March - what’s in season?
Vegetables: broccoli (purple sprouting), cabbages (various green varieties), chicory, spring greens (i.e. the first leaves of early cabbages), winter greens (e.g. kale, ruby chard, spinach), leeks, sea kale, celeriac
Fruit: rhubarb (forced), blood oranges*, mandarins*, oranges*
Wild greens and herbs: alexanders, chickweed, chives, cow parsley (aka wild chervil), fat hen, nettles, watercress
Wild flowers and fruits: primroses (garden)
Fungi, nuts and saps: birch saps
Fish and shellfish: cockles, mussels, crab (brown, cock), oysters (rock), pollack, salmon (wild), sea trout, cod, lemon sole
Game: hare
For further details:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2006/oct/21/foodanddrink2
*These are obviously not UK-grown, but are currently in abundance on the continent, making them a cheap import. Just avoid buying air-freighted! Visit www.abelandcole.co.uk
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