Fingal Ferguson’s Gubbeen Smokehouse

We wandered through the woods from the farmhouse garden to check out what Fingal was up to and, as we got close to his smokehouse (well, it’s more of a charcuterie, but let’s stay with smokehouse for the moment), all I could hear was heavy rock music blaring out of the mesh windows. I thought it was a bit of a strange time of day to have a party, but they are a hard-working family, so the afternoon would be as good a time as any.

Fingal greeted us and you could sense the passion in his face. I didn’t really know about his products and was expecting a bit of ham and rashers of bacon. Fingal immediately talked about and led us to his Euromag, which sounded to me like some kind of porn thing, but Fingal, being the workaholic he is; would have no time for such a thing. Instead, it was one of those smart mobile charcuterie trailers that you often see in Europe, but rarely set eyes on here. It is a very clever bit of kit and well worth the 20,000 euros. It simply unfolds and transforms from a trailer into a smart EHO-approved artisan trading stand.