Purely Cornish open for business

Its been a wild week in Looe with all the storms and high spring tides, Purely Cornish have been very lucky and have not flooded, although it was very close on Monday morning within a few inches of the shop door. To all those that have contacted us to see how Looe is coping, we would like to say 'Thank You' for your concern and that we are open for business.

Christmas Hamper offer 2013

'Its that time again' Christmas is just around the corner. Make the most of Purely Cornish's 2013 Hamper offer, we wanted to give you something to warm up the winter nights so Purely Cornish are giving away a Free bottle of Cornish Orchards Wassail 50cl Mulling Cider with every prepared hamper order with a value over £30 ordered before 1st December 2013.

All you need to do is go to our website www.purelycornish.co.uk place your order and Quote the Order Code 'Wassail'

Purely Cornish is know stocking Alpaca sausages and burgers, Alpaca meat is lean and tender, with a taste similar to beef, although almost sweet. It is low in fat and cholesterol, and high in protein, making it the perfect alternative for the health conscious carnivore! The Alpaca meat meat all comes from Hendra Farm a traditional smallholding set deep in the South East Cornwall countryside. The welfare of their livestock and the environment is a passion - they pride themselves on the care and attention of their animals and birds receive on a daily basis. Their reputation speaks for itself!

Grandads Sweet Pea's

Grandad has grown some lovely sweet pea's for Purely Cornish in his garden at Herodsfoot.

They smell absolutely wonderful and have brightened up the shop but they will soon be coming to and end unfortunately.

Beast Of Bodmin Moor Cornish Fire Mustard

Our best selling mustard by far this year has been 'Beast of Bodmin Moor Mustard' made at Berrio Mill by Ivan & Caroline. A must of a mustard for chilli fans! This hot mustard will liven up a juicy steak or a Burger so great for BBQ's.

Check out on ITV the new series of Hungry Sailors. Berrio Mill are one of selected Cornish Food producers, the program shows filming of how local Cornish produce is made and used in various cooking demonstrations. The Hungry Sailors programme featuring Berrio Mill Mustards and hopefully the real stars their wonderful Kunekune pigs. The show goes out at 2.00pm this Thursday 4th July.

Cornish Wine

Cornish Wines Purely Cornish are please to be stocking Knightor Wines. As our Farm Shop and Deli are located in Looe we like to find the products nearest to us to stock in our shop. Knightor grapes are grown in the Seaton Valley so what could be better.

Love Looe the sun's arrived

The sun arrived today and I was one of the lucky one's to to see Looe Beach Bathed in Sun, Check out Love Looe The sun is out and so is the Pollen at Purely Cornish we stock Local Cornish Honey produced by bee's from the Cornwall Bee Keepers association , Liskeard Group. locally made honey is a good way of helping with Hay Fever and allowing you to enjoy the summer some interesting honey facts: Honey bees must gather nectar from two million flowers to make one pound of honey. One bee would therefore have to fly around 90,000 miles - three times around the globe - to make one pound of honey. The average honey bee will actually make only one twelfth of a teaspoon of honey in its lifetime. A honey bee can fly as fast as 15 miles per hour. It takes one ounce of honey to fuel a bee's flight around the world. A honey bee visits 50 to 100 flowers during a collection trip. Worker bees are all female. Flowers have bright markings and strong smells to attract bees and other insects so that they will pollinate flowers. Some also have dark lines called 'honey guides' which scientists believe help insects find their way into the flowers. A colony of bees consists of tens of thousands of worker bees, one queen and sometimes drones (male bees). The honey bee is the only insect that produces food eaten by man. Honey has always been highly regarded as a medicine. It is thought to help everything from sore throats and digestive disorders to skin problems and hay fever. Honey has antiseptic properties and historically was often used as a dressing for wounds and a first aid treatment for burns and cuts.