Let's go foraging

[iona]

You can use guelder rose berries to make something similar to cranberry sauce, or cooked in jam/puddings/etc mixed with other fruit and enough sugar to take the edge off their tartness.

Autumn olive (elaeagnus umbellata) is another red berry to look out for around now, the fruit are quite sharp but sweet enough to eat raw.

 

[Athos]

You can use guelder rose berries to make something similar to cranberry sauce, or cooked in jam/puddings/etc mixed with other fruit and enough sugar to take the edge off their tartness.

But don't eat them raw, unless you want the shits!

 

[marty21]

Ran into local foraging legend John The Poacher , and this quite magnificent Giant Polypor , quite the mushroom! He needed a trolly to cart it to the pub, he got it from a local park, not far from my flat.

 

[heinous seamus]

Ran into local foraging legend John The Poacher , and this quite magnificent Giant Polypor , quite the mushroom! He needed a trolly to cart it to the pub, he got it from a local park, not far from my flat.View attachment 290270

I found one of those the other week but my books said it's not edible. What's he going to do with it?

 

[marty21]

I found one of those the other week but my books said it's not edible. What's he going to do with it?

He said you can roast them, he'll be giving some to local pubs in return for pints (you can't directly sell foraged stuff)

 

[heinous seamus]

I found my first ever penny bun today. It was pristine too. I forgot to take a photo before I munched it, though!

 

[Saunders]

I left south Kent for west Cornwall a few weeks ago and had been feeling rather sad about what I was leaving but, today, found a couple of hawthorn trees that had a generous offering of berries.

 

[seeformiles]

Picking the tail end of the blackberry harvest - despite many rotting on the vine still got a kilo in half an hour today.

 

[Johnny Vodka]

Picking the tail end of the blackberry harvest - despite many rotting on the vine still got a kilo in half an hour today.

I will be going out brambling for my 3rd weekend in a row. Last two times were for jam. This time I'm going to make a crumble.

 

[seeformiles]

I will be going out brambling for my 3rd weekend in a row. Last two times were for jam. This time I'm going to make a crumble.

These tail end ones are getting mixed in with the apples for scrumpy

 

[seeformiles]

Just got back from one of my Apple “donors” whose Apple tree collapsed due to the weight of the fruit. Must have nearly a quarter tonne of pippins. That’ll keep me busy all next week then it’s down to London to pick up another carload, Mellow fruitfulness in extremis!

 

[sojourner]

Zero blackberries left round here, they all shrivelled about a week or 2 ago.

 

[killer b]

(you can't directly sell foraged stuff)

I don't know if this true is it? there's loads of foragers sell their mushrooms to restaurants.

 

[Johnny Vodka]

Zero blackberries left round here, they all shrivelled about a week or 2 ago.

They are dying back here, but still got a good few handfuls for my crumble.

 

[Saunders]

Blackberries after September belong to the devil, according to my mums mum. ( ? )
My apples are shit this year but the oldies had loads. I’ve stewed about 10lb and just now frozen 4 bags of whole apple segments.

 

[Fez909]

Some chanterelles and a bay bolete

 

[Fez909]

I found my first beafsteak mushroom yesterday. It reportedly tastes acidic/citrusy rather than meaty, though it 'bleeds' red like steak. People usually eat them raw, which is rare for wild mushrooms.

I didn't eat it, because it was slightly past its sell-by date, but was excited by the find anyway

 

[heinous seamus]

I tried some stump puffball's yesterday. I didn't find the taste or texture particularly enjoyable to be honest

 

[platinumsage]

Found this today, one of my top ten favourite mushrooms because it's so badass. Pure white and deadly, the Destroying Angel:

 

[seeformiles]

They are dying back here, but still got a good few handfuls for my crumble.

Still picking some fat rascals but few and far between. Freezing these until there’s enough to make one last gallon

 

[seeformiles]

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I tried some stump puffball's yesterday. I didn't find the taste or texture particularly enjoyable to be honest

I love them - sliced and fried crispy in butter or bacon fat

 

[heinous seamus]

I love them - sliced and fried crispy in butter or bacon fat

Maybe I'll fry them longer next time then...

 

[heinous seamus]

Today I tried some porcelain fungus and common puffballs.

The porcelain fungus tasted quite nice but I'm not sure I managed to get rid of all of the slime.

I'm not sure how much difference there is between common puffballs and stump puffballs but I took seeformiles advice and fried them until crispy - much better texture

 

[Johnny Vodka]

Found this today, one of my top ten favourite mushrooms because it's so badass. Pure white and deadly, the Destroying Angel:

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To think one could legally pick that... yet one can't legally pick liberty caps. WTAF?

 

[seeformiles]

To think one could legally pick that... yet one can't legally pick liberty caps. WTAF?

Legislating against naturally occurring plants and fungi is completely batshit. May as well try to stop the tide coming in besides that it well oversteps the mark as to what laws are for in the first place.

 

[Kevbad the Bad]

Legislating against naturally occurring plants and fungi is completely batshit. May as well try to stop the tide coming in besides that it well oversteps the mark as to what laws are for in the first place.

"Law...is but the declarative will of conquerors." (Gerrard Winstanley)

 

[sojourner]

Found loads in my local fave park. Was gonna pick but not sure if it absorbs transdermally. Gonna check

 

[TopCat]

 

[TopCat]

Found loads in my local fave park. Was gonna pick but not sure if it absorbs transdermally. Gonna check

Hook them with a walking stick from as far away as you can. Peel all the red skin off immediately and retain. Dump the rest.

Either smoke the dried red skin in a bong for an experience similar to cannabis or heat the red skin in milk then drink for the full Valhalla.

 

[sojourner]

Nice one TC!