Welcome to The Mother Cooker, I’m Gem and I’m here to help you sow, grow and cook your own seasonal food.

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Highlights of the Season

 
 

In Season: October

It’s officially autumn, how exciting. Here’s what’s in season:

Vegetables: artichoke, beetroot, broccoli, butternut squash, celeriac, celery, chicory, chillies, fennel, garlic, horseradish, jerusalem artichoke, kale, kohlrabi, leeks, lettuce & salad leaves, marrow, parsnips, potatoes (maincrop), pumpkin, radishes, rocket, runner beans, salsify, shallots, swede, sweetcorn, tomatoes, truffles (black), truffles (white), turnips, watercress, wild mushrooms

Herbs & nuts: almonds, brazil nuts, chestnuts, chives, cob nuts, hazelnuts, parsley (curly), rosemary, sage, sorrel, thyme, walnuts

Fruit: apples, bilberries, blackberries, elderberries, figs, grapes, medlar, pears, quince

Meat: beef, duck, goose, grouse, guinea fowl, hare, lamb, mallard, partridge, pheasant, rabbit, turkey, venison, wood pigeon

Fish: clams, cod, coley, crab, dab, dover sole, grey mullet, gurnard, haddock, halibut, hake, herring, lemon sole, lobster, mackerel, monkfish, mussels, oysters, pilchard, plaice, pollack, prawns, red mullet, sea bass (wild), sea bream, skate, squid, turbot, winkles


 

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leftover chicken sandwich

When we make a roast dinner, we often have rotisserie/roasted chicken leftover, well if the dog doesn’t get it. This sandwich was created to try and use it up. It’s also one of my favourite things to eat, so thought I would share it with you.

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Welcome to autumn, my favourite season of them all.
— Gem