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Written by NeonSnake on 2025-01-28 at 18:11

Feb's list of "seasonal" veg for the UK:

(the "i" is for imports)

brussels sprouts, cauliflower, celeriac, chicory, jerusalem artichoke, kale, kohlrabi, leeks, parsnips, potatoes (maincrop), purple sprouting broccoli, salsify, shallots, swede, truffles (black) [i], turnips

bananas (Windward) [i], blood oranges [i], clementines [i], kiwi fruit [i], lemons [i], oranges [i], passion fruit [i], pineapple [i], pomegranate [i], rhubarb

It's pretty similar to Jan, to be honest. There's a lot I won't/don't use, and a lot I will, but not a lot that's worth buying in bulk and preserving in the "traditional" fashion. Fruit is pretty scarce except for rhubarb, which I'm not a massive fan of.

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Descendants

Written by NeonSnake on 2025-01-28 at 18:14

From a meat/fish perspective:

guinea fowl, hare, partridge, turkey, venison

clams, cockles, dab, dover sole, gurnard, haddock, halibut, hake, langoustine, lemon sole, lobster, mackerel, mussels, oysters, red mullet, salmon, scallops (queen), skate, turbot, winkles

I might try smoking some of the fish, but I'm not going to go out of my way to do so.

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Written by Bimbo on 2025-01-28 at 18:12

@neonsnake Purple sweet potatoes too!

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Written by NeonSnake on 2025-01-28 at 18:15

@BigTittyBimbo I wish I liked sweet potato! Dunno why, it just doesn't work for me.

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Written by Bimbo on 2025-01-28 at 18:15

@neonsnake I love to roast a big one for lunch and eat it with some cream cheese and pomegranete molasses!

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Written by NeonSnake on 2025-01-28 at 18:26

@BigTittyBimbo I find "root veg" quite interesting, in terms of what people like and don't - I'm not fond of sweet potato, or of parsnips, for instance. Swede, on the other hand, I love. The people I cook for are the opposite, so I cook all of it.

And I'm not totally sure that the difference in taste really stacks up in any meaningful sense.

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Written by Bimbo on 2025-01-28 at 18:30

@neonsnake parsnips make me wretch 🤢

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Written by NeonSnake on 2025-01-28 at 18:36

@BigTittyBimbo lolll same here

I buy them sometimes in one of those "Bag Of Root Veg" that you find in the supermarkets, you know? Carrots, swede, parsnips?

I cook them in maple syrup/olive oil and dish them up on the other plate, but am careful not to let them end up on my plate.

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Written by Bimbo on 2025-01-28 at 18:37

@neonsnake yeah i know the ones! I do all my veg myself by hand bc money and also no risk I'm gonna accidentally eat a parsnip

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Written by NeonSnake on 2025-01-28 at 18:40

@BigTittyBimbo lol no-one wants to "accidently eat a parsnip" that one is not prepared for lmao 😂

(I did, many years ago, when as a kid I was served what looked like a roast potato. It wasn't)

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Written by Bimbo on 2025-01-28 at 18:45

@neonsnake I would actually cry 😭

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Written by NeonSnake on 2025-01-28 at 18:53

@BigTittyBimbo I think I ate them because "polite" (it was my Grandad's new girlfriend, and I was like 9 or fucking something stupid).

Spent a few years having to undo it with my mum along the lines of "no, I didn't actually like them, please stop serving them up"

Ratatouille was my other one - I literally cannot eat courgettes or aubergines, due to texture, and am very fussy about greasy onions and chunky tomatoes - like, makes me retch - so of course, that was a thing they got into for several years

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Written by Bimbo on 2025-01-28 at 19:07

@neonsnake noooooo

Sorry you had to go through that, id be so upset. Sometimes i wish my autism was more chill about foods i could/couldn't eat

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Written by NeonSnake on 2025-01-28 at 20:34

@BigTittyBimbo mine was just fussiness - I don't think I'm nd , although I'm not sure (I've not been diagnosed one way or another, never really thought about it)

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Written by Bimbo on 2025-01-28 at 20:37

@neonsnake idk if its worth it in the UK, you have to either fit very specific """low functioning""" criteria or be very lucky with your assessor

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Written by there is beauty in simplicity on 2025-01-28 at 18:36

@neonsnake smoked oysters tho :bear_dance:

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Written by NeonSnake on 2025-01-28 at 18:38

@kinsale42

I've never tried them - I'm so fussy when it comes to seafood - I've spent hours in the past on seafood dishes only to find that I literally can't eat them (texture, taste, whatever) that I'm now very cautious about them all.

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