Mrs Grumpy and I went to the East Midlands Food Festival at Brooksby Agricultural College yesterday - and it's difficult to know what to be grumpy about - it was a jolly fine trip. This food fair ran over two days at Brooksby College just outside Leicester.
It was held in a series of linked marquees - away from the weather (which was pretty dire) with car parking in the adjoining fields. The car parking was free and controlled by local paramilitary groups such as the air cadets (I know they aren't really paramilitaries, but there's something strange there....). Entrance to the food festival itself was £7.50 each, although there were reductions for advance purchase.
There was plenty of food to eat for free as tasters from the various stalls, and a fair amount to drink as well. Mrs Grumpy was upset that there weren't more cider producers giving out free samples. Say no more!
There was a good selection of food stalls selling their wares to eat on the premises or to take away. There were also plenty of freebies - with cloth bags being the fashion of the moment.
We bought some excellent wholegrain mustard, to improve the mashed potatoes; some interesting wheat crisps, some nice bread, and a really nice sweet Polish cake for the stupidly low price of 50p - I think this was from a bakery in Melton. They could easily have sold these for twice that price. Yum.
All in all it was a very good trip out and one I'd heartily recommend to the younger Grumpies for 2009.
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