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Cooking A Continental Find: ‘Pioppino’, The Poplar Field Mushroom
A week or so after the first rains, I leapt aboard my trusty steed and cycled down to one of my favourite foraging haunts, Tiddenfoot Lake. Here I was blessed enough to find two black poplar tree stumps with fruiting Poplar Field Mushrooms. This mushroom, Cyclocybe aegerita/cylindracea, has been foraged, grown and cooked since Greek…
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SUMMER SPICED FRUITS:H.A. Foraging Journal July pt 2
Fruits are hanging ready all about me, urged on by the earlier, hotter than normal weather. Being aware of climate change and making whatever steps we can to lower our carbon footprint is one thing to do. Try to walk on local journeys whenever possible…not only are you saving carbon and getting fitter, you’ll spot…
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FLOWER POWER :H.A.Foraging Journal July Pt 1
June and July are such busy months for the forager! Below are some things you might like to try that I’ve been doing. 1.Fortify yourself with St John’s Wort! I infused some St John’s Wort, the Midsummer Flower according to Shakespeare’s ‘Midsummer Nights Dream’. I infused it in lemon gin. I actually don’t like gin,…
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Nettle Seed Potato Bites, Wild Spicy Kimchi Egg Sticks, Elderflower Jelly
Last Sun 15th June forage was a quiet but fun one, showing off June’s full glory. We wandered through sunny vistas of fragrant water meadow, cool beech and chestnut woods, and balmy towpath. (The child is not dead, by the way, or even unconscious!) We sampled a new recipe for Nettle seed. I’ve been using…
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Grub’s Up When You Grub Up Pignuts
Thought I’d reblog this great article by Cumbria Foodie. I’ve just located an impressive carpet of Pignuts (Conopodium majus) on the front bank of my son’s Middle School. Pignuts are found all over the UK. They prefer dry, acidic soils. Look for them in open woods and meadows/grasslands. Pignuts are a traditional country food, grubbed…
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