Swedegate! How a vegetable has nearly brought us to our knees.

They look innocent enough, don't they? Swedes. But they have been the bane of our existence for the last few days. In our enthusiasm to use only fresh, local, seasonal vegetables a few weeks ago we decided to include swede in some of our recipes.

The thing about swede is that it has a strong smell and flavour and although most of our canine customers have been fine with it, a few have said to us (in dog language, of course): �It may be good for me, but I still don�t like it.� Hopefully, you won�t have encountered this problem, but if you have (and we don�t yet know about it) please get in touch so that we can put things right for you.

We won�t, I hasten to add, be using swede again!