![]() ![]() ![]() For centuries, foods were imported into the British Isles through trade from far flung lands. I was curious to know which fruits and vegetables were readily available for a family in Steventon or Bath’s markets, particularly in late June through early September. The variety of foods in Jane Austen’s day were different. The foods listed in the EIFC are those available in Great Britain today. This site includes a more extensive list of foods, and suggests recipes as well. I also checked the National Trust site, which discusses foods in season in August – July – and September. ![]() (See the list of fruits and vegetables below.) In that site I looked up fruits and vegetables in Great Britain, clicked on August, and received the following information on the food during this month.īilberry, blackberry, blueberry, cherry, crab apple, elderberry, gooseberry, greengage, loganberry, plum, raspberry, redcurrent, strawberry, watermelonĪrtichoke, aubergine, beetroot, bell pepper, broad bean, broccoli, cabbage, carrot, cavolo nero, celery, chard, chili, courgette, cucumber, fennel, garlic, haricot bean, kohlrabi, lamb’s lettuce, mangetout, marrow, mushroom, onion, pak choi, pea, potato, radicchio, radish, rucola, runner bean, samphire, spinach, spring onion, sweet corn, tomato, turnip, watercress Luckily, I found two websites that made my search for British food easy: one is for the seasonal foods of England at the The European Food Information Council. ![]() Fantastic hairdress with fruit and vegetable motif, 18th c., anonymous. ![]()
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