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The Stags Larder

The Stags Head prides itself in sourcing the highest quality local produce. Here is a glimpse into the Stags Head Larder...

Fresh Fish is delivered daily from Fleetwood (a small fishing town on the Fylde coast ) by Neve's - the largest fishery on Fleetwood docks. Fresh cod and haddock along with Manx kippers from the Isle of Man are always popular.

Chickens and Ducklings are supplied by Reg Johnson from Swainson House Farm in Goosnargh - just a stones throw from The Stags Head. Reg Johnson and Bud Swarbrick are the sole producers of Goosnargh corn-fed chicken and duckling and they now supply all over the country, even to Harrods, such is the quality of their poultry!

Black Pudding is a real favorite at the Stags Head and we use the finest authentic black pudding there is. Ireland's is an award winning family run business based in Rossendale (The Real Black Pudding Co.). They say they are "specialist black pudding makers, using only traditional methods and recipes dating back to 1879". There simply is no finer black pudding!

Locally reared meat is a specialty at the Stags, Pendle Lamb and Curwen Hill Beef are supplied from John Penny, "The Meat Man", who is based in Clayton-Le-Moors. The quality of the meat is outstanding, the beef is hung and matured - something which these days is a rarity - and the result is intensely flavour packed meat. Just try a rump steak - you could easily mistake it for a prime piece of sirloin!

Good old bangers & mash are a firm favourite, and our Sausages are the best we can find. Produced on a small scale at Jim Beary's farm in Ribchester, the sausages are made in the traditional way using the best cuts from thier herd of Gloucester Old Spot rare breed pigs.
Our Cumberland chipolata sausages are juicy little morsels, which are produced in Kendal by Slack's of Kendal.

For dry cure Bacon, air dryed Cumbrian ham and other specialties, Richard Woodall is the man. Based in Waberthwaite, a small village on the western edge of the Lakeland Fells, his family business has been supplying Cumbrian hams, sausages and bacon for many years to age old recipes.

Fresh, seasonal Fruit and Vegetables don't have far to travel - daily deliveries come from Ribble Farm in Longridge. Freshly hand-cut watercress travels just a few miles down the road from Great Eccelston. Seasonal vegetables such as cauliflowers, leeks and tomatoes are grown just outside Southport at Hesketh Bank.

A variety of Herbs are grown in the Stags Head garden, harvested only when needed to include in a certain dish, therefore retaining as much freshness as possible.

Cheese really needs a whole chapter to itself! Lancashire produces some of the finest cheeses in the country - and plenty of them. Mrs Kirkhams, Singleton's, Shorrock's, Butler's, Quicke's........the list goes on. That's where Adrian Hill comes in. He and his wife Pam run a small family business supplying cheeses and delicatessen products in the North West. He can supply every cheese imaginable and more besides! We regularly have Butlers Tasty Lancashire Cheese, Cringlebrooks Farm goats cheese and Garstang Blue on the cheese board plus guest cheeses, a favorite being Butler's Goosnargh Gold!

Pickles and Chutneys really don't travel far to reach the table, as they are all made in the Stags Head kitchen. Using local ingredients and a mixture of traditional and secret recipes, there is always a tempting range available at the bar to take home. Take your pick from Sweet Chili Jam, Apple and Sage Sauce, Mushroom Ketchup, Piccalilli or Lemon Curd. Mmmm.....

And for those with a sweet tooth, you can now take home a bag of old fashioned sweets, think flying saucers, cherry lips, chocolate mice...
Sold in mixed bags by the quarter.

It's not just the food which is sourced locally - some of our cask ales are brewed locally from Bowland Brewery and Red Rose Brewery. Slightly more problematic may be finding a wine produced in sunny Lancashire! However, Miles Coran from Bowland Forest Vintners at Whitewell near Clitheroe supplies the Stags Head with a fine range of reds, whites and rose - even if none of them are from Lancashire!

Freshly roasted coffee comes from the Coffee Exchange company in Clitheroe, where they have their own roasting house to ensure the beans reach us in tip-top condition.