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What would a forager not eat?
Personally , I’ve munched on snails, bark, crayfish, roadkill and fermented nettles…. But I draw the line at these chocolate raisins from the pound shop. What would you not eat, even in a dire emergency? Cat food? Car radiator water? What have you managed to keep down? Special recognition for the strongest stomach…. Over to…
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Puffballs at Tring Park
Here’s a pic of some delicious Stump Puffballs (Lycoperdum pyriforme) I found off the wood path in Tring Park. There were lots more, but as Marty won’t eat them it was better not to be greedy. yep, they are in one of my birch bark baskets…great for keeping mushrooms fresh and not squashed… Puffballs are…
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Birch bark basketry in Alberta
Originally posted on RETROactive: Written by: Elizabeth Goldberg, Archaeological Survey of Alberta Alberta archaeology, and field archaeology in general, places a lot of emphasis on stone tools. We divvy up projectile points into groups based on time, place and form. We source quarries for flaked tools to hypothesize past trade relationships and seasonal migrations; and…
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Chestnut Cookery with CASTANEA : Part 1
Yep, sweet chestnuts, most of us have heard of them, or eaten them roasted from brasiers in large cities in November. Castanea sativa…meaning ‘sweet’, this useful tree was brought over here by homesick Romans. Little did they realise how the rainy, cold climate of Blighty would affect the quality of the nuts! Yet the wood…
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Birch Bark Basketry…how our ancestors would have stored dried foods
Have you ever wanted to learn how to make natural containers to store food? Birch Bark has been used for making many objects in times gone by, with its antibacterial properties and breathability helping foods to stay fresh. It can be used to boil water over an open camp fire, yet the natural oils within…
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