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Did you know about St Patrick’s Day?

St Patrick’s Day is on 17th March as this is the date of St Patrick’s death in 461AD.

March Seasonal Foods

Seasonal foods for March

Did You Know About Valentine’s Day?

Pope Gelasius I held the first feast of St. Valentine’s in 496 AD, who included Valentine among those “… whose names are justly reverenced among men, but whose acts are known only to God.”  This quote implies that even at this early stage the pope did not know the history of St Valentine.
It is generally […]

February Seasonal Foods

What you should be eating in February

Did you Know the history of the Christmas Pudding

The origins of the Christmas pudding dates back to the fourteenth century. This Christmas tradition began as a ’porridge’ called frumenty. This included beef, mutton, raisins, currents, prunes, wine, and mixed spices. It was a soup-like fasting dish eaten before the Christmas celebrations commenced.

November Seasonal Foods

What you should be eating in November

October Seasonal Foods

Vegetables
artichoke
aubergine
beetroot
broccoli
brussel sprouts
butternut squash
carrots
celeriac
celery
chicory
chillies
courgettes
cucumber
fennel
french beans
garlic
horseradish
jerusalem artichoke
kale
kohlrabi
leeks
lettuces & salad leaves
marrow
onions
parsnips
peppers
potatoes (maincrop)
pumpkin
radishes
rocket
runner beans
salsify
shallots
spinach
spring onions
swede
sweetcorn
turnips
watercress
wild nettles
Fruit & Nuts
apples
bilberries
blackberries
elderberries
figs
grapes
lemons
medlars
melons
nectarines
oranges
passion fruit
peaches
pears
plums
quince
tomatoes
Herbs, Flowers, Fungi & Nuts
almonds
basil
brazil nuts
chestnuts
chives
cob nuts
coriander
hazelnuts
mint
mushrooms (cultivated)
oregano
mushrooms (wild)
parsley (curly)
rosemary
sage
sorrel
thyme
truffles (black)
truffles (white)
walnuts

Meat
beef
chicken
duck
goose
grouse
guinea fowl
hare
lamb
mallard
partridge
pheasant
pork
rabbit
turkey
venison
wood pigeon
Fish & Seafood
brill
clams
cockles
cod
coley
conger eel
crab
dab
Dover sole
eel
grey mullet
haddock
halibut
hake
herring
john dory
langoustine
lemon sole
lobster
mackerel
monkfish
mussels
oysters
plaice
pilchard
pollack
prawns
scallops
sea bass
sea bream
shrimp
skate
squid
turbot
whelks
winkles

About Poached Pears

Pears are a nutritional fruit that can be eaten and cooked in a variety of ways and are beneficial for people of all ages.

A History of Pear Growing in the UK

The cultivation of pears goes back some 4,000 years. It is likely that they originated in the Caucasus region from where they spread west to Europe and east to Asia.

Did You Know The Facts About Garlic?

Garlic, also known as allium sativum, is related to the lily family, along with onions, shallots, chives and leaks.
Central Asia is considered by most to be its place of origin.
Garlic was being used in Egypt by 3,000 B.C. and was fed to the slaves building the pyramids to increase their stamina. The only slave revolt […]

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