Kendal Fisheries: Home-made (yes, they really are!) smoked salmon & dill fishcakes from chef Nick Stopford of Kendal - £1.30 each.

A Taste of Lakeland, Ambleside: Cream of Cumbria farmhouse (absolutely true!) cakes eg: parkin, Dutch apple cake & tea breads, made by Sue Forrester at Howberry Farm, near Carlisle - from £2.95.

Richardsons, Bowness: Fresh chicken (from Frank Bird at Langwathby) - £1.30 per half kilo Cartmel Village Shop: Best of Taste' fruit coulis, perfect sauces for pancakes eg: wild blueberry; mango & passion fruit; damson with sloe gin. Also suitable for meringues & ice cream - £3.50-£4.

Steadmans, Sedbergh: From a range of own-make ready meals - lasagne, made with either beef or turkey (oven or microwave) - £2.79 (serves 2)

Hutchinsons, Coniston: Beef-steak in chilli marinade (grill or pan-fry) - £4.95 per half kilo.

Oddbins, Kendal: Obikwa shiraz £3.99 - plenty of cheerful plum & cheery fruit from South Africa.

Brennand Foodhall, Kendal: Chilli-coated salami £1.80 per 100g / Napoli salami £1.65 per 100g Italian mortadella - £1.10 per 100g.

Greenbanks, Kendal: Canary Island tomatoes - 49p per lb.

Plumgarths farm shop: Buy 1lb Slack's traditional cure middle bacon & 1lb Plumgarth premium pork sausage - get half doz Low Foulshaw eggs free.