Sunday, October 25, 2009

Local Eats fall edition

What's available in Metro Vancouver for October?

Vegetables: Artichokes, beans (dried), beets, broccoli, brussel sprouts, cabbage (green, savoy & red), carrots, cauliflower, celery, chard (swiss), corn, greenhouse cucumbers, fennel (bulb), garlic (fresh & dried), kale, leeks, lettuce, mustard greens, onions (red & yellow), greenhouse peppers, potatoes (red, russet, yellow, white), parsnips, pumpkins, radishes, rutabagas, salad greens, shallots, spinach, squash (winter), tomatoes, turnips (white), zuchini
Fruit: Apples, crab apples, cranberries, kiwi, pears, quince
Meat & Dairy: Dairy Products, eggs, beef, buffalo, chicken, duck, goat, lamb, ostrich, pheasant, pork, rabbit, turkey
Seafood: Clams, cod (Pacific), crab, Dungeness crab, flounder/sole (Pacific), halibut (Pacific), mussles, oysters (Pacific), prawns (jumbo), sablefish (black cod), salmon (Chinook/King/Spring/Chum), sardines (Pacific), scallops, shrimp (side stripe, west coast), tuna (Albacore)
Herbs: Bay leaves, basil, chervil, cilantro, dill leaf, dill seed, epazote, fennel leaf, lemon verbena, mint, oregano, parsley, rosemary, sage, savory (summer & winter), shiso, sweet marjoram, sorrel, tarragon, thyme
Etc: Grains, honey, Mushrooms, Nuts

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