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2nd October 2011 By Urvashi Roe Leave a Comment

I’ve been really fortunate over the last few months to have met so many amazing foodies who have shared not only their wonderful ingredients but also their passions for helping and supporting others to (re)discover the great produce we have in this country.  I’d like to introduce you to two who inspired today’s recipes of Sourdough Bread and Apple Marmalade.

Copyright Sharon Hockenhull

 

1. The double RHS award winning garden designer and landscaper, Sharon Hockenhull.  She is the founder of the Fruitshare – a new non-profit initiative to help the nation share unwanted garden-grown fruits.  She was struck by how much garden-grown fruit is actually going to waste up and down the country.  It must be tonnes upon tonnes and Fruitshare was her  “little solution to help make the most out of the country’s forgotton fruits by allowing people to post their surpluses.”

I was inspired by her interview  so I not only joined up straight away but shared some of the apples given to me by a local farmer with my friends and family after making some Apple Marmalade.

The Madcap Builder and the Butcher's Bike (c) Ray Wat

2. The wonderful Tim Keates who road a single gear, butchers bike from Lands End to John O’ Groats during the summer.  His vision is “to help his fellow-Britons rediscover the traditional quality, diversity and provenance of food and drink produced across our island. He wants to bring together many time-honoured food values and examine their place in modern food production. Looking at how those values can be incorporated in an ever-changing diverse Britain”.   His epic trip involved 57 links with local companies You can read his about his journey on his blog.  As well as sharing his infectious enthusiasm for the colourful vegetables grown in his allotment, he also shared some of his Sourdough Starter  which I used to make Sourdough Toast to go with the Apple Marmalade above.

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  1. karensbooth says

    2nd October 2011 at 2:24 pm

    So there is your wonderful apple marmalade, it looks fabulous…….a wonderful post and I love meeting new foodie friends on-line….
    Karen

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    • Urvashi @ The Botanical Baker says

      2nd October 2011 at 4:21 pm

      Thanks Karen x

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  2. Tracey Todhunter says

    2nd October 2011 at 5:36 pm

    I love the concept of Fruitshare, we’ve been doing it informally for years, I pick my neighbour’s crab apples then make Jelly which gets distributed round the village – and of course a jar finds it’s way to the neighbour who supplies the apples. We do the same with fruit and veg up at the allotment. Generosity is one of life’s greatest gifts don’t you think?
    Txxx

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    • Urvashi @ The Botanical Baker says

      2nd October 2011 at 6:14 pm

      It is indeed Tracey but so easily forgotten with busy lifestyles – with food in particular – in favour of the dustbin

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  3. jalpesh vadgama says

    2nd October 2011 at 8:34 pm

    Nice blog fai!!

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    • Urvashi @ The Botanical Baker says

      2nd October 2011 at 8:36 pm

      Thank you 🙂

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  4. Choclette says

    3rd October 2011 at 7:30 am

    Sourdough I already know is the best, but I’ve not come across apple marmalade before. Thanks for the info and links to Tim and Sharon – they both sound really inspiring and I’m now off to check out Tim’s blog.

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    • Urvashi @ The Botanical Baker says

      4th October 2011 at 9:23 am

      No problem! I’ll be interviewing Tim soon so let me know if there are any questions you’d like to know the answers soon.

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