Market manager Kardien Gerbrands talks about Swindon farmers' markets

I’VE been enjoying the comforting aspects of the potato recently with this week’s highlight a mashed potato dish with crushed roasted garlic, salt, olive oil and lemon juice.

To go with it I bought one of each type of the fishcakes handmade by Paul the Fishman and available every week at the market.

They do four types of fishcake – a mixed white fishcake with fresh parsley and cracked black pepper; a mixed smoked fishcake with fresh dill pepper and ground turmeric; a salmon fishcake with horseradish and fresh dill; and finally a spicy crab cake with both white and brown crab meat, fresh coriander fresh ginger and a mild chilli.

The fishcakes are £1.50 each or available on a sharing deal of any four for £5.

 All the fishcakes are gluten and dairy free with no additional additives or flavourings and will last two days from Sunday’s market or can be frozen. I tried a quarter of each flavour and had this with steamed kale and roasted mushrooms, carrots and parsnips. Superb!

You can also find fresh dressed crabs at the stall which are a mixture of brown and white crab meat with no added rusk or breadcrumbs. So all you get is fresh picked best crabmeat packed into the shell. They are £3.95 each and always have a good three day life from purchase on Sunday. Again these can be frozen. Orders can be taken for these and a large variety of fresh fish at info@paulsfish.co.uk which can then be collected on the Sunday.

Markets

  • Bradford on Avon, third Thursday, 9am to 1pm at Westbury Gardens, BA15 1DE.
  •  Bradford on Avon, last Sunday, 10.30am to 2.30pm at Lamb Yard, BA15 1FG.
  •  Calne, second Saturday, 9am to 1pm, near the library, SN11 0JU.
  •  Corsham, third Saturday, 9am to 1pm, High Street SN13 0HB.
  •  Devizes, first Saturday, 9am to 1pm, Market Place l Malmesbury, second and fourth Saturdays, 9am to 1pm, Market Cross 
  •  Royal Wootton Bassett, fourth Saturday, 9am to 1pm, High Street.
  •  Salisbury, weekly on Wednesdays, 9am to 2pm, Poultry Cross.
  •  Swindon Farmers’ Market, every Sunday, 10am to 4pm, Swindon Designer Outlet, Kemble Drive, SN2 2DY.
  •  Havelock Square Farmers’ Market, Swindon, every Thursday, 9am to 2.30pm.
  •  Trowbridge, second and fourth Friday, 9am to 1pm, Fore Street, BA14 8HX.
  •  Wanborough, third Saturday, 9am to midday, Wanborough Village Hall.
  •  Warminster, first and third Fridays, 9am to 1pm, central car park, BA 12 9BT