What I Ate Today

We recently went on a surfing holiday on the Gower Peninsular in Wales.  On the days where the surf was flat, we needed to find other things to do.  We heard that there was a local producer’s market held at Pennard Community Hall and we decided to give it a whirl. 

There were several stalls selling fruit and veg, butchers stalls, local craft and cheese. 

We particularly liked the cheeses from the Blaenafon Cheddar Company.  Pwll Ddu (Black pool) cheddar is flavoured with mustard, leeks and The Reverend James Welsh ale which gives a mouth watering savoury bite.  The traditional mature Pwll Mawr farmhouse cheddar is also available in an oak smoked variety.

We tried some beautifully smooth and creamy goats cheese from Cothi Valley Goats.

A really exciting stall was the Welsh Special Treats company stall.  Selling chutneys and preserves made on the Gower.  We opted for the Pear and Nut chutney, to go with our Blaenafon cheeses.  The spicy chutney was also great.

This was a truly local produce market, with friendly local producers and very friendly prices.  We were really glad we went.  In our opinion, this was much better than the more famous Swansea indoor market.  We did manage to buy beautiful pale blue duck eggs and fresh cockles in Swansea, but it lacked the charm and intimacy of the Pennard Market.