Another lunchtime, another challenge from next to nothing! I had some Mozart red potatoes from Kingley Vale - excellent for the table (that’s what it says on the bag) doesn’t say enough about these gorgeously waxy and flavoursome spuds. I cut them small for a potato salad and they kept their shape and their flavour in the pan. Whilst still warm I tipped them into a mix of Sussex valley classic mayonnaise and yogurt, slightly more of the latter than the former, with a finely diced onion, some chopped cornichons and lots of freshly ground black pepper.

A visit to Springs at Edburton a day or two ago garnered their excellent smoked Coho salmon and two mackerel - I have never tasted better smoked mackerel than from this small family smokery nestling at the foot of the Downs on the way to Brighton. I buy them whole - that has to be best - and they are moist, creamy and rich. I flaked the flesh from one into the bowl and combined it with the other ingredients and that’s what I call Local Food! Unbeatable! We drizzled it with sweet chilli sauce and it was a feast. Roll-on baked potatoes for supper tonight...

Springs Smoked Salmon, Edburton, near Fulking, East Sussex. Buy direct or from selected local stores - Pallant at Arundel have their salmon and The Earl of March pub at Lavant serves the mackerel in the summer in the seafood shack. I bought my Mozart potatoes at Runcton Farm Shop, who also stock Sussex Valley Mayonnaise and dressings. Waitrose carries a limited range of Kingley Vale potatoes and some Sussex Valley products.