Favourite Wild Foods

[Silverback]

http://www.eattheweeds.com/honeysuckle-heaven-2/

HTH

[Chiseller]

Just been out pocketing hazelnuts before the squirrels beat us to them....or the farmer smashes the hedges....
Im quite a fan of balsam seeds at this point of season mmmmmm.

[twosmokeforever]

what are we doing with sea aster? I had to google that one

And I noticed the hazel nuts yesterday whilst taking some branches for a shelf on my bbq. are you eating them raw or cooking them??? it feels early

[MadZ]

most of the hazel trees round by me have been raided by the squirrels already, may still be a tad early, not to sure with nuts but i guess if you were to leave them to ripen for a few days to a week then roasted them they would be good, never tired them raw though.

i cant get enough of stinging nettles and lime leaves at the moment, the nettles are a bit past it now because they seem to be at best before they flower as for the lime leaves the bigger ones have absorbed a fair bit of carbon by now so i go for the smaller younger leaves as they taste really nice and are very good for you, have a few handfuls while on a walk and you can notice the difference after eating them.

never heard of sea aster, ill go look on google for some pictures, noticed your location is bristol twosmoke have you tired getting some from the bristol channel/ estuary??

cheers

Madz

[Chiseller]

what are we doing with sea aster? I had to google that one

And I noticed the hazel nuts yesterday whilst taking some branches for a shelf on my bbq. are you eating them raw or cooking them??? it feels early

Scoffing them raw....
They're still green and not quite as tasty , but still good none the less ;-)

[twosmokeforever]

most of the hazel trees round by me have been raided by the squirrels already, may still be a tad early, not to sure with nuts but i guess if you were to leave them to ripen for a few days to a week then roasted them they would be good, never tired them raw though.

i cant get enough of stinging nettles and lime leaves at the moment, the nettles are a bit past it now because they seem to be at best before they flower as for the lime leaves the bigger ones have absorbed a fair bit of carbon by now so i go for the smaller younger leaves as they taste really nice and are very good for you, have a few handfuls while on a walk and you can notice the difference after eating them.

never heard of sea aster, ill go look on google for some pictures, noticed your location is bristol twosmoke have you tired getting some from the bristol channel/ estuary??

cheers

Madz

yeah I went for wander at aust passage overlooking the bridges, I was fed at work a very thrilling sales meeting so it was just for a 5min look around

I found the sea aster in flower, but what has luresalive been doing with it? also I am sure I found the sea buckthorn (berries still green) another new one to me what can we do with this one?

in a few mins I found
common mallow
nettle
dandylion
crab apple
raddish
blackberry
rose hip
lesser plantain
bladderwrack
sea beet looking really good, when I have me some fish I will return
orache

what a great time of year more field mushrooms for breakfast

[woodstock]

Ripe blackberry
plums
samphire
sea beet
oysters

[Sylvanbilly]

That's a good question.

I think it's chestnuts for me. I love them raw (don't like them roasted). Simple and easy to identify, simple to collect. OK, a faff getting the pith off, but there's something hugely satisfying and rewarding when you get a big chestnut and it's one of those ones where the pith peels off nice and easily and then that gorgeous crunch of the nut and the creamy taste.


Yup, I'll choose chestnuts. Or hazelnuts.

Could`nt agree more