One is forcibly struck by the fact that one does NOT particularly know what fruit or vegetables are in season at the moment. A sense of chagrin is only enhanced by having grown up in the Lincolnshire countryside since the age of 11 (which somewhat negates the argument of being a city born boy).
Aside from knowing that peas & strawberries are summer fruits one has been left with little other working knowledge. Which seems a shame if not even shameful.
Our connection with the land and the changing seasons is continually swamped. Entombed as it is beneath the ever foaming tide of availability and forced grown foods the supermarkets offer all year round. One could argue however that this is disconnecting us from the natural state of things, as well as leaving us with bland rather than seasonably wondrous taste sensations.
No matter, there are tools online to help with this sort of thing;
http://eatseasonably.co.uk/what-to-eat-now/calendar/
Oh noble internet thou art a wondrous tool for such things! Now let's see if we an be inspired to eat a little more seasonally. (difficult when constant temptations sail before us but still....)
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