Checking Beeton's Book of Household Management to see what's in season for November, we are definitely starting to see a reduction in available ingredients.
Fish- Brill, carp, cod, crabs, eels, gudgeons, haddocks, oysters, pike, soles, tench, turbot, whitling.
Meat- Beef, mutton, veal, doe venison.
Poultry- Chickens, fowls, geese, larks, pigeons, pullets, rabbits, teal, turkeys, widgeon, wild ducks.
Game- Hares, partridges, pheasant, snipes, woodcocks, doe venison.
Vegetables- Beetroot, cabbages, carrots, celery, lettuces, late cucumbers, onions, potatoes, salading, spinach, sprouts--various kitchen herbs.
Fruit- Apples, bullaces, chestnuts, filberts, grapes, pears, walnuts.
The fish list lost barbel, flounder, lobster, mullet, plaice, prawns, and skate, gaining in return cod and pike. Pork is off the meat list again. No changes to poultry. Blackcock and grouse came off the game menu (and doe venison was moved into "meat"), with no new additions. Root vegetables and cool-weather greens dominate the vegetable list, which has since last month lost artichokes, cauliflower, tomatoes, mushrooms, pease, turnips, and vegetable marrow. It did see the addition of late cucumbers, though [which confuses me, since my cucumber plants were at their most prolific through July/August and active into September, all months which do not list cucumbers at all.] The fruit category lost damsons, figs, and quinces, but gained chestnuts; we're firmly into an autumn mix of hard tree-fruits, nuts, and grapes.
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