Tastes of Lincolnshire You are on holiday and there is nothing like starting the day with a full English breakfast, an option sadly missed in many homes due to the busy schedule of everyday life. However, here at Kirkstead Mill cottage with Barbara and Tony, you can relax and take as long as you like over your meal.

There are of course other breakfast options too, so if you fancy the lighter healthier option we cater for that also. All our produce are top quality and locally grown. Take a look at our menus to see the selection for yourself.

Our Bill Of Fayre

Milk

Skimmed, semi skimmed and full cream milk from Alan Harvey, our next-door neighbour and local dairy farmer. We also use Cravendale milk, which uses a finer filtering system in production thus removing more bacteria and therefore tasting fresher and keeping longer. Goat's milk can be provided if pre ordered.

Cereals

12 plus different cereals to choose from, including Muesli, Alpen and Bran Flakes, plus homemade porridge, using oats from the windmills in Boston .

Walnuts

From our own tree and totally organic.

Fruit Juices

Orange , Grapefruit, Apple, Mango, Pineapple, Cranberry & Tomato. The orange is usually freshly squeezed juice and not from concentrates.

Yogurt

Mostly Yeo Valley Organic and Danone Bio yogurts in variety.

Fresh Fruit Platter

We offer a fresh fruit platter, which is made up of seasonally available fruits, presented in a decorative form. Whenever possible most of these fruits will be obtained from our own garden where we organically produce strawberries, blackberries, raspberries, apples, pears, red, white & black currants, damsons and even peaches. Otherwise the fruit, including bananas, kiwis, mango and pineapple, is purchased from local retailers: Co-op, Budgens, Waitrose & Tesco.

Lincolnshire Sausages and other Sausages

Our " Lincolnshire " ones come from Roger Papworth in Woodhall Spa, a Tastes of Lincolnshire butcher, who makes his own sausages. Other types of sausages will be sourced locally to fulfil special dietary requirements.

Back Bacon

is delivered by Wisby's, a butcher in Horncastle and Wragby. Small amount are bought from R J Hirst, another Woodhall Spa butcher, who also uses local pork.

Mushrooms

come from Woodhall Spa shops, Waitrose or Tesco.

Vine Tomatoes

are home grown in season, otherwise they are locally sourced.

Sauté Potatoes

are home grown or from local neighbouring farmers and smallholdings.

Hash Browns.

McCann's frozen, produced in EU, using corn oil.

Fried Bread

White bread is lightly toasted, smeared with our own dripping before it is seared.

Black Pudding.

Roger Papworth, a local butcher, uses Country Park Foods of Huddersfield.

Eggs

John Lawson, our gardener from Stixwould, has free-range hens & delivers daily.

Baked Beans

Heinz.

Alternative Fish Breakfasts

Scrambled eggs and smoked salmon on toasted bread or English muffins; Smoked haddock with poached egg; or Waitrose's vacuum packed Kipper fillets.

Breads for you to use to make your own toast

Hovis Sunflower Granary, Warburtons Stoneground Wholemeal and Warburtons Seeded Batch loaves. Sliced white and brown bread for toasting. Also, home baked bread available on request (very nice but not very suitable for toasting).

Teas for you to select from

PG Tips, also twelve or more types of Twinings teas including Earl Grey, Lady Grey, Green, Assam, Traditional English, plus fruit teas including Orange and Mango, Lemon and Ginger, Blackcurrant Ginseng and Vanilla, Peppermint, Camomile, Cranberry, Raspberry and Elderflower, plus decaffeinated varieties.

Coffee

Is usually made from freshly ground beans and served in a cafetiere. Sometimes it's from our son's small plantation in Hawaii . Otherwise its from Douwe Egberts and Fair-Trade. We also stock decaffeinated and instant varieties.

Preserves and Honey

Usually eight types to choose from, which either come from our Woodhall Spa Country Market or are home made. Examples: orange, orange & ginger, orange & lemon, and triple concerto marmalades, plus josterberry, blackberry, damson strawberry, raspberry and apricot jams. Our two sorts of honey are from local beekeeper David Helliwell, a near neighbour, and now Tony has his own hive.

Condiments & other products

Mazola Corn Oil produced by Bestfoods Ltd is used for cooking. Lurpak spreadable butter, Bertolli (Olivio) spread and Flora pro-activ spread is all available for you to select from. Heinz Tomato Ketchup, HP Brown Sauce, and grinders containing coarse sea salt and black peppercorns are presented too.

Shortbread Biscuits or Cakes are offered on arrival.

Members of the Woodhall Spa Country Market make the all-butter biscuits and some cakes for us. On the beverage trolley in your room, you will find a wide selection of teas, coffee and other beverages, together with biscuits in a tin. The fresh milk of your choice and bottled mineral water will be in your fridge.

A delightful cottage with such a warm welcome. Superb rooms. Great Walks! Great Food! Very nice people! So relaxed I forgot what day it is!

Alex Brown 5th August 2007