Starting tomorrow I am doing a foraged food week, while living in the comfort of my own home. It leads on from the threads about the man that died tryng to live off the land in the scotish highlands. I am doing it mainly to help those that wish to go to the wilds and live off the land. It is to show it is not easy to live off the land, it is very hard work. Hopefully the recipes and the vareity of foods that i eat will be knowlegde that will be helpful to others. Also on personal level it is good to pressure test skills and i know been hungry makes you quite sharp for spotting wild food resources. i should also get a bit fitter and lose start to lose the podge a bit aswell.
I live 8 miles from the sea, so it is 16-20 mile round cycle trip to get the plentiful food that is there. This month is the hardest to find wild food, but there is still stuff out there. I will be using some food that has been foraged that I have stored. I have three kilos of hazelnuts in their shells, quite a bit of fruit leather and some acorn flour. I also have a freezer, a shower and warm bed to sleep in. I dont aim to break the law, all the roots will come from where I have permission to dig them up, the rest is under collected common law.
The cheats I am going to do are stock cubes or marmite. When I have done this before I lived in the midlands where the wild food obviously has no salt, I might be ok here, But i cant see seaweed providing enough to prevent issues. If i get a craving for butter I will have some, as fat and fat soluble vitamins is quite low in most wild foods, although there is quite a bit in hazelnuts.
I live 8 miles from the sea, so it is 16-20 mile round cycle trip to get the plentiful food that is there. This month is the hardest to find wild food, but there is still stuff out there. I will be using some food that has been foraged that I have stored. I have three kilos of hazelnuts in their shells, quite a bit of fruit leather and some acorn flour. I also have a freezer, a shower and warm bed to sleep in. I dont aim to break the law, all the roots will come from where I have permission to dig them up, the rest is under collected common law.
The cheats I am going to do are stock cubes or marmite. When I have done this before I lived in the midlands where the wild food obviously has no salt, I might be ok here, But i cant see seaweed providing enough to prevent issues. If i get a craving for butter I will have some, as fat and fat soluble vitamins is quite low in most wild foods, although there is quite a bit in hazelnuts.
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