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15 November 2017

Maria Moynihan on 15 Nov 2017

Meet the new producers bringing European flavours to our food scene

From gherkins and quail eggs to smoked meats and traditional breads, meet some of the “new Irish” who are bringing flavours from home to our food scene, writes Maria Moynihan.

Maria Moynihan

15 November 2017

Gherkin grower Vitalijus Sidlauskas started farming gherkins five years ago. \Philip Doyle)

Gherkin grower Vitalijus Sidlauskas started farming gherkins five years ago. \Philip Doyle

Gherkin grower Vitalijus Sidlauskas started farming gherkins five years ago. \Philip Doyle)

Tiina Laas's daughter Liisa, collecting the eggs at 12 Quail Farm, Co Leitrim.

Mother and daughter team Tiina Laas and Liisa Keranen of 12 Quail Farm, Co Leitrim.

Quail Farm eggs.

Maciej, Marek and Marcin Chlebicki - AKA The Breadski Brothers - of MMM Family Bakery in Co Mayo.

Produce from the Sausage House at Little Island, Co Cork. \ Donal O' Leary

Beata, Kazimierz and Agnes Luczak, owners of the Sausage House at Little Island, Co Cork. \ Donal O' Leary

The Gherkin Grower

When Vitalijus Sidlauskas helped harvest gherkins in his native Lithuania as a child, little did he expect that one day he would be growing them in his adopted home of Lusk in north Co Dublin.

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