vegetable producer – Bluebell Organics. We even have a bangers and mash pie from our new stallholders – Gluten Free Food Products!”
“As winter is coming on – it’s time to think of winter warmers too and for other things to warm people as they set off to see the fireworks display – so how about a warming hot ginger wine from Gingerbread Mam or a warm Christmas spice apple juice from Bluebell Organics? Or how about chilli cheese from the Northumberland Cheese Company to go with chilli pepper bread from Sue’s Bread? For those with a sweet tooth there is also the return of toffee apples from Loopy Lisa’s Fudge along with her Hot Toddy fudge
“I love it when I ask the stallholders about a theme for a market – it reminds me of all the great things they produce.” Ms Palmer will be hosting her own stall with some tasters of some of the products on sale as well as a raffle to win a hamper of goodies from the market
She said: “The raffle on apple day was a great success and it helps raise funds that support the running of the market which is run by a not-for-profit company”
Her stall will also be selling the popular reusable market bags which make for an excellent Christmas gift.
A free toffee apple will be given to the first 30 children at the market.
The market welcomes two new stallholders this month – Renaissance Cakes with their range of delicious patisserie and the Gluten Free Food Products company with a great range of gluten free pies and scones.
Ms Plamer said: “There is an increasing need for gluten free products and many of our stallholders have gluten free ranges within their products – I am particularly interested as I have to have a gluten free diet myself.”
Barnard Castle Farmers’ Market runs from 11am to 3pm on the first Saturday of each month.
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