What’s happening this month in terms of events? Well, not a lot, but at the end of the month there is the bank holiday – a final long weekend in which to enjoy the fading days of summer. August is all about the beach and the sea, so lots of fish and sea food.
On the 12th of August there is grouse – delicious but fiddly. On 15 August the first Vacherin Mont d’Or cheese becomes available, and towards the end of the month the damsons begin.
Food in season in August
- agretti aka barba di frate
biancoli, fioretto, sweet sprouting cauliflower - apples (Bramley)
- apricots
- artichokes
- aubergine
- basil
- beans (broad)
- beans (French)
- beans (runner)
- beetroot
- biancoli
- blackberries
- blackcurrants
- blueberries
- borage
- broad beans
- broccoli
borage - cabbages
- carrots
- cauliflower
- celery
- chard
- cherries
- chervil
- chicory
- chillies
- chives
- cod
- coley
- coriander
- courgettes
- crab – spider
- crabapples
- cucamelons
Vacherin or Mont D’or - cucumber
- currant, black and red
- dab
- damsons
- dill
- duck
- elderberries
- fennel
- figs
- flounder
- french beans
- garlic
- gooseberries
- grapes
- greengages
- grey gurnard
- grey mullet
- grouse
use lobster to add interest…. - haddock
- hake
- halibut
- herb fennel
- herring
- John Dory
- kale
- kohlrabi
- lamb
- lemon verbena
- lettuce and salad leaves
- lobster
- loganberries
- lovage
- mackerel
- mange tout
- mangoes
- marjoram
- marrow (ugh!)
- melons
- mint
- monkfish
if you can find white peaches they are the best - mulberries
- mushrooms – wild
- nasturtium
- nectarines
- onions
- oregano
- parsley
- parsnips
- peaches
- pears – early ripening
- peas
- peppers
- pigeon – wood
- plaice
- plums
- pollack
- potatoes
- prawn
- rabbit
- radishes
- raspberries
- red cabbage
- red mullet
- redcurrants
red and white currants - rocket
- rosemary
- runner beans
- sage
- salad burnet
- salmon
- samphire
- sardines
- scallops – queen
- sea bass
- sea bream
- sea buckthorn
- shallots
- shrimp
- sole (Dover)
- sole (lemon)
- sole (megrim)
- sorrel
- spinach
- spring onions
- squid
- strawberries
- sweetcorn
- szechuan pepper
- tarragon – French
- tayberries
- thyme
- tomatoes
- trout – brown
- turnips
- vacherin mont d’or
- walnuts (late august)
- watercress
- whelks
