Ch4 - Tuesday - 8.30PM - Wild Gourmets - Think Wild Food with a chef

[woodstock]

How not to survive in the wilds.......the girl using a snail for bait.....its the first thing I 've killed shrieked....as she put a knife through its shell, what was that all about

 

[maverick moocher]

At least you won't have to battle for control of the remote

 

[stevesteve]

Well I was looking at the promo photo in the papers. Her with a frying pan full of fish... him with the axe.

I didn't think axe-fishing was still legal in the UK!

Actually despite it's shortcomings I did enjoy the prog. Better than most of the pap on telly.

Cheers,
Steve

 

[ganstey]

I got round to watching it last night. If I hadn't already read the comments on here I would have rated it as pretty good, both from a TV point of view, and as 'bushcraft for the masses'. It did show that its still possible to make good food 'harvested' from the British countryside. As others have said, I think its main problem was that it was trying to be all things to all people in 25 minutes.

Hopefully as the series progresses they'll be a little more substance and a bit less macho posturing.

Also, I did wonder what the owner of the herb garden thought when he returned to find that his prize artichokes had been decapitated

My summary would be that it was good, entertaining TV, and if it gets a few more people interested in real bushcraft then it'll have been worthwhile.

G

 

[Tadpole]

Also, I did wonder what the owner of the herb garden thought when he returned to find that his prize artichokes had been decapitated

G

I'm sure that he knew months in advance, few if any television programmes leave a minor detail like artichokes being ready to eat to happenchance. which is why I suspect, he caught no fish with his spear, I'm sure there is a law against fishing with out a rod and line....

 

[janiepopps]

Likes showing his bum a lot!.

Here Here, theres just not enough of this on TV...

Anyway, I really enjoyed it AND learnt stuff too (like how NOT to strike a firesteel... ) But seriously although I go collecting mussels locally, I never realised that by diving out just a little way could land you mussels 4 times the size of the ones on the shore. I have also never seen them cooked like that before - most books/people tell you to boil mussels for at least 10 minutes :yikes: leaving you with a lump of the most unappetizing blob of rubber imagineable.

Looking forward to the rest... If only to see you lot stirred up so much