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The first issue of Gentle Decline in MONTHS is now filtering through email servers everywhere. You can read it on the web here: gentledecline.substack.com/p/gentle-decli… (but you should also subscribe).

I really liked gourmetmushrooms.co.uk but the whole Brexit thing and me being in another country has sort of messed that up. I'm trying to find an EU supplier of interesting mushroom substrates that will cater for a home grower/beginner/interested occasional dabbler?

Mad musings about mushrooms in some medieval Italian recipes (Scappi) by me, not expert in any of those fields, just interested. pontagedue.wordpress.com/2021/04/06/mus…

@mickkellygrows I think it's because a good few recipe writers - not chefs, per se, because they're usually more aware of it from having to buy large amounts - just don't know what is and isn't in season. And the editors choosing when to publish specific recipes certainly don't.

Amount of out of season veg that features in weekend newspapers recipes is unreal.. convinced it’s less nutritious and with higher food miles, less sustainable.. But above all, because of the long trip from plot to plate.. it’s less delicious. So why recommend cooking with it?

An interesting piece here about dining rooms. I don't quite agree with all of its conclusions, but I'll expand on that in a future issue. It's worth noting that there's an estate here in Maynooth where most of the houses still have a dining room. vox.com/the-goods/2235…

@_sorcha Yeah, the variability between branches is pretty notable.

@commonplaceish I got avocados there this week - have only not got them one week since Christmas 🤔

Tesco had cucumbers very briefly this week, and is now out of them again. Avocados are likewise unavailable. Lidl has both. I'm still not sure how that works.

Also, I attended an online talk by @Irish_Cookbooks last night, in conjunction with @NLIreland, which has me thoroughly fired up for looking at more manuscript recipe books when that's possible again. :)

The latest issue of Commonplace, much of which is about timing, is out: commonplacebook.substack.com/p/commonplace-…

The latest issue, which talks about the experience of following Medieval Lenten food rules, and also manages to quote @Nigella_Lawson (who is very much not Lenten) is out now. commonplacebook.substack.com/p/commonplace-…

I've studied (or at least read about) manuscripts and books from just about every period of history, and this is a form of cookbook annotation I have never seen before: twitter.com/claudykin/stat…

Important work being done here.

New book recommended by @_sorcha for current research has arrived. It looks fantastic. I may have to pry it from @sabayone's hands...

I have mushrooms - shiitake - to grow, courtesy of @OrlaithshiuilAm . We'll see how this goes. #shrooms #shiitake #mushroomfarming