Cookery for every household

In the case of fish, for instance, it will be found that the season varies somewhat in different districts, and the laws as regards salmon and other fishing are not the same in all parts of the country (see Note, p. 29). Then, again, some kinds of fish are obtainable all the year round, and the calendar may only state when they are at their best and cheapest. As far as vegetables and fruit are concerned the vagaries of weather and climate must be taken into consideration, and the season will vary somewhat according to whether a district is in a mild or sheltered situation, or otherwise. For those who live within touch of the London amd other large markets it would almost seem as if some kinds of food were never out of season. So much is now imported from foreign countries, as well as from the colonies, that as soon as the home products are finished they are supplemented by those from other parts. There are others, however, who are not so highly favoured, and for those it is hoped that the following will be a help in making up their daily bill of fare : JANUARY Meat Beef, mutton, house lamb, pork, veal, venison. Game and Poultry Capons, capercailzie, chickens, ducks, fowls, geese, hares, landrails, larks, partridges, pheasant, pigeons, pintail, plover, ptarmigan, pullets, quails, rabbits, snipe, teal, turkeys, wild-fowl, widgeon, woodcock. Fish Barbel, bream, brill, carp, cod, dory, eels, flounders, gurnet, haddock, hake, halibut, herring, ling, mackerel, perch, pike, plaice, red mullet, salmon (Dutch and Canadian), skate, smelts, soles, sprats, tench, turbot, whiting. Crabs, crayfish, lobsters, mussels, oysters, scallops, shrimps. Vegetables Artichokes (globe, Japanese, and Jerusalem), beetroot, broccoli, Brussels sprouts, cabbage, cardoons, carrots, celeriac, celery, chervil, chicory, cress, cucumber (forced), endive, horse-radish, leeks, lettuce, mushrooms (cultivated), onions, parsnips, potatoes, radishes, salsify, savoys, Scotch kale, winter spinach, tomatoes, turnips- turnip tops. Fruit Apples, bananas, cranberries, grapes, lemons, limes, oranges, pears, pine-apples, rhubarb (forced), nuts (almonds, Brazil, chestnuts, cobs, walnuts, &c.). FEBRUARY Meat Beef, mutton, house lamb, pork, veal, venison. Game and Poultry Capons, capercailzie, chickens, ducks, fowls, geese, hares, larks, landrails, partridges, pheasants, pigeons, pintail, plover, ptarmigan, pullets, prairiehen, quails, rabbits, snipe, teal, turkeys, wild-fowl, widgeon, woodcock. Fish Barbel, bream, brill, carp, cod, dory, eels, flounders, gurnet, haddock, hake, halibut, herring, ling, mackerel, perch, pike, plaice, red mullet, salmon, skate, smelts, soles, sprats, tench, trout, turbot, whitebait, whiting. Crabs, crayfish, lobsters, mussels, oysters, prawns, scallops, shrimps. Vegetables Artichokes (globe, Japanese, and Jerusalem), beetroot, broccoli, Brussels sprouts, cabbage, eardoons, carrots, celeriac, celery, chervil, chicory, cress, cucumber (forced), endive, horse-radish, leeks, lettuce, mushrooms (cultivated), onions, parsnips, potatoes, radishes, salsify, savoys, Scotch kale, sea-kale, spinach, tomatoes, turnips, turnip tops. Fruit Apples, bananas, cranberries, grapes, lemons, limes, oranges, pears, pine-apples, rhubarb (forced), nuts (almonds, Brazil, chestnuts, cobs, walnuts, &c. MARCH Meat Beef, mutton, house lamb, pork, veal, venison. Game and Poultry