Whom would you rather sit next to at a dinner party?

a) The banker who reminisces about the good times.
b) The name-dropping celebrity interior designer.
c) The woman who drones on about her kids.

None of the above, because nobody likes the dinner party bore.

But what about the dinner party boar?

Fresh from the green fields of the Cotswolds comes a culinary joy guaranteed to impress the foodie set. Boar is lower in cholesterol than beef and much tastier than lamb. Farmer Simon Gaskell risks life and limb taming the wild beasts to bring home the bacon, then produces a line of salami and charcuterie — from red wine chorizo to game and port salami — that rivals the best Spanish and France exports.

Serve a spread and bask in the ensuing gastropraise.

You’ll definitely be raising the steaks.

Available online at therealboar.co.uk.

Photo: Courtesy of The Real Boar Company