A newly launched range of products from Hevva! Smoked mackerel and sardines, monkfish in coconut and lime with Aleppo chilli and Cotswold trout with dill. The artisanal cannery is based on a farm on the North Cornwall coast, close to where much of its sustainably-caught fish is caught and landed. The recipes are created by Hevva! and the fish is smoked and canned on site by the small team.
What does the word Hevva mean?
"Hevva!" means "Here they are!" in Cornish. It was the cry raised by Cornish huers (fishermen stationed on hillside lookouts above the Cornish coast) when a shoal of pilchards swam into view. This was the signal to down tools and head out to sea in small fishing boats. The boats remain; the other traditions have been supplanted by sonar and tech.
Is Hevva! fish sustainable?
Hevva! uses small batches of fish caught sustainably in UK waters. Like us, it uses the Marine Conservation Society’s Good Fish Guide to determine which fish to work with. Hevva! uses Cornish hake for instance because it is a sustainable alternative to cod, which has been overfished in UK waters. Hake is a more abundant white fish than cod or haddock, and can be fished in quantity here, a sustainable and delicious alternative to cod.
Where is Hevva! cannery?
The Hevva! cannery is located in Norton Barton Artisan Food Village on the 350-acre Norton Barton farm, in Bude on the North Cornwall coast. Other artisan food producers there include Cornish Charcuterie, a distillery, a dairy which produces small-batch cheeses, and a bakehouse.
