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FOOD
Tomato and Mozzarella Starter
(For 4 people)
Oven 220°C/445°F/Gas Mark 7
12oz Tomatoes - plum if possible
175g / 16ozs Fresh breadcrumbs
8 Anchovy fillets (rinsed, dried and chopped)
2 plump cloves of garlic
Handful of chopped parsley
125g / 4ozs Mozzarella cheese - diced
90ml / 6tbsp Olive oil
Slice tomatoes in half lengthways and scoop out seeds into a bowl. Place tomato skin side down in a roasting tin so they nudge up to each other. Mix tomato scoopings with breadcrumbs, anchovy fillets, garlic, parsley, mozzarella and 2 tbsps of Olive oil.
Season with black pepper and salt and pile into the tomato halves. Pour over the remaining olive oil. Bake in a pre-heated oven for 25 minutes until filling is golden.
Brenda Woods
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BAREHAM’S BUTCHERS. Est. 1845
Kelly’s Directory for 1845 under ‘Weeley Traders’ shows an entry for ‘Webb. William, Butcher’.
Just how long William Webb had been a butcher by 1845 is not certain, but it is the oldest documented proof that can be found relating to the history of ‘Barehams Butchers’, currently trading opposite the St. Osyth Priory.
William married Elizabeth and in 1848 had a daughter also named Elizabeth. Elizabeth Webb then married Joseph Bareham. This union produced Arthur who is entered in Kelly’s Directory for 1908 as ‘Butcher, St. Osyth’.
By this time a William Rampling was trading in St. Osyth and Kelly’s shows him to be a ‘Butcher and Beer Trader’ in the 1882 Directory. He was married to Sarah Jane and they had a daughter, Rosa Jane.
Arthur Bareham and Rosa (Rose) married, the two butchering families joining together. They ran a butcher’s shop from St. Osyth for a short period delivering the meat by horse and cart. The property at the Bury was then purchased and a shop established on the current site.
Things get easier to understand from now on!!!
Arthur and Rose had three sons and a daughter, one of which was Jack. Jack married Emily who had a son Michael. He married Fay and they run the shop today along with their son Max. One hundred and fifty four years and five generations.
The only known time that the business has been closed over this period was during World War 2 when Jack was serving in the Middle East with the RAF.
When Jack and Emily re-opened the shop after his de-mob much work was needed to get the place in shape for trading.
There was, of course, rationing and customers to regain. Times were very hard and for the first week of trading they were issued with a permit to buy £9 of meat. The profit from this had to keep them and their son. Things did get better though and hard work and determination developed the business to its current standing.
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DIETER’S PSALM
Strict is my diet I must not want,
It maketh me to lie down at night hungry,
It leadeth me past the refrigerator,
It trieth my willpower,
It leadeth me in the paths of starvation,
For my figure’s sake.
Yea, though I walk through the aisles of pastries,
I will buy no chocolate eclairs, for they are fattening,
The cakes and pies they tempt me,
Before me is a table set with green beans and lettuce,
It filleth my stomach with liquids,
My day’s quota runneth over.
Surely calories and weight charts
Will follow me all the days of my life,
And I will dwell in the fear of the scales forever.
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FROM FOLLY FARM
English salad crops are now available: lettuce, cucumbers, tomatoes, bunched radish, salad onions and watercress etc. These make a nice change from the Spanish produce that we have been selling through the winter months.
Local rhubarb is now ready. It makes a lovely pie or crumble. Unfortunately this product is not used as much as it should be. It freezes very well.
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MAY 2002