Very excited to find some wood Sorrel on my camp out, after being shown it at the tracking session at the Moot. Tasted incredible, the citrus was with me for ages
What did you forage today?
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I foraged some pine needle today (Scots Pine) and made a tea. I added fresh lemon juice to taste. It is really refreshing and packed with all sorts of good things. I read pine needles have six times the vitamin C contained in Lemons. x
Penny wort aka navel wort and three cornered leek. Had them with venison and a salad. I am drying some venison strips on a rack by the the burner that has a bubbling pan of suet rendering down to make tallow. Had a brilliant day but forgot to dig up worms to go fishing with tomorrow. ho hum xxx.
ps I need to change the teeth in my avatar cartoon. I've got a denture now so I no longer look like something from a prison movie. Actually that's not strictly true. x
ps I need to change the teeth in my avatar cartoon. I've got a denture now so I no longer look like something from a prison movie. Actually that's not strictly true. x
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I foraged young cleavers shoots. I have infused them in apple cider vinegar. I have read several sources about certain health benefits . One of the sources is listed below. x
www.almanac.com
Benefits of the Cleavers Plant: A Spring Herb for Health
Cleavers are an amazing spring cleanser and lymph mover to remove waste and abnormal cells. Learn how to identify this plant, the health benefits, and how to use this medicinal herb.
www.almanac.com
I found this beauty today. I had no idea what it was but was able to identify it with help and post this link https://www.eatweeds.co.uk/flowering-currant-ribes-sanguineum#lookalikes
I will have a taste of the berries in summer even though they taste crud. x
I found and foraged. Fiddle heads which I will steam with butter and pepper, nettles, the same. Theres a salad of navel wort, wood sorrel, dandelion leaves, chickweed and pignut flowers. I am also boiling up some goose grass to have with sweet potato. All that with some bacon fried in tallow that I made . There is something very satisfying about finding food. dd xx
Not exactly foraged but harvested, loads and loads of my Apple mint, it's come on leaps and bounds over the past week or so and was due a thinning out, I must have harvested at least 30 stems around 12" long with some fairly biggish leaves. Now washed and currently hung up to dry, will freeze later to preserve.
I had no idea you could eat bamboo. I know pandas do. where can I get some to test it? x
I will re-post this foraging, whats in season calendar PDF for anyone who may have missed it last time or not seen it. Well worth taking a copy I think. DD x
Dryads Saddle aka Pheasants Back Mushroom. It's a bracket fungus. The young specimens are best to forage. If they underside is smooth without pores then they are good. If they look sponge like then the spore pores have opened and they are chewy and inedible. I will fry mine with garlic and walnuts in olive oil x
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Elderflowers.
Not many places localy I can get them, but I've found enough to make a few litres of cordial for the summer drinks.
Hope to get some berries later in the year for elderberry cordial. Fingers crossed.
Last year, everything was cut back so I got no flowers or berries.
Also some Rosa rugosa petals to make rose water, and if I can get enough I'm going to try rose petal cordial too.
Not many places localy I can get them, but I've found enough to make a few litres of cordial for the summer drinks.
Hope to get some berries later in the year for elderberry cordial. Fingers crossed.
Last year, everything was cut back so I got no flowers or berries.
Also some Rosa rugosa petals to make rose water, and if I can get enough I'm going to try rose petal cordial too.
