Pot-caught crabs from Cromer, fished from small boats using traditional methods, are smaller than most UK edible crabs. But because of the make up of the sea bed around Cromer these crabs are fatter and sweeter – Cromer Crabs are fabulous.

Unfortunatley the good name of the Cromer Crab has, we believe, been tarnished by, of all people, The Cromer Crab Company (part of the Findus Group).

If you go into a supermarket (try Waitrose for instance) you’ll find ‘Cromer Crab’ being sold at the fresh fish counter. All good you might think, but look a little closer. Next to the ‘plastic shells’ you’ll find a label informing you that the ‘region of origin’ is the ‘North Atlantic’.

The last time I looked Cromer was on the east coast of England and Cromer Crabs were fished from the North Sea. These supermarket Cromer Crabs are impostors, they are commercially fished, Atlantic crabs frozen at sea and shipped hundreds, or maybe thousands of miles to Cromer to be processed by the Cromer Crab Company and by doing so adopt the name of the town. It’s just our opinion but we think any product being sold as Cromer Crab should be from, well, Cromer.

Recent calls for the Cromer Crab name to be protected and thereby acknowledging the hard and dangerous work of Cromer’s fishermen can only be a good thing. You’ll find more information from the BBC by following this link.

http://tinyurl.com/mhrjld

Cromer Crabs are available from Farm, Park & Wild between April and Christmas if the weather allows

See our menu to order you Cromer Crabs, guaranteed fresh from the beach in Cromer and caught by Cromer Crab fisherman John Lee.

Yeah, yeah you’ve heard it all before right! Jamie, Gordon, Hugh, Nigella, Rick they all say the same thing and whilst we wouldn’t argue with any of them, we know that most people do not have the time or perhaps, the skills to make the stocks and more importantly the sauces which we all know are the key to great tasting food.

So how do you cook great food
for your dinner party guests?

Farm, Park & Wild has the answer, we’ve made dinner party cooking easy

• Just choose the dishes you want to serve from our seasonal menu - mix and match if you like
• We’ll deliver all the freshest ingredients direct to your door from our quality farmers and fishermen in North Norfolk

PLUS we also deliver

• All the sauces and jus you’ll need, freshly made by our own resident Chef
• Plus simple step-by-step recipe cards

So, your next dinner party
will be a total success.

Give us a go. Simply visit our shop for our seasonal dinner party  menu, meat boxes and game boxes. We’ll be adding more meat, fish and produce over the course of 2010. If you have any questions whatsoever please call or email kent@farmparkwild.co.uk or jules@farmparkwild.co.uk

Happy cooking.