Welcome Readers both Old and New. Summer has arrived here in Bulgaria and I have already had my first strawberries and cherries of the season, and very nice they were, picked and eaten with-in the hour they really do taste of real food. Talking of food has everyone noticed how almost all food here has real flavour and I believe this is because what we are eating is both fresh and organic produce, fish and meats. Trying to obtain this in the UK, unless you are prepared to pay the considerably higher extra costs involved, is becoming more and more difficult and yet the normal thing in Bulgaria, strange isn’t it how in the UK we have lost sight of the most basic things. I have also noticed how almost everybody here grows and preserves their own fruits and vegetables, I have tasted incredibly good jams here made from home grown fruit, and preserved vegetables that have lost none of their original flavours, in fact some flavours are even more concentrated than when they are fresh. If you are going to cook rather than eat out you really should get away from the supermarkets and go to the local markets, where the produce on offer is usually sold direct by the grower, and also try the organic honey at the bee keepers stalls, this has not been put through the usual manufacturing process and brings back memories of balmy summer days. I am also a regular visitor at the many flower stalls in Varna city where the variety and presentation of the flowers is equal to anywhere else in the world, and gentlemen I can assure you it may be clichéd but giving your favourite ladies (the plural is entirely intentional) fresh flowers still works, and is something I personally do on a regular basis as the gesture brings a lot of pleasure and having fresh flowers in the house stimulates the senses. So wishing everyone a happy and sun filled month until the next issue and reminding you that if there are any subjects you want to air in print phone us or call into our offices and we will try to help.
Yours Ron Whitworth – Judd
chief nuisance
to the real workers
