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Adi007

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We've been lying in bed watching Saturday Kitchen on the telly this morning, and I've agreed to make amends for the um charred tablecloth :oops: by cooking Kath the ultimate romantic dinner for two ... :-D

So I could use some help with suggestions for the ultimate bushcraft feast suitable to early spring:

So far I have:

For a starter:
limpets
hard boiled eggs (bit of a cheat but from free roaming hens)
dandelion salad

For a main course:
roast rabbit
wild onion
sea kale
needs some carbohydrate - thinking about cat tail root (not sure about the time of year for this??)

Bit stuck on dessert for this time of year. Any ideas ???

Dandelion coffee
 
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the naughty boy

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Mar 2, 2004
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dandelion salad?
is it edible? is it just the leaves?
over here theyre known as "wee the beds" because apparently if you eat the stems you wee the bed in your sleep..its true!

why not forget dessert and go straight to the cheeseboard?
 
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Kath

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Feb 13, 2004
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the naughty boy said:
why not forget dessert and go straight to the cheeseboard?
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Sacrilage! :shock:

Besides can you think of a wild cheese to forage?? :wink: Also we don't have cows or sheep to milk so no chance of making our own cheese.
 
martin

martin

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Sep 24, 2003
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You could use Burdock root for your carbohydrate, the swines take some digging up though!

For dessert you couldn't get much more romantic than Primrose flowers, raw or lightly battered then fryed.
 
Ed

Ed

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dandelion salad?
is it edible? is it just the leaves?
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Yep!!! they are edible. The young leaves are what you want in a salad as older ones can taste a bit tooooo green and bitter. The roots you can also roast to make a coffee substitute...... which is passable.

:)
Ed
 
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nowhere

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well i like danelion leaves - very nutritious - i also eat the flower heads which brightens up the salad nicely!

Steve.
 
Roving Rich

Roving Rich

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You can add young beech leaves and Hawthorn leaves to those dandelions to make abit of a salad, and watercress if you can find it.
And the ramsons are up if you wanna garlic things up a bit.
What are wild onions ??
Cheers
Rich
 
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Kath

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Feb 13, 2004
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Thanks for everyone's help and suggestions!

It all sounds good. The only thing I'm drawing the line at is woodlouses (lice??) as that's too gross for a non-survival situation... :p

And besides I kinda like the little fellas (I think they look like tiny little armadillos! :hurra: )

I'm getting really excited about the meal now. It's scheduled for this weekend (weather permitting!) as it's my birthday.

I will try and post some pics next week (assuming I'm not in hospital! :mrgreen:)
 
larry the spark

larry the spark

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Haha.... i bought one of those with a larvae or maggot in for my girlfriend as a jokey stocking filler a few years back. Her wee bro was only about 9 or 10 at the time and scoffed it thinking it was a fake.... oh the tears when he found out it was real, heehee :twisted: Served him right for nicking it in the first place though :lol:
 
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Kath

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I love it! And in place of the after dinner mint ... a creme de menth flavoured cricket! :rolmao:
 
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