Over the Easter holidays we visited our good friends Ellie & Ollie in Dorset to see their new batch of pigs followed by a BBQ with cuts from their last batch of pigs which was amazing. Ellie made a wonderful marinade for the ribs and pork chops and they were finger licking fantastic. We always try to teach our children about where our food comes from. So they met the great little piggy’s that are being prepared for Ellie & Ollie’s upcoming wedding in July.

Graham cooked a piece of pork that Ellie & Ollie gave us and it was amazing, tender and moist and the crackling was yum. Here are just a few pics of the wedding piggy’s and the yummy piece we had last night.

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Saoirse,Graham & Ellie at BBC Good Food Show

As some of you know already, about our recent family holiday to the New Forest over the Easter Break…..

We met up with our good friends Ellie & Ollie at their little farm in Dorset. Some of you may recognise Ellie from exhibiting at BBC GOOD FOOD SHOW on the CONNEMARA SMOKEHOUSE stands over the years.

In recent years they have tried their hand at raring pigs along with a little bit of DIY smoking for themselves.  So we went along with the kids to check out to see the first of their little piglets for 2010.

So the kids got to check out the trendy scarecrow, the chickens and collected the eggs. Fed the pigs, searched for tadpoles and checked out the fish in pond. Graham checked out Ollie’s Bee’s and DIY Smoker. After mucking around for a couple of hours, we had a bit of lunch and tried out some of Ollie’s cured pork.

Thank you Ellie & Ollie for a great day.

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