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Focus Autumn 2017
Clare fish and chip shop
opening times
Tuesday
12.00 - 2.00 5.00 - 8.00
Wednesday 12.00 - 2.00 5.00 - 9.00
Thursday
12.00 - 2.00 4.30 - 9.00
Friday
12.00 - 2.00 4.30 - 10.00
Saturday
12.00 - 2.00 4.30 - 9.00
Tel: 01787 277285
FAMILY BUTCHERS
5, Market Hill, Clare, Nr. Sudbury, Suffolk
Telephone : Clare (01787) 277294
MEAT GAME POULTRY EGGS
DELICATESSEN CHEESES PIES
Always a fine selection of
Locally Sourced Products
J.R.Humphrey & Sons
Est 1984
Fine selection for late Summer Barbecues
LOCAL GAME & HOME COOKED HAMS
Forget a dash of tonic with lemon and lime - gin has
been spiriting its way into our mealtimes, with
supermarkets now selling gin-flavoured foods, from
yoghurt to fish. So does gin belong in the pantry as well
as the pub?
Tubs of gin-flavoured yoghurt - containing 0.25% alcohol -
went on sale in Sainsbury's this summer, which says more gin
foods are on their way. Meanwhile, gin-infused salmon,
gin-flavoured popcorn and sweets, gin and tonic ice cream and
gin sauces are stocking supermarket shelves across the UK.
Gin's resurgence in liquid form has been dubbed a
"Ginaissance", with sales of the spirit surpassing £1bn last year
and micro-distilleries opening across the UK.
Mother's ruin
"Sure, there's an element of gimmickry, but why not?" says
cocktail expert and writer Ben Reed, who has 20 years'
bartending experience. It is an "obvious step" for chefs to use
gin, he says, adding it can enhance flavours in foods.
"By choosing gins with the appropriate botanical additions you
can add complex combinations," he says.
Gin's trendy reputation is now a far cry from the spirit's age-
old nickname as "Mother's ruin" - a favourite vice drink of the
poor, and thought to bring on a miscarriage if consumed while
in a hot bath.
Supermarkets are confident people will tuck into gin-flavoured
food as gin's rise continues.
Nicola Bramley, a food development chef at Sainsbury's, says
the supermarket's premium gin sales are rising 25% year-on-
year, and insists the trend "isn't limited to your glass of G&T".
"There's plenty more to come," she says, adding that the
retailer has plans to introduce a smoked salmon paté with a
gin & tonic glaze.
Gin, like other spirits such as vodka, has a neutral flavour but
gets its character from botanicals used to flavour it - the taste
we think of as "gin" comes from juniper, which tastes like pine.
Miles Beale, chief executive of the Wine and Spirits Trade
Association (WSTA) says our love of gin means flavoured food
is "selling like hot cakes".
He says the "quintessentially British" drink is supporting a
wider industry, with gin-themed gifts and gin-flavoured foods.
"It is fantastic to see," he adds.
GIN - Mother’s Ruin or Mother’s Gain?