Wirral Farmers' Market

Even before you arrive, you know it's going to be special, Wirral Farmers' Market even has its own brown tourist direction signs showing you the way! If you're not from the area, why not make a day of it and visit Port Sunlight model village and the Lady Lever Art Gallery, which are less than a mile away?

The first thing you walk past, as you go in, is a hog roast. The next thing you'll smell is a kipper smoking hut:

Kippers by Post is part of the Port of Lancaster, already featured in this blog here.

The kippers are really tasty.

If you don't like kippers, try their smoked garlic:

They recommend roasting a clove in the oven for 10 minutes, then cutting the end off and squeezing it into mashed potato.

Once you get into New Ferry Village Hall, you'll find it's packed with traders:

A lot of my favourites were there, like Mrs Kirkam's cheese and Tiresford Guernsey Gold.

There's Welsh Black beef, there always a big queue at this stand:

This stand also sells Welsh Black beef and outdoor pork:

At this stand you can buy wild boar and venison kebabs or venison minute steaks:

When I called earlier this year, the Port of Lancaster were selling pheasants:

and woodcock:

Nonna Teresa sell their fresh pasta and sauces:

Wirral Farmers' market have their own awards for best and the most unusual products:

but for some reason I didn't fancy trying the chocolate lamb banana curry!

Born and Bred sell ciabatta, garlic and herb, olive, onion, sun dried tomato, sunflower, or walnut and raisin breads. They also sell onion and mushroom foccacia: