What’s in the markets in September

[John Talbott]

What’s in the markets in September

The following are reported by the Almanach du Gastronomie + Regal* to appear in the markets in September:

Arriving: oysters, bouquet prawns, sole, rouget, game, soup vegetables, chestnuts, mushrooms, Picodon cheese, apples and nuts.

Leaving: langoustines, ceteaux, tomatoes, strawberries, blackberries, bilberries, melons and peaches.

In full season: sardines, anchovies, mackerel, coalfish, tuna, calamari, spider, swimming and big crabs, bar, lobster, beans, beets, fennel, broccoli, frisee, garlic, eggplant, cepes, zucchini, herbs, sorrel, peppers, potatoes, brie de Meaux, camembert, Chaource, goats, Epoisses, gaperon, munster, Neufchatel, Pont l’Eveque, Reblochon, pears, Mirabelle, quetsche and other plums, grapes, almonds, brugnon and other nectarines, red fruit, and figs.

*References: Almanach du Gastronomie by Armelle de Scitivaux (Bottin Goumand, 1998, 133 FF) and the September-October Regal.