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Mrs B got me a copy of Richard Mabey's Food For Free for christmas, which I plan to take with me on walks in future - with spring marching on there's plenty of things out: dandelions, wild garlic, sticky weed (apparently it's edible! who knew?).

Yesterday I went in search of wild garlic, as I ate pickled wild garlic buds a few years ago and loved them - we took a friends two children, one surley pre-teen and one toddler, both of whom got stuck in, even the pre teen... we collected enough for a couple of jars, which I'm already trying to work out how to avoid giving one to my companions...

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I also ate some young hawthorn leaves. They tasted green... I guess they might work in a salad.

Anyone else got any tips or tales?
 
I noticed Turkish ladies have a thing for rosehip, they were gathering loads last summer on the marshes , they use them for tea.
 
There's wild garlic in my F-i-L's garden. He goes to great lengths to kill it. It keeps coming back from his neighbour's garden though.
 
killer b said:
Mrs B got me a copy of Richard Mabey's Food For Free for christmas, which I plan to take with me on walks in future - with spring marching on there's plenty of things out: dandelions, wild garlic, sticky weed (apparently it's edible! who knew?).

Yesterday I went in search of wild garlic, as I ate pickled wild garlic buds a few years ago and loved them - we took a friends two children, one surley pre-teen and one toddler, both of whom got stuck in, even the pre teen... we collected enough for a couple of jars, which I'm already trying to work out how to avoid giving one to my companions...

57574621_10157219508435984_6893729016126111744_n.jpg


I also ate some young hawthorn leaves. They tasted green... I guess they might work in a salad.

Anyone else got any tips or tales?
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I love that book. I used to take a friend who willingly tried everything first. If he survived I'd have a go.
 
I have literally just got in from picking wild garlic to make kimchi :cool: I was wondering about the buds - might go back for some. What do you pickle them in?

killer b said:
we foraged some ceps last autumn - I'd like to do some more serious mushrooming, but think I need to get a specialist book for it so as not to accidentally kill myself...

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I know nothing about mushrooms but my stepma grew up in Russia where people forage everything, and I sometimes go mushroom picking with her. Probably not that reassuring from an internet nobody but she says that dying by mushroom is incredibly unlikely. A small bit of research is a good thing though I expect.
 
killer b said:
cider vinegar and sugar - I had some tarragon going off in the fridge so I bunged that in too.

Please share your wild garlic kimchee recipe!!
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It doesn't taste very much like kimchi but it's nice: Wild Garlic Kimchi - Taste the Wild

I made that ^^ a couple of years ago but found a much better looking one today here: Wild Garlic Kimchi I'm not making it because I don't have Korean chilis, ume seasoning or daikon, but fwiw I reckon it looks better than mine.
 
I often see field mushrooms and puffballs growing when I walk my dogs. I plucked up the courage to pick, cook and eat some last year.

I'm still here but I can't say I preferred them to mushrooms I buy at the supermarket. I suspect foraging may be a little overrated...
 
20190414_172514.jpg I' haven't been out foraging for a couple of years , but used to go out regularly. One of my best memories is of me and my two daughters when they were small, gathering mussells at low tide at Shoeburyness and cooking them and eating them there and then. Used to get loads of ceps and boletus too. Ive got the River Cottage books among others and have found them really usefull.
 
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killer b said:
we foraged some ceps last autumn - I'd like to do some more serious mushrooming, but think I need to get a specialist book for it so as not to accidentally kill myself...

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I cycle home through a business park where there is a spreading patch of boletes, but only birch boletes and the tasteless brown variety [emoji14] still at least I sort of broke my duck. :)
 
Used to suck nectar from clover when I was a kid, and forage for pine seeds and blackberries. My grandad used to make dandelion soup and sometimes dandelion tea with wild honey.
I'd like to try foraging for mushrooms as there are plenty around. Just a bit wary of poisoning myself or someone else. :)
 
killer b said:
Mrs B got me a copy of Richard Mabey's Food For Free for christmas, which I plan to take with me on walks in future - with spring marching on there's plenty of things out: dandelions, wild garlic, sticky weed (apparently it's edible! who knew?).

Yesterday I went in search of wild garlic, as I ate pickled wild garlic buds a few years ago and loved them - we took a friends two children, one surley pre-teen and one toddler, both of whom got stuck in, even the pre teen... we collected enough for a couple of jars, which I'm already trying to work out how to avoid giving one to my companions...

57574621_10157219508435984_6893729016126111744_n.jpg


I also ate some young hawthorn leaves. They tasted green... I guess they might work in a salad.

Anyone else got any tips or tales?
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Cleavers are good eating, but the hooks can catch on your tongue. Chop very tiny, or whizz into pesto. Cleaver water is a fantastic lymphatic cleanser. Chop roughly, then whizz with water. Allow to soak overnight. Strain and drink. Delicious.
 
telbert said:
Nettles are particularly good to eat. Pick above dog piss height and use as greens/spinach. Always ate these when camp cooking.
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Don’t take nettle after it sets flowers. The calcium oxalates are more present then and can cause issues.

Cut nettle down to just above ground level to generate new growth.

Only use the top four leaves, these are most tender.
 
killer b said:
we foraged some ceps last autumn - I'd like to do some more serious mushrooming, but think I need to get a specialist book for it so as not to accidentally kill myself...

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If you really want to know mushrooms, it’s better to do as many courses as you can. Nothing substitutes for material real world knowledge and understanding. I only ever got so far with the books.
 
mx wcfc said:
It's a bit early still, but we make elderflower cordial from foraged elderflower most years. Mrs mx did try transplanting some wild garlic to the garden, but it didn't work.
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It took me a couple,e of years to get ransoms established in my garden. What worked for me was pulling up a clump including the soil and just bedding that in.
 
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