“I have tried my absolute hardest to make sure that every single thing you consume in The Farmer’s Dog was grown or reared by British farmers,
” he stated in writing on the pub’s website about his British-only rule. “Failure” And I have failed as well.
Indeed, the pig, the beef, the lamb, and the venison are British. And so is just almost everything else. The milk; the butter; the eggs; the vegetables and the fruit. We cook even in British oils.
“But certain issues like the basic G&T have arisen. One cannot run a tavern devoid of a gin and tonic. Tonic water contains quinine,
however, and you cannot cultivate that in Britain. Among the persons operating The Farmer’s Dog on paper is Hornby.