See what's in the shops this weekend, with the emphasis, where possible, on locally-produced, seasonal and specialty foods.
Kendal Foodhall: St Davids Cheese, a semi-soft wash-rinded cheese one of a number of Welsh cheeses for St Davids Day..............£1.65 per 100g.
Cartmel Village Shop: Perfect for pancake day - fudge sauces from Wendy Brandon Preserves (Pembrokeshire)
220g jar - 4 varieties including banana & orange with rum, and apple & almond butterscotch from.........................
£2.80 to £ 3.05.
Greenbanks, Kendal: English Cox apples...........35p per lb.
Richardsons, Bowness: Stewing steak (Cumbrian Fellbred beef)..................................5 kilos (11lbs) £ 16.
Steadmans, Sedbergh: Garsdale-style pancetta...................................................(own-cure) £ 1.10 per 100g.
Watson & Woollard, Kendal: Kendal Rough Fell Lambhalf shoulders..............................£1.38 per 1/2 kilo.
Hutchinsons, Coniston: T-bone steaks (Furness-farmed beef)............................................................£4 per lb.
Bowland Bridge Stores: Danish salami.........69p per 100g.
Kendal Fisheries: Red Sea Bream...................£3.94 per lb.
Higginsons, Grange-over-Sands: Individual minted mini lamb rumps, ideal for 2..................£2.99 each (oven-ready).
The Barn Shop, Crooklands: Deans Oatcakes from Huntley.......................................................150g packet 65p.
Low Sizergh Barn Farm Shop: Madhuban restaurant-style fresh curry sauces - choose from tikka masala, korma, or medium bhoona...............£2.73 for 485g pot.
Country Harvest, Ingleton: Northfield Farm (Rutland) caremalised pork in stout (Gloucestershire Old Spot)....................................................................60 0g £6.50.
Booths: Cherry tomatoes 85p per punnet - buy 1 get 1 free.
Oddbins, Kendal: Montepulciano dAbruzzo 97 Colle Secco smooth, rich, summer fruits & jammy red, great easy drinking and good with food.......................£4.99.
Cranstons, Kendal: 5lb pack Danish rindless back bacon...................................................................... ..............£6.99.
Morrisons, Kendal: M broccoli quiche 340g £1.59.............................................................buy one get one free.
Cumbrian Co-op: Fresh chicken breast crown 280g £ 1.09.
Asda: Canteloupe melon...............down from £1.27 to 98p
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