Leith-based Greener Monday contacted me a few weeks ago asking if I wanted to review one of their box deliveries. Never one to look a gift-horse in the mouth I agreed, and picked my box up at their stall at the Scottish Green Party conference.
First of all, a bit about Greener Monday. They sell locally-sourced items, pledging to ensure that everything is produced within 100 miles of Edinburgh. If you already get a veggie box delivered then you'll find that Greener Monday's stuff is intended to complement that rather than replace it, so the boxes are filled with jam and chutney, oils and biscuits.
So what was in my box?
There were two items that I didn't get near. The girlfriend nicked the Hand Cream, although in all honestly I couldn't see myself using it! And the Honeycomb Honey, like the hand cream from Chainbridge Farm, was snaffled to give to her gran.
I have to admit that the Ginger Buddhas from Chocolate Tree didn't last very long. I certainly felt I looked like buddha after realising they'd all gone so quickly! 
Next to swiftly disappear was the Ginger Stem Shortbread from Shortbread House of Edinburgh. There was a distinctly ginger theme to the overall box (perhaps they'd seen the beard I was sporting that weekend), and I have to say that I don't go out of my way to buy products with ginger in them. But the shortbread was gorgeous. Not too crumbly, not too sticky and not too sweet, it was shortbread as it should be made!
The Mulled Wine Beets from Henshelwoods Fine Foods have not yet been tried, but just looking at their product range has my mouth watering!
The hit of the box, though, was undoubtedly Isabella Preserves' Hot Banana Chutney. Actually the name is slightly misleading in that I didn't find the chutney in the least bit hot or spicy, but oh my god was it gorgeous! So nice, in fact, that I slathered it on everything I thought I could get away with, whether it was my work sandwiches or the ginger shortbread.
If you're a foodie, or you know a foodie who would like something different for their christmas, then go and visit Greener Monday's website, or their stall at Out Of The Blue Drill Hall, Dalmeny Street, Leith every Saturday between 10am and 2pm.
3 comments:
Sell-out! Corporate whore! The banana is great though..
I don't see what's selling out about accepting a sample box of food from a local organisation in return for giving them a review (Okay maybe it's a private joke but still...)
You had an interestingly different selection than I did! Our devilishly hot isabella's chutney wasn't too hot either but it is delicious.
It was indeed a private joke CGP, stemming from this: http://twitter.com/#!/cowrin/status/1278006370766848
At some point I'm going to have to reveal that I'm going to play a round of golf with Donald Trump, I've installed a patio heater from B&Q, and the Tories have offered me a DVD box-set of Margaret Thatcher's Greatest Hits.
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