Dry Drayton Local Supplies of Food and Drink Related Products and Services
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Bread
Cobbs Bakery
Places where you can buy the superb Cobb's Bakery bread in Cambridgeshire
Cheese
We investigated local Cambridgeshire cheeses by visiting the wonderful Cambridge Cheese Company http://cambridgecheese.googlepages.com/ in All Saints Passage in June 2009. They had two local cheeses for sale: Lord Nelson Goats' Cheese and Cambridge BAA.
Interestingly neither of these products come, as you might expect, from local animals munching local grasses. Both are sourced elsewhere and are matured and marketed in Cambridge, by the Cambridge Cheese Company, who are Cheese Affineurs (an affineur is one who ages cheese and purveys it). As they said, these cheeses have spent more time in Cambridge than anywhere else.
Lord Nelson is an unpasturised goats' cheese, made into a distinctive square pyramid shape, covered in ash and matured. It has a distinct but light goats cheese flavour, is very light in consistency and is absolutelt delicious. At around seven pounds for a cheese it is a bit of a luxury product, but one which will delight.
Cambridge BAA is an unpasturised sheep's cheese from an artisan in Berkshire. It is matured to that point where it just starts to have a hint of runniness. With a brie-like appearance this has a delicious light creaminess and an excellent consistency.
Later in the year the Cambridge Cheese Company will have two other local cheeses on sale - Gunburner and Dragonslayer, both apparently cheddar-like. These are quietly maturing at the moment to reach a peak before Christmas.
Does anyone know of other local cheeses? Want to send us a review?
Fruit and Vegetables
Burwash Manor Farm, Barton
Includes Burwash Fine Wines, The Laerder, Knibbs Meat Safe and a tea room. This link will take you to a full list of outlets there.
Healthy Foods
Daily Bread, Kings Hedges Road, Cambridge
Italian ingredients, olives, pasa, pesto, cheeses, meats etc.
Limoncello, 212 Mill Road, Cambridge
Balzano's Continental Stores, 204 Cherry Hinton Road, Cambridge
Meat
Beer and cider
Wines and Spirits
Fair Trade
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