I was reading this today: Large meals weere prepared in this room, cauldrons of stew for the insatiate hunger of eight. Stews of all that grew on these rich banks, flavoured with sage, coloured with Oxo, and laced with a few bones of lamb. There was, it is true, little meat at those times; sometimes a pound of bare ribs for boiling, or an occasional rabbit dumped at the door by a neighbour. But there was green food of great weight in season, and lentils and bread for ballast. Laurie Lee c. 1918 So all we need to do is turn over our gardens to veg and smile sweetly at Scribe who may drop a rabbit off. I'm happy to swap some sage for lentils.