| Whether you are staying in the area or just | | | | seasonings and most butchers have their own |
| visiting for the day you will discover a fantastic | | | | secret recipe, some dating back over a hundred |
| local cuisine from Michelin starred Lake District | | | | years. |
| restaurants through to excellent traditional public | | | | Cumbria provides a superb range of local produce |
| houses, all using locally sourced produce. | | | | including fellbred lamb, beef and pork, plus poultry |
| Cumbria - the Lake District is well known for its | | | | and game from local farms and estates. You will |
| outstanding natural beauty, but the region has so | | | | also find a range of jams and chutneys made |
| much more to offer including a great selection of | | | | from Cumbrian hedgerow fruits, plus pickles and |
| high quality Lake District accommodation, first | | | | preserves, puddings and pies, all with that special |
| class visitor attractions and activity providers, plus | | | | taste that comes from being made by people |
| some of the finest food available in the country. | | | | who care about the good food they make. |
| Meat constitutes a significant part of Cumbrian | | | | Water is an obvious natural resource associated |
| produce, which is no surprise because the climate | | | | with the Lake District, which should not come as |
| and geography of the region lends itself better to | | | | a surprise given the seventeen lakes that can be |
| breeding animals than it does to growing crops. | | | | found in the region. Only Bassenthwaite uses the |
| The most famous of the meat products is the | | | | word Lake in its title, each of the others use |
| traditional Cumbrian sausage, which is easy to | | | | either the word mere, i.e. Windermere, or water, |
| recognise because, unlike other British sausages, it | | | | i.e. Coniston Water. The water in the Lake District |
| is not linked, but long and coiled, and sold by | | | | is very soft, and makes for wonderful drinking |
| length or weight. It is always made from | | | | water. For anyone wanting to take some of that |
| rough-cut pork and contains 85% meat. Other | | | | experience with them, there are three companies |
| ingredients include a blend of herbs, spices and | | | | which bottle and sell spring water. |