OPEN SUNDAYS & BANK HOLIDAYS • RINGWOOD ROAD, TOTTON • PLAZA PARADE, ROMSEY • THE PRECINCT, CHANDLERS FORD ALL DAY COD & CHIPS £1 OFF On presentation of this advertisement MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY ONLY Not valid with any other offer. Valid until 17th April 2024 Page 44 • The HERALD • 28th March 2024 v SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL SPECIALISTS v FOOD FOR THOUGHT Thai Bluebird Street Food and English Cuisine Telephone: 07598 442718 www.thaibluebirdstreetfood.com ALL MAJOR CARDS EXCEPTED Opening Hours: Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday - 1pm - 9.30pm Monday/Sunday - Closed New Road, Blackfield, Southampton SO45 1WA Serving the True Taste of Thailand We also cater for Special Events e Waterside Food Project, part of the New Forest Aquaponics CIC family of projects, host a FREE Community Cook Up every Thursday 3.30pm to 5.30pm at Black eld Baptist Church on Hampton Lane. Surplus food from supermarkets that would otherwise go to waste is collected by volunteers and used to cook tasty meals. Go along for some tasty food and great company, everyone is welcome. e Waterside Food Project aims to reduce food waste across the Waterside and also runs the Community Fridge in Hythe Library. For more information please visit: www. facebook.com/Watersidefoodproject Free Community Cook Ups e Brockenhurst Wine Club (BWC) meets monthly in Brockenhurst Village Hall, usually on the fourth Wednesday of each month at 7.30pm. Open to all, members explore a wide range of wines that people may not have come across, in a range of budgets and to learn something about how and where they are made, as well as getting to know other like-minded people. On Wednesday 24th April for ‘New Wave South Africa’ presented by Christos Ioannou AWE. Visit: www.brockenhurstwineclub.co.uk or to attend a session telephone John Harris on 07714 261251 or email: jharris.lydith@btinternet.com From award-winning rhythm & blues, Celtic folk, 80’s electro pop to a full on Ska takeover, this year’s Lymington Seafood Festival has something for everyone! Taking place at Bath Road in Lymington, on Friday 12th July – Sunday 14th July as well as the music the organisers are busy cooking up a brilliant menu of delicious food to sample with a heap of new stands joining them. ey’ve also got plenty bubbling away as they gear up to announce who’ll be joining them on the Chefs Stage and the launch of the Cookery School. e music line-up includes headline acts: e Fleetwood Mac Experience on Friday 12th July, e Fat Cat Soul Band on Saturday 13th July and e Decatonics on Sunday 14th July, plus lots more acts For Wine Lovers and tickets please visit: www.lymingtonseafoodfestival. co.uk/ playing throughout the festival. For more information EPIC LINE-UP ANNOUNCED FOR LYMINGTON SEAFOOD FESTIVAL! Watercress is Back in Season – Now that’s Something to Celebrate! Spring heralds the start of British watercress season. Across Hampshire and Dorset, the heartland for watercress growing, farmers are preparing to harvest this tasty peppery crop. Grown uniquely in owing spring water the plant clings to the bed’s gravel base, absorbing the minerals and vitamins as the water rushes past. is traditional growing process is Traditional Speciality Guide (TSG) protected so that true watercress, as the name suggests, can only be grown in water. In Victorian England watercress was known as ‘poor man’s bread’ and eaten from paper cones as the rst street food. Its popularity waned in the last century but through demonstrating its versatility and importantly its remarkable health bene ts, watercress is back on the menu. It even has its own festival – the Alresford Watercress Festival which this year to amino acids; compounds that play many critical roles in the body, including regulating the immune function and building muscle. e body needs 20 di erent amino acids to grow and function properly and although all 20 are important for health, only nine amino acids are classi ed as essential. Unlike non-essential amino acids, essential amino acids cannot be made by the body and must be obtained through diet. e best sources of essential amino acids are animal proteins like meat, eggs, and poultry but, unusually for a plant, watercress has a full complement of the 9 essential amino acids. To nd out more about the Alresford Watercress Festival visit: www.watercressfestival.org celebrates its 20th anniversary on Sunday 19th May. Anecdotally, watercress has been revered since the time of Hippocrates, but modern science has proved that its health-giving properties aren’t just old wives’ tales. Watercress was found to be a powerhouse of nutrition that supports the immune system and gut health, and to contain unusually high amounts of vital antioxidants (particularly PEITC which gives watercress its distinctive peppery taste) that help to lower blood pressure, prevent depression and protect against certain cancers. Speci c research has been made into bowel and breast cancers while the exciting ndings of studies looking into its e ect on melanoma will be revealed shortly. Watercress is packed with over 50 vitamins and minerals, including exceptionally high levels of vitamins C, E and A, folate and calcium. It is also rich in iron (nearly twice as much as spinach) and because of the high levels of vitamin C and A it possesses, this iron is more easily absorbed than most other plantbased irons, making watercress an essential addition to any vegetarian or vegan diet. Another little-known fact about watercress relates
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