What's in Season

August

August is a month of bounty, with all the main crop veg in full swing and mushrooms peaking in to keep things interesting. Plus the first apples are back - hooray! These early birds can be a bit tart so if they are then give them a bit of heat to bring them down a bit. Great in a pie, tart or even just baked on their own with spices and cream.

We're still very much in med range here so make the most of the tasty tomatoes and cook simple pasta sauces, the tart baking can wait till the weekend, to be eaten cold when the mood takes you.

Veg

Artichokes (Globe) - Aubergine - Beetroot - Broad Beans - Broccoli – Cabbages (various green) - Carrots - Cauliflower - Courgettes - Cucumbers - Fennel - French/Green Beans - Garlic- Horseradish - Kohlrabi - Lamb's Lettuce - Mange-tout - Onions - Oyster Mushrooms - Pak Choi - Peas (Including Sugar Snaps) - Potatoes (main crop) - Purslane - Radishes - Rocket - Runner Beans - Sweetcorn - Tomatoes - Watercress

Fruit

Apples - Early (Discovery - George Cave - Redsleeves) - Apricots - Blackberries (Cultivated) - Blackcurrants - Blueberries - Loganberries - Melons (Imported Charentais) - Peaches And Nectarines (Imported) - Plums - Raspberries - Redcurrants - White Currants - Worcesterberries - Bilberries (Aka Blaeberries) - Blackberries - Bullace - Damsons - Wild Strawberries - Greengages

Meat

Lamb - Rabbit - Wood Pigeon - Hare

Fish & Seafood

Black Bream - Coley - Crab (brown and spider) - Gurnard - Haddock - Halibut - Langoustine - Lobster - Mackerel - Mullet (red) - Mussel - Plaice - Pollack - Scallops - Sea Bass - Sea Trout - Sole (Dover) - Signal Crayfish (freshwater) - Trout (river - ie brown and rainbow) - Whiting

Also

It’s Beginning To get close to Wild Mushroom Season

Recipes

Chicken Caesar Salad - Provencal Chicken with Olives in White Wine - Vietnamese beef salad - Fried halloumi with runner bean salad