The kitchen almanac

September

Harvest month. Apples, plums and damsons for crumbles and jam, mushrooms in the woods and the first squash.

In season

  • Tomato
  • Sweetcorn
  • Apple
  • Pear
  • Plum
  • Damson
  • Blackberries
  • Fig
  • Squash
  • Aubergine
  • Leek
  • Mushroom
  • Kale
  • Beetroot
  • Mussel
  • Oyster

Days to mark

  • Harvest Festival 27 September A harvest loaf, apples and marrows, and a harvest supper
  • Michaelmas 29 September Roast goose, blackberries and apples

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