Almost a meat-free week

If you include the tinned sardines, fish has (so far) accounted for four of this week’s meals. The lemon soles from Brixham quay retain the plaudits, though today’s lunch of southwest-sourced scallops (at a cafe on the moor) was not without merit. Tonight’s supper of cod & chorizo fish cakes (courtesy Bovey Tracey farmers’ market) just about sets the seal ... Next week we return to beef. There must be the best part of a cow languishing in our freezer. From the tentative driving on this morning’s roads I assume that, despite the weather, we have a fair number of visitors taking advantage of the half-term break. Whilst here at the homestead we’ve only just managed to nudge above 0º, vacationers appear to be fleeing much colder conditions. Their hacking and coughing is of biblical proportions.