Cartmel Village Shop: Cumberland Pickled Cherries in

raspberry vinegar (made at Alston), delicious with cheese, cold meats or duck.......................................£ 2.65 per 170g jar.

The Barn Shop, Crooklands: Zulu Fire Sauce, hand-made in Cape Town - keep out winter chills........£5.35 per 490ml bottle.

Low Sizergh Barn Farm Shop: Mansergh Hall pork sausage with sage & marjoram........................................£1.32 per 250g.

Steadmans, Sedbergh: Own-make Garsdale dry-cure back bacon rashers, European silver-award winner.......£2.49 per lb.

Oddbins, Kendal: Redwood Trail cab sauv from California full-bodied with hints of cassis & mint -

normally £ 5.49....................................................special offer: 3 bottles for £10.

Hutchinsons, Coniston: Whole rump steak inc.

fillet.................................................... ...........................£2.25 per lb.

Richardsons, Bowness: Own-make pork & leek sausages................................................................... ............£1.95 per lb.

Higginsons, Grange-over-Sands: Award-winning home-cured gammon steaks...........................................£2.78 per lb.

Bowland Bridge Stores: S.

African Cape red wine........£3.43 .

Kendal Fisheries: Large fresh sardines.................£2.25 per lb.

Kendal Foodhall: Bishop Kennedy, a wash-rinded soft cheese from Perthshire.....................................£1.50 per 100g.

Country Harvest, Ingleton: Traditional haggis from Cowdenbeath, West Fife, various sizes..............£2.30 per 1/2k.

Watson & Woollard, Kendal: Kendal Rough Fell Lamb half shoulders.......................................................£1.35 per 1/2 kilo.

Booths: Buy an Iceberg lettuce get a cucumber portion free.

Cranstons, Kendal: Boned & rolled brisket of Cumbrian beef

ideal for slow / pot roasting....................................£1.98 per lb.

Greenbanks, Kendal: Seville marmalade oranges...38p per lb.

Morrisons, Kendal: 500g M Steak Pie...........£1.79 (save £ 1).

Cumbrian Co-op: Australian Merlot....................£3.79 (£1 off).

Asda: Salad tomatoes 750g...................down from 99p to 48p.