Parkers Arms (Clitheroe)

• Through Twitter Stosi knew I was coming and of this blog so she very kindly offered to provide all 9 courses for us to try
• Including some which were never intended to be eaten as part of the tasting menu
• I mean crunchy bits and pieces including the best potato skins ever
• M quite partial to is tinned corned beef
• Or at least I was until I tried this next dish
• Served warm in a jar the beef had all the same flavours but the texture was out of this world
• With the fantastic fresh molasses bread and excellent piccalilli this was another outstanding dish
• Dipping it in the silky wild garlic mayo turned it into the best garlic bread ever
• We were shown a very warm welcome by our host AJ as we escaped the bitter cold and were soon sipping on a latte to warm up
• The focus of the menu were the appetising game dishes and after ordering we were soon presented with some Tweet treats
• Tweet about the treats and were excited to receive them
• Starters I chose the pepper venison loin salad with damsons and damson jelly
• It was probably not the best choice for me as I had a cough at the time which was aggravated by the pepper
• The meaty venison was enjoyable and it gave me the opportunity to eat most of Mr Noms starter ins
• There are no faddy menus bursting with the latest food trends
• This was also served with an acidic salad containing pickled celeriac &ndash
• Course because Stosie is a great cook but also because it comes from a local estate (on one of my first visits AJ pointed out of the window to the field it came from)
• Though it still tasted great and was juicy enough
• The creamed mash was unbelievably good and I loved the simple garnish of sauté

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