tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3608698732315059861.post3085727368778339565..comments2023-10-12T08:52:16.586+01:00Comments on Growing up: Nothing like a good forageHapless gardenerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03491899029088638750noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3608698732315059861.post-86033616924894520522011-09-12T17:01:01.860+01:002011-09-12T17:01:01.860+01:00There's nothing quite like getting food that y...There's nothing quite like getting food that you've collected yourself for free. Chanterelles are the only mushrooms I eat until I really know my fungi. But there are so many brambles elders etc ot there. Go for it.Janethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06999513105724635810noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3608698732315059861.post-82366650568101326202011-09-11T18:48:10.741+01:002011-09-11T18:48:10.741+01:00Fab post, thank you. I am nowhere near confident ...Fab post, thank you. I am nowhere near confident enough to try mushrooms (too many horror stories!) but love blackberrying (for memories of childhood as much as for the fruit), and last year foraged for ramsons for the first time, which are very easy to identify. I made them into a pasta sauce with mushrooms and cream and they were delish and very pretty! A friend made pesto with it, which looked really good - you can find her recipe here if you want to try it: http://ginandcrumpets.wordpress.com/2011/05/10/wild-garlic-and-almond-pesto/ (it really doesn't look like lily of the valley though ... she is more on the cooking side than the plant side!!)<br /><br />The only downside is it is getting quite cool. Anywhere within striking distance of London and you have to bring a stick in case you need to fight some Hoxton trendies for the goods...Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16416049659075671165noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3608698732315059861.post-29141906536210592912011-09-10T18:53:13.451+01:002011-09-10T18:53:13.451+01:00Ah, just because something's 'trendy' ...Ah, just because something's 'trendy' doesn't mean it's a bad thing or lacks value. I always thought foraging sounded too much like hard work, but I've taken a one-plant-at-a-time approach this year and once I started getting into it (although I'm still very much a beginner doing it occasionally for novelty and learning) it just amazed me how much of the wild foliage I was walking past everyday was in fact really good food. (Did you read any of my posts on nettles, fat hen and elder? http://nomegrown.blogspot.com/search/label/wild%20food ) Wild foods always seem to be much more nutritious than our cultivated veg, and considering the speed and abundance with which they grow, it's crazy we don't make better use of them!Nomehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03883852903828005065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3608698732315059861.post-22763629949550062202011-09-10T18:14:55.228+01:002011-09-10T18:14:55.228+01:00i like your post and have always wanted to forage ...i like your post and have always wanted to forage for things like wild onions ,and the rest like mushrooms but a bit scared to do it on my own would like some one to do it with me first if that makes sence happy gardeningLINDA'Shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18322944728491268995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3608698732315059861.post-58787632087148070302011-09-10T14:57:11.336+01:002011-09-10T14:57:11.336+01:00I have been a 'hunter-gatherer' (well, not...I have been a 'hunter-gatherer' (well, not the hunter bit) for lots of years and know all the secret places round where we live for free goodies. See my post Magic Mushrooms at http://awomanofthesoil.blogspot.com<br />You could say I have had a field day with Field Mushrooms - and delish they were too.elaine https://www.blogger.com/profile/17075935631756457901noreply@blogger.com