Thu Aug 14, 1:42 PM ET

LONDON (AFP) - A British pub is offering pints for potatoes, or any other home-grown produce, in a bartering initiative which is taking off as the credit crunch bites.
The Pigs pub in the village of Edgefield, eastern England, is offering the free booze in exchange for fruit, fish, meat or vegetables which can be used on its menu.
"If you grow, breed, shoot or steal anything that may look at home on our menu, then bring it in and let's do a deal," says a sign in the pub, which has swapped pints for a kilo of potatoes, three mackerel, or a locally-shot rabbit.
Manager Cloe Wasey, 24, explained: "We've been doing it for almost two years now but the success of it has only just recently started to boom with the credit crunch setting in."
"It's also great for us because we get produce at a good price, although we have high standards so the food we get in has to meet those. We find the home grown stuff is often much better than what we can get from the suppliers.
"Someone will say 'that rabbit tasted great' and we say 'here, meet the person who shot it'," she added.

 

that's awesome

 

Too bad the rabbit wouldn't fly in the US.

Thats a great idea though. I love bartering.

 

fucking outstanding!

 

Brilliant. :eek5:

 

Rabbit's don't fly...

I have been to restaurants that served rabbit though, here in the US.

 

Yeah but was it farm raised rabbit? I'm not too sure what the law says about wild rabbit being served.

 

No they served game, they also have venison, bear, moose, wild duck and geese on the menu.

 

I so wish my bar did that.

 

man i'd never have to pay for beer again