Hodmedod

Name: Hodmedod
Address: The Bean Store, Brampton Depot, Beccles, NR348DQ, GB
Telephone: +441986467567
Price range: ££
Rating: 4.5

British-grown Pulses & Grains. We work with farmers to provide quinoa, beans & peas, pulse flours, canned pulses, roasted snacks, puffed & flaked grains.
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Early in 2012, working with Transition Norwich, we came across dried fava beans as part of a project looking at the ingredients for a more sustainable and resilient diet. The beans are grown widely in East Anglia and exported all over the world where they're enjoyed in a multitude of traditional recipes - including ful medames, houmous, falafel, crisp snacks, soups, stews, curry and dal...

Yet in

Britain they're used as animal feed (and as a useful break crop that fixes nitrogen). It seems that three or four hundred years ago we simply lost our taste for the humble fava bean, preferring legumes like lentils and chickpeas which are hard to grow in the UK. We ran a trial and gave away or sold 2 tonnes of beans - people loved them! And so in the Autumn of 2012, with the new season bean harvest, we launched Hodmedod Ltd - Now everyone can share in the delights of the fava bean...

Since 2012 we've pioneered British-grown quinoa and added a much wider range of peas and beans (including organic, canned prepared foods and snacks). There's a lot more to come! (Hodmedod is a local dialect word - in Suffolk it means snail and in Norfolk hedgehog)

15/06/2026

🌾 Pop-Up Shop! A solstice menu, live music, sort-your-own beans & more 🌾

This Saturday, 20th June, we're opening the Bean Store doors once again for our monthly Shop! – a chance to visit Hodmedod's in person, browse our full range of pulses, grains, flours and pantry staples, and enjoy a menu of seasonal food from the Hodmedod Bakehouse.

🌞 This month's Shop! falls close to the summer solstice, and baker Henrietta Inman has created a menu for the day celebrating the season's abundance, drawing on Hodmedod ingredients and produce from local growers and makers, with everything available to eat in or take home.

🍴 Expect deep quiches filled with St Helena cheese, roast onion and rainbow chard; Carlin pea, courgette and summer herb rough puff rolls; and colourful pulse and grain salad bowls featuring roasted roots, chickpeas, pearl barley, summer leaves and crunchy fava beans.

🍰 For those with a sweet tooth, we'll have fava frangipane tarts with buckwheat pastry, currants and plum jam; a barley sponge with rose geranium strawberries and whipped vanilla cream; little raspberry and greengage cakes; and a summer botanicals shortbread.

🍞 We'll also have freshly baked sourdough loaves, granolas, Five Grain Fruit & Seed Squares and Barley & Fruit Crumble Squares (all available to pre-order at the link in our bio) if you don't want to miss out!), all served alongside tea from Rare Tea Company, fairtrade coffee and fresh summer herb tea.

📍 Find us at the Hodmedod's Bean Store, The Studios, London Road, Brampton, Beccles, NR34 8DQ, from 11am–2pm on Saturday 20th June. Come hungry!

12/06/2026

How many falafels will you eat today? 🧆

It’s International Falafel Day! Few foods have travelled quite as far or been adapted quite as widely as the falafel.

Beloved across the Middle East and beyond, falafel is a reminder of the remarkable versatility of pulses. From Egypt's fava bean based ta'amiya to the chickpea falafel of the Levant, the dish reflects local pulses, tastes and traditions.

Falafel can be adapted to be made with many different pulses including British-grown fava beans and green peas, each bringing their own flavour, texture and character. (Just don’t use kidney, haricot or other Phaseolus species of bean, which need more prolonged cooking than the quick frying of falafel.)

Packed with plant-based protein and fibre, affordable, satisfying and endlessly adaptable, falafel shows just how much pulses can do. Serve them in wraps, salads, grain bowls or simply on their own with plenty of herbs and a good sauce. They’re the perfect street food.

You'll find all our falafel recipes at the link in our bio. Enjoy!

11/06/2026

Forget balls, look at the amazing beans of Mexico, one of the world’s centres of bean diversity… 🫘

We’ve taken delivery of some extraordinary beans from La Comandanta in Mexico via The Heirloom Bean Co - a dozen varieties of Phaseolus bean species with a spectacular range of colour, pattern, shape and flavour.

These beans are about more than beauty and taste. The Heirloom Bean Co is working with La Comandanta, a Mexico City organisation dedicated to rescuing authentic Mexican foods grown by traditional rural producers. Their motto, Cocina una Revolución ("Cook a Revolution"), reflects a belief that choosing authentic food can help protect cultural traditions, agricultural biodiversity and rural livelihoods.

Mexico is home to countless heirloom varieties of bean developed over generations. Yet many are at risk of disappearing as farmers struggle to access fair markets and face increasing pressure to grow commercial crops.

Through their partnership with La Comandanta, The Heirloom Bean Co helps support smallholder farmers growing these rare varieties, paying fair prices for their harvests and contributing to a fund that helps protect growers against crop failures. The beans are processed and packed in Mexico before making their way to us.

The result? Extraordinary beans with remarkable stories behind them.

Among the dozen varieties are beautiful Vaquita Rojo beans – striking red-and-cream speckled beans with a supple texture, rich flavour and gentle nuttiness. They're wonderful simmered in aromatic broths, slow-cooked vegetable dishes, soups, stews and grain-based plates, soaking up flavour while holding their shape beautifully.

Can't decide which to try? Try the Ten Beans of Mexico Bundle - a brilliant way to explore the incredible diversity on offer.

Or sign up to our newsletter for a chance for a bigger bundle with one or two extra very special rare varieties we have just a few packs of.

👉 Order a bundle, explore the full range, sign up for our newsletter via the link in our bio.

08/06/2026

🍲 Pasta e Ceci with Carlin Peas

A humble Italian classic, reimagined with British-grown carlin peas.

This comforting soupy pasta dish from Peter "Chippy" Grant of The Gatherer combines a slow-cooked soffritto, tender pasta and creamy carlin peas for a dish that's simple, nourishing and satisfying. By blending a portion of the peas into the broth, the soup develops a rich, velvety texture without the need for any dairy.

Carlin peas bring their own character to the pot: earthy, nutty and packed with protein and fibre, they're a brilliant alternative to chickpeas in this traditional recipe.

Perfect for batch cooking, cooler evenings and lazy weekends Find the full recipe here and let us know if you give it a try: https://hodmedods.co.uk/blogs/recipes/pasta-e-ceci-with-carlin-peas

06/06/2026

A new Bakehouse favourite - bursting with local fruits 🌾🍐

Our delicious new Barley & Fruit Crumble Squares are inspired by a simple idea: make good use of what we have.

As we near the end of the hungry gap and wait for summer fruit to arrive in earnest, baker has turned the last of the autumn and winter harvest into something rather special. Quince, medlar, apple and pear are layered between two crumbly barley and oat biscuit-like layers, creating a square that’s rich with fruit and full of character.

The centre is sweet, fragrant and gently sharp, with date-like medlar, aromatic quince and treacly dried pears balanced by apple molasses. Around it, barley flour, flakes and kibbles plus oats combined with butter, panela, pear purée and a pinch of sea salt create a deeply satisfying, caramel, malty flavour and moreish, sublime crumble.

Made in our Bakehouse using grains and British fruit including ’s medlars, they’re a celebration of seasonal cooking, kitchen creativity and making the most of every harvest. Find them via the link in our bio.

05/06/2026

This World Environment Day, what does a more environmentally friendly plate look like?

Long before food reaches the kitchen, it begins in the field, with diverse rotations, healthy soils and crops that work with nature.

Pulses such as beans, peas and lentils play an important role in more resilient farming systems. They can fix nitrogen from the air, reducing the need for synthetic fertilisers, while helping to increase diversity in arable rotations and supporting healthier soils.

Put pulses on the menu by exploring our beans, peas and lentils, or try one of the hundreds of free recipes on our website and discover just how delicious environment-first farming can be: https://hodmedods.co.uk/blogs/recipes

04/06/2026

Persian-inspired Khoresh Bademjan: deeply comforting, richly spiced, and made for slow evenings 🍋

Peter “Chippy” Grant aka The Gatherer shares his Khoresh Bademjan recipe, suggesting our British-grown organic naked fava beans in place of traditional yellow split peas. Silky aubergines, rich tomato, warming turmeric and cinnamon and sharp preserved lemon come together in a stew that’s rustic, homestyle, and even better the next day.

Serve with saffron rice, thick coconut yoghurt, flatbread, and plenty of fresh herbs.

Find the full recipe here: https://hodmedods.co.uk/blogs/recipes/khoresh-bademjan-with-naked-fava-beans-preserved-lemon

03/06/2026

Calling all farmers, millers & bakers! What happens if we work together to build a more resilient grain economy?

Join Barleybird at Maple Farm on 29 June for a free event exploring diverse cereal cropping in East Anglia, with a farm tour from Mike Mallet, Farm Manager that includes older wheat varieties, cereal mixtures and agroforestry systems just ahead of harvest.

The afternoon will include conversations with members of the East Anglian Grain Alliance, part of the UK Grain Lab network, who are working to strengthen relationships across the grain chain and support the production of delicious, nutritious food from diverse crops.

Refreshments are included, plus a chance to discuss everything from growing and processing to marketing a greater diversity of cereals, alongside practical examples of how diversity can help farms manage disease, drought and other challenges.

📍 Maple Farm, Saxmundham
📅 Monday 29th June
🎟️ Free to attend, booking essential

https://barleybird.org/events-workshops-training/farmer-workshop-29jun26

02/06/2026

Hodmedod's Pulse Club: June Selection 🌱

This month's Pulse Club bundle is packed with colourful pulses from near and far, including some exciting new arrivals, beloved favourites and a few rare treats.

Alongside newly available Speckled Green Lentils and organic Naked Yellow Peas, we've included Whole Marrowfat Peas – perfect for classic mushy peas, but equally at home in soups, casseroles and dips.

Our June selection also features organic Black Lentils and delicate White Coco Beans from France, plus a particularly special bean from North America: Christmas Lima Beans from Rancho Gordo. These beautifully mottled beans are a favourite among bean enthusiasts and aren't always easy to come by.

And because we like to keep things interesting, there's a taster pack of our new Five Grain, Seed & Pea Granola – possibly the only granola you'll find made with peas.

Want to join the club? Subscribe for just £25 (with a value of over £31), and receive a new selection every other month. We refresh each box regularly, giving you the chance to discover new varieties, rare beans, fresh harvests and trusted kitchen staples.

Find out more and join: https://hodmedods.co.uk/collections/pulses/products/pulse-club-selection

29/05/2026

Porridge meets bread 🌾

Our Wholemeal Four Grain Porridge Loaf begins with an overnight soak of our Organic Four Grain Muesli – rolled and jumbo oats, malted wheat, rye and barley flakes – before being folded into wholemeal sourdough made with YQ wheat flour.

The result is an XL loaf with rich, nutty and malted flavours, a soft and moreishly squidgy crumb and a freshness that you can come back to all week long.

Baked in small batches at the Hodmedod Bakehouse by Henrietta and sent out fresh each week for Friday delivery.

Order by midday every Monday to reserve your loaf for the Friday: https://hodmedods.co.uk/collections/bakery

Address

The Bean Store, Brampton Depot
Beccles
NR348DQ

Telephone

+441986467567

Website

https://hodmedods.co.uk/welcome

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