My character Thomas Radwinter has just visited a local Bed and Breakfast hotel as part of his latest commission – he hesitates to say ‘case’, but he actually is undertaking an investigation. Who has commissioned him? Strangely it is a local police inspector – and what is the commission? Not on this occasion to find a missing person, but to discover who a found person is. A young woman was found washed up on the local beach with no memory of how she got there, where she is from, or even who she is! The young woman is now living with the person who found her, Sylvie the hotel owner and her dog, Busby.
Thomas visits, ostensibly to discuss organic fruit and vegetables – his brother John has an organic allotment and sells his spare produce to supplement his income. The hotel owner is hoping to start serving evening meals as well as breakfasts and light lunches, but she wants everything she cooks and serves to be organic, ethically produced, locally sourced and in season.
I was investigating myself, to see what might be available to my fictitious landlady, and came across the vegetarian Society’s page, listing seasonal fruit and vegetables:
vegetables which John might grow:
- asparagus
- beetroot
- broad beans
- broccoli
- cauliflower
- chicory
- courgettes
- cucumber
- lettuce
- marrow
- new potatoes
- peas
- radishes
- rocket
- runner beans
- spring greens
- spring onions
- summer squash
- swiss chard
- turnips
fruit which John might grow:
- blackcurrants
- gooseberries
- cherries
- raspberries
- redcurrants
- rhubarb
- strawberries
- tayberries
items which Sylvie might forage:
- elderflowers
- samphire
- sorrel
- watercress
All these things are in season right now! I’m not sure which of these John is actually growing, this will be revealed when Thomas goes back to meet him!
Here is a link to the Vegetarian Society:
https://www.vegsoc.org/page.aspx?pid=525
and her is a link to my Thomas Radwinter series, and my other e-books:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_1?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=lois+elsden
Made strawberry jam and elderflower cordial yesterday. Just started picking loganberries
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Sounds divine! I’ve never made a cordial… is it difficult?
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No, dead easy, especially elderflower. Loads of recipes online. We also do it with blackberries and blackcurrants later in the year.
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I’ll have a look – I’m sure i could do it as I love making other jams, jellies, preserves etc! I wonder if I could do a quince cordial…!!
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I think you can use any fruit. You start like making a jelly but use less sugar and don’t boil anywhere near setting point and add citric acid to help preserve the liquid.
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I will have a go… if I remember by the time the fruit is ripe! 😀
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