New Year, New Products

The first set of new products we've introduced for 2010 is a range of Cooking Sauces from Chan Cham. Made locally, with Sri Lankan and Caribbean influences, the cooking sauces are designed to provide great tasting meals, without hours of preparation. The range includes sauces suitable for meats, fish and vegetables and they can be used as marinades for grilling, roasting, frying or as the base for a curry. Just what is needed on these cold winter nights.

Onion Update

Our guess the number of onions competition has now closed. Thanks to everyone for their interest and participation.

There were 22 onions in the giant jar of Tracklements Onion Marmalade. We had guesses ranging from 6 to 562 and lots in between. For those of you interested in these sort of things; the most common answer was 38, the middle answer was 48 (with half the entrants thinking there were more than 48 and half thinking there were less). But most importantly, one person was exactly right with 22.

In The News!

Our "Guess the Number of Onions" competition made the local paper. You can
read the article online, but need to scroll to the bottom of the page.

Sundays

On Sunday (6th) from 12 noon until 3pm we will be selling some of our Christmas lines at St Cuthbert's Primary School* Fair. It is open to everyone so do come along.

From the following Sunday (13th) the shop will be open every Sunday until Christmas.

*St Cuthbert's Primary School,
Bagshot Road,
Englefield Green,
Surrey TW20 0RY.

Most Festive

Tastes Delicatessen is now at it's most festive. All the seasonal stock has arrived and is on display*. And nothing has yet sold out. I quite like it!

This is as full of festive stock as we are going to be. From next week I expect to start running out of things.

* We even have an example of the whole Serrano hams which are available to order.

Christmas Lights

Tonight is the night the Christmas lights are switched on in Eton.
From around 5:15, the children from the Porny School will parade down the High Street singing carols and carrying the lanterns they have been making. Husky dogs and FATHER CHRISTMAS will join them! The man himself will turn on the lights at 5:45. And assuming the wind hasn't blown an important part of the circuit away, the High Street should be illuminated in all its glory. Many of the shops (including Tastes, of course) will be open late tonight. Hope to see you there!

One Month To Go

Talking of Christmas, we've been making up some example gift boxes, which you can see in our online deli (and if we haven't sold them yet, in the real shop as well). We can put almost anything from the shelves into a gift box, for Christmas, or any other occasion. Hopefully having some photos of example boxes will provide inspiration!

HOW Many???

This month we are running a little competition.

It is 10 years since Tracklements started making their divine, award winning, onion marmalade. And to celebrate, a limited set of 350 GIANT jars have been produced, with labels beautifully illustrated by Tim Bulmer. The lovely people at Tracklements have let me have one and rather than eating it all up (which, I can assure you, was quite tempting) we are using it as a competition prize. So now everyone else has a chance of eating it (and I don't).

And the question is "How many onions are in the jar?".

Anyone who enters is asked to make a £1 donation to the Thames Valley and Chiltern Air Ambulance.

If you would like to enter, pop into Tastes Delicatessen, number 92 High Street, Eton, have a look at the giant jar, put your answer on an entry form and pop £1 in the collect bucket.

Closing date is 6pm on Saturday 19th December and the winner will be contacted on Monday 21st.

Good Luck!

It's Coming

Now seems a safe time to mention Christmas. It's six weeks tomorrow and therefore time for us to have the Star Mince Pies back on sale! We do have far far more than last year in the hope of not running out too early this time, but if you'd like to buy them now we are happy to hold them for you until Christmas. I know the temptation of having them in the house is too much for most of you!

Cyber-Deli

In a further instalment to my list of excuses for my lack of "blogging", I would like to cite our new and improved web site. Having photographed, described, and weighed over a hundred of the items on sale in the shop, I reached a point where I had enough content ready to launch an online shop. And (with some technical jiggery pokery and fair amount of luck), I did. It is far from complete, in fact, it never will be, but it works! Now you don't need to be anywhere near Eton to have a look at some of the things we sell (and buy a few if you like!). Have a look at www.tastesdeli.co.uk.