Scarborough fair

Scarborough Fair was an annual raucous medieval festival of merriment organized to conduct a little bartering. This pleasant peasant party lasted from The Feast of the Assumption of Blessed Virgin Mary (Aug 15) until the Feast of St.Michael (Sept 29). Raise thine flagons of good-cheer beer and snarffle down a herby minced meat hand-pie whilst thou sing a classic ballad in honour of Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme.

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Home-ground lamb

Don’t get corralled with the rest of the herd and buy frozen lamb from New Zealand. The Kiwis rear nice lamb, but that doesn’t mean the grass is greener on the other side of the world. It’s a long flight to Calgary so keep our local free-ranging lamb grounded and don’t get fleeced on the import markup.

Support the local shepherds, it’s exhausting work watching sheep jump over fences…

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