Food news – digested. 4Food finds out what’s hotter than a roaring fire, what’s colder than a frosty reception
Going up
Pirate drinks
An Indian summer of quaffing mojitos has made rum a runaway favourite in top-shelf tipples. According to Tesco spirits category manager, Mark Suddaby, golden rum is flying off the shelves. Diageo’s Morgan’s spiced run saw a 25% leap in sales, and that’s before hot toddy season.
Plunder the liquor cabinet for these classy cocktails
Very retro fruit
Get out your runcible spoons – quince is sexy again. The 17th century favourite is back on the menu in cocktail form at Harvey Nichols Fourth Floor bar and London’s Bond’s bar and as a fruity ganache in Metropolitan, Thornton’s chic comeback range, aimed at stylish young chocoholics.
A very ’now’ roast pork with quince
Sea greens
The continuing financial gloom means manufacturers are looking for affordable superfoods for health conscious consumers and seaweed is their wunderkind. The protein rich plant has already made it into designer smoothies by the Naked Juice Company and Porter Foods are launching seaweed caviar, ready for Christmas. 2010 promises the launch of seaweed cheese.
Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall’s seaweed stirfry
Going Down
Beer in pubs
More bad news for the British boozer. The amount of ale drunk in pubs is down 4.9 per cent this quarter, according to the British Beer & Pub Association (BBPA). Supermarket and off-licence sales have gone up 4.4 per cent. On average, 52 pubs close every week in Britain.
Top 10 things that make a great pub
Fatty ice cream
Say goodbye to lardy bums! The folk at Häagen-Dazs have come up with a very clever scoop; healthy ice cream – well, almost healthy. The new Five range, just launched in the US, boasts only five ingredients (see?) and is lower fat than the classic range, with all the creamy loveliness HD fans know and love. Expect skinny sundaes in the UK soon.
Watch the 4Food video guide to making your own, lower fat ice cream
Caffeine fixes
Sales of coffee have dropped as consumers are more conscious about how they spend a penny, according to a report in the Grocer. Figures released by market research company Deloitte, show 59 per cent of shoppers have cut back on coffee and snacks, though 78 per cent of people are spending the same amount of money on groceries as they did before the economy went kaput.
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