Country Choice

Country Choice Shop open Wed to Sat 8:30 am to 5 pm limited Cafe tables with a picnic style service till 4pm.

04/06/2026

Making a gift for a friends party and what else could I do than a traditional moulder pigs head and ox tongue .This is called collared head and it’s around since early medieval times in Ireland .
It was a great tradition in Mary’s home and we continue making this dish for all our family get together and summer or winter lunches.
We always serve it at home with a flat griddle cake and a chutney of sorts but usually beet root relish.
If you ever want a summer party platter made up I would include this striking mold as a centre piece .
Remember it’s Rose time and I can think of no other glass to have in your hand .
We have served it also at functions with a glass of Con Trass’s Tipperary cider .
Country choice is so well stocked with summer food and new wines that all I can say is come and see for yourself .New flowered and baskets on tne street today compliments of our Council and the place looks great.

It’s local strawberry time at country Choice and we are making classic pure almond and butter tarts with lots of free ra...
04/06/2026

It’s local strawberry time at country Choice and we are making classic pure almond and butter tarts with lots of free range eggs.
Drop down later as they will be out of the oven around 10.30 this morning.

03/06/2026

Mary ward Country Choice chatting with our fruit grower Con Trass of the Apple farm Cahir here in Tipperary . Con tells us why his strawberry’s are smaller and sweeter than many commercially available crops .Mary who has just finished making a few hundred pots of raspberry jam today tells us about why jam should not gel like glue !
Maybe tomorrow we might make some strawberry shortcake in memory of Helen Ryan Luke our great chef from Cappanuke in Cappamore Rip.
Helen was a legendary maker of many Country Choice classics but her Strawberry shortcakes were part of our heritage of summers years ago here in CC.
A lovely bottle of Granache rose from the South of France would not go astray on a grand fine evening like this .
Drop into Country Choice this weekend for new fresh salads . Buy delicious free range eggs and hard boil a few. Make a simple Mayonaise of parsley aioli and put it with a few slices of our homemade hams .
Take one of our warm sodas ,anoint it with butter and enjoy some fresh pickled beetroot with horseradish sauce . Maybe find a shady picnic table and sit down and eat and listen to the birds .

03/06/2026

A soft wet morning and the new growth is hanging from the sky.Thunder in the air . Wild roses smelling sweet and flowers on the blackberry briers or drisoga as we say as gaelige.
Mock orange filling the yard with its powerful scent and elderberry flowers blooming is the soft drizzle.
We will have the first small local strawberries from Con Trass and they will taste soft and sweet.We are back open again so please call in for a coffee or a chat .

30/05/2026

We are is summer mode in country today.
Our natural and chemical free wines are stacked to the roof and the counters are full of the best homemade salads all made with ethically farmed ingredients. Delicious healthy raw food with great dressings and flavours .

29/05/2026

It’s a time of great newness and bounty . Buckets of herbs in the kitchen and buckets of sweet william and flocks in the shop. Blue Irises with cepals of lapis from the Country market and bags of beet tops with red legs like a moorhen .
The kitchen smells of grating Amalfi lemons and mint .
Two power full aromas that remind us of holidays in Italy .
Tubs of harissa being poured on grilling aubergines and the petals of new dried oregano being spread like holy water at a christening .
Blocks of new feta and goats curd to remind me of times spent in the Levent.
Every scent and aroma has a dept of memory and sentiment behind it.
The sun comes in the window and brings us energy.
The smell of poaching rhubarb with lemon and verbena reminds me big flat trays of thin rhubarb cooked in our Rayburn at home .
A thin salty and sweet butter pastry turning the sides of the tart into an almost jam tart flavour .
We have just got a pallet of Rose and light reds from the canal du Midi and it’s a joy to open the boxes .
We buy all our wines directly from great farmers and we get rewarded by the best and most delicious stock.
Don’t pass thru town with coming in .
Your support of small family employers is most important.
Lots of good and affordable parking in our town with the railway car park always free.

2 cups sugar ,2 cups water. Boil for 5mins .Plunge in 6 elderflower heads and the juice and skins of 3 natural lemons.Le...
29/05/2026

2 cups sugar ,2 cups water. Boil for 5mins .
Plunge in 6 elderflower heads and the juice and skins of 3 natural lemons.
Leave to cool . Strain and jar. Dilute to suit your taste .

29/05/2026

You can still put in a few buckets of bags of potatoes in a sunny corner out outside your back door.
Lovely green leaves and later lovely floury new potatoes and a great exercise with your children.
I have a bit of seed left in Country Choice . Call In and I will gift you a few fistfuls of organic seed called Carolous .
No spray ,no chemicals just nature and a bit of sun.

29/05/2026

A little cooler but lovely clear air. Thrushes and wrens leading the choir of birds.
Silage outfits every where and the students all become farmers and tractor warriors.
Confident teams and serious business .

Good luck to all the providers this weekend . We loved working at this great festival.It’s very much a part of our hist...
26/05/2026

Good luck to all the providers this weekend . We loved working at this great festival.
It’s very much a part of our history .

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25 Kenyon Street
Nenagh
E45N722

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Wednesday 9am - 5pm
Thursday 9am - 5pm
Friday 9am - 5pm
10pm - 3pm
Saturday 9am - 5pm

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