n By Duncan Milligan
Yes there is the traditional roast beef, lamb and poultry. Perfect
pork pies, sausages and… local
Norfolk chutneys, samosas and curry sauces.
Because this is Britain. Sure, chutneys originate in Indian,
and samosas are claimed to
originate in numerous Middle East and South Asian countries. But Norfolk’s local producers claim them for their own. And of course the sources of tea, coffee, cacao and vanilla don’t grow in Norfolk.
It doesn’t stop local Norfolk producers adding their own twists from the flavours we import.
Here the myth that lattes and artisan food is only consumed in north London is put to rest.
Sure, you don’t get many olives from trees in Norfolk, but you can grow the trees. And the specialised Mediterranean themed food outlets
to a roaring trade with their colourful displays.
Tipping their hats to the Pink Ladies of Grease, and possibly Barbie, one stall sells pink themed cakes and other sweet treats served by pink themed staff. It’s serious fun.
Who thinks of warm chocolate fondue covered marshmallow and strawberries. There is a stall where the mountain meadows of Switzerland meet the flatter lands of Norfolk, and why not?
Or fabulous tasting cheeses made locally. You can taste the skill and love that has gone in to making them at Neal’s Yard Dairy.
It’s England in miniature. Where the flavours and traditions drawn from around the world meet skilled local producers creating explosions of taste and colour. There is nothing in aspic here.
Of course there are reminders of the past. Engineering enthusiasts display a range of beautifully restored and functioning petrol driven farm and garden machinery.
You can smell the petrol (with added lead) powered generators before you see them. Warning: nostalgic photos don’t have scratch and sniff.
35 uniteLANDWORKER Autumn 2024
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I even mistakenly thought - for only a second, I promise - that yellow woollen jumpers were made from the wool of yellow sheep
Duncan Milligan, Landworker reporter
And the air of the past, although clearly still loved by restorers and collectors. In Norfolk the winds of green change are blowing off shore, farming the cleaner energies, industry and jobs of the future.
Orsted Hornsea 3 wind farm is the world’s largest offshore wind farm, just 60 miles off the Norfolk coast. It will power, on its own over 3m UK homes.
Equinox are looking to build more at Sheringham Shoal and Dudgeon. All the companies are working with local colleges like Easton to train local people for the cutting-edge skills and jobs of the future.
Nothing is set in aspic. Not in Norfolk.
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