Vegetables, Salads & Relishes

Trekking north, away from the sun, something happened that made vegetables of colder climates dance attendance upon meat. One could argue that choosing to eat vegetables in their own right is a contemporary luxury, since southern climes produced fruit and vegetables in colourful abundance in conditions where arable farming was and is impossible. People eat what they eat for historic, social, climatic and topographic reasons — determinants more significant than any conscious decision on the part of the consumer.