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  1. Mendip Man

    disappointing breakfast

    I'm with you on this one - there's nothing like finding some lovely shrooms only to discover they are not edible. Found some weeping boletes and birch boletes up here on the Mendips the other day, but when I fried them up but they had too many maggots in them. Very dissapointed!
  2. Mendip Man

    FS: Brand new Belgium Army Smock

    AS above, never used smock, olive green in large. Looking for £22 plus postage. I'll sort pics out shortly! Cheers MM
  3. Mendip Man

    Survival as a Hunter Gatherer

    In essence you would be on an Atkins diet! Carbs are a problem, so you would be spending a lot of your time looking for, preparing and cooking roots from lesser celendine, silverweed, burdock, pignut and typha. Snails, worms, beetles and grubs (even snake if you can find them) would all be fair...
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    cooking with Burdock leaves

    Burdock leaves, roots and stems are all edible and it'll be fine for cooking with. They have mild antiseptic and diurectic properties, so the only advice is don't eat too much of it (or drink too much burdock beer!) Cheers Ady
  5. Mendip Man

    Feedback on the 2008 BushMoot

    Hi Tony/All Just wanted to say many thanks for another fantastic Moot. Well Done! I think that most of the useful feedback has already been highlighted. If the event is to last longer then can I suggest that the workshops are spread out more e.g. some free afternoons and mornings. This...
  6. Mendip Man

    wild food

    Nettle and ground ivy frittata, follwed by slow cooked blackberry bannocks baked in a tin on an open fire! Nice!
  7. Mendip Man

    Anyone interested in leading an urban forage at the Fenner Fest?

    Hi all I have been contacted by the organisers of Slough's Fennerfest as they are looking for someone to possibly take one or two groups of people on an urban forage on Saturday, November 3rd. The draft programme for the festival is at www.fennerfest.co.uk Please contact Toby Evans...
  8. Mendip Man

    V. big birch and fungi ID needed

    Hi Jon It's going well - currently living in a caravan in the paddock but it does mean I get to be out and about a lot more and I can practice some skills. Missed you at the Bushmoot - will you be going to the Wilderness Gathering or a winter Moot if there is one? Say hi to Jill and the...
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    V. big birch and fungi ID needed

    Hi All I have found an enourmous birch near where I live and recorded it on the Woodland Trust ancient tree hunt website. Go to: http://www.ancient-tree-hunt.org.uk/recording/tree.htm?tree=GOI5CqBhqU2c9C73s4YDMA Unfortunately, the pics are a bit dark even at this time of year not much...