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Manchester's
Co-operative
Grocery

Sourced by people who know their onions

Tasty, Wholesome & Affordable Produce

Winner of the BBC Food & Farming Awards
'Best Food Retailer'
2017

A worker-
owned
business

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Manchester's
co-operative grocery

Tasty, wholesome & affordable produce

Sourced by people who know their onions
(and are always happy to talk about them)

A worker-owned business

Winners of the BBC Food & Farming Awards
'Best Food Retailer' 2017

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A thriving worker-owned grocery, named Best Food Retailer at the 2017 BBC Food & Farming Awards.
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Veg news 10th December

The countdown to Christmas has begun here at Unicorn, we are knee-deep in planning and ordering to ensure a smooth delivery schedule to bring you the freshest produce we possibly can.

Following rigorous taste-testing, we’ve whittled down our selection of roasting potatoes to four standout varieties. Opinion divides between yellow and white flesh so we’ve played it safe with two options of each. Melt-in-the-mouth Picasso and the smooth and creamy Rudolph are both pale fleshed, while the floury Carolus and the heritage variety Arran Victory both have a sunnier colour inside. For mash, boiling and all other spud purposes we’ve the usual range of favourites too.

Worth a mention in this context is the difficulty many of our growers are facing this year with potato crops still underground in the fields. Higher than average rainfalls have caused havoc with the harvest, the ground is so wet it is impossible to drive tractors across the plants and there is nothing to be done besides waiting for the ground to dry. These unprecedented conditions have affected farmers the country over.

The citrus offer has expanded this week to include the first of the season’s kumquats and Seville oranges. Little kumquats offer a burst of sweet acidity and make for a great breakfast addition atop porridge or cereal. Bitter Seville oranges from the family-run Ave Maria Farm in Spain are the discerning marmalade maker’s supply of choice; they contain a high level of pectin, which when heat-treated becomes the perfect natural setting agent, lending marmalade it’s gloopy consistency.

Purple and yellow carrots from local Lancashire farm Royal Oak are having a particularly good year. Sweet and juicy with a satisfying crunch, these are good enough to eat raw. Kale is tricky this week but we do have a great supply of kalette tops. Deep-purple and dark green leaves form a flower-like bunch that behaves in much the same way as kale.
#vegnews #eatyourgreens #eatorganic #roastedpotatoes #purplecarrots #unicorngrocery

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