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Mayan & Aztec Xocolatl
Though not strictly foraged, I need to share with you the joy of making our own hot chocolate (chocolatl) the way the Olmecs, Mayans and Aztecs prepared it for thousands of years. We got these cacao beans from a plantation in Madagascar last summer. The Aztecs regarded chocolatl as a sacred drink, fit only for…
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StrANge fRuiT(ing bodies): Fungi-like Horsetails
This week in April, myself and the child collected tender fertile stems of Common/Field Horsetail (Equisetum arvense). These are part of the diet in Japan, Korea and China. They are SO WEIRD…like ALIEN THINGS. They’re a fairly common invasive species in the UK, too, grabbing a chokehold on the damp banks of watercourses. Weird fact:…
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A Gift Of Zander
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Summer Foraging & Kimchi pics June
Taught some lovely people this weekend, including a paramedic, a biochemist, someone who works in international theatre and people that work with PRU units to make work opportunities for teenagers. I changed the tapas menu for Sat : this June we sampled Steamed Hogweed Flower Beetroot Club Sticks, Estonian Potato Nettle Cakes and Elderflower Jelly…
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Lemon ‘Mallow Melokhia Magic’..MMM.
Common Mallow (Malva sylvestris) is everywhere on disturbed soil and path edges. The leaves are wide and hand-like – if your hand was that of an Martian tiger! They have a deep red dot in the centre. The flowers are blowsy light pink with triangular petals. The triangle theme carries on in the brown, wheel…
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(Very Cautiously) Edible Tree of the Week: YEW