Foraging (49)
LadyBlackAdderKillarney, Kerry Ireland24 Threads 2,355 PostsDoes anyone have experience of foraging for wild food and cooking it, even simple stuff like putting nettles into soups and picking wild dandelion leaves for salads. It's coming into the season where all these things are plentiful again and I wonder what use, if any, people have made of them.
LadyBlackAdder: Does anyone have experience of foraging for wild food and cooking it, even simple stuff like putting nettles into soups and picking wild dandelion leaves for salads. It's coming into the season where all these things are plentiful again and I wonder what use, if any, people have made of them.
Wild garlic. I dont know the latin name.
Does stealing from neighbours gardens count....or, is that living on the wild side?
LadyBlackAdder: Does anyone have experience of foraging for wild food and cooking it, even simple stuff like putting nettles into soups and picking wild dandelion leaves for salads. It's coming into the season where all these things are plentiful again and I wonder what use, if any, people have made of them.
I do a little. I especially love young nettle leaves in May. I put them into soups, stews etc.
corkcity2014: Wild garlic. I dont know the latin name.
Does stealing from neighbours gardens count....or, is that living on the wild side?
I didn't think of wild garlic. Just googled it and came across a link to a cook book by Biddy White Lennon called Wild Food. There used to be loads of wild garlic in the woods in Killarney. I must look for it here in Cork.Does stealing from neighbours gardens count....or, is that living on the wild side?
mollybaby: I do a little. I especially love young nettle leaves in May. I put them into soups, stews etc.
I got some today and was surprised at how sweet and herby they are. Supposed to be rich in iron and minerals as well.LadyBlackAdder: I got some today and was surprised at how sweet and herby they are. Supposed to be rich in iron and minerals as well.
It is great!
You will see the wild garlic with its white flowers
LadyBlackAdder: Does anyone have experience of foraging for wild food and cooking it, even simple stuff like putting nettles into soups and picking wild dandelion leaves for salads. It's coming into the season where all these things are plentiful again and I wonder what use, if any, people have made of them.
Later in season, picking blackberries and frochans
Blackberries go in crumbles or just eaten off a hedge!!
mollybaby: It is great!
You will see the wild garlic with its white flowers
Yes, You can smell it before you see it. I use a lot of garlic so it might be handy for me to find the wild variety. You will see the wild garlic with its white flowers
Just came across a recipe for nettle beer. This foraging could become interesting
mantlin: Later in season, picking blackberries and frochans Blackberries go in crumbles or just eaten off a hedge!!
I used to pick blackberries every year when I was a kid. They never got as far as the baking but wiped and eaten off the hedge mostly. Delicious. 
LadyBlackAdder: I used to pick blackberries every year when I was a kid. They never got as far as the baking but wiped and eaten off the hedge mostly. Delicious.
Too tasty to resist!! 
LadyBlackAdder: I used to pick blackberries every year when I was a kid. They never got as far as the baking but wiped and eaten off the hedge mostly. Delicious.
Wild raspberries are also gorgeous. There were loads last year.
And don't forget elder flower and berry. You could make wine with that.
Mornin' Lady B.....
I hear its the top 3 or 4 leaves that make the best of nettles, great apparantly for nettle tea so im informed...
I hear its the top 3 or 4 leaves that make the best of nettles, great apparantly for nettle tea so im informed...
mollybaby: Wild raspberries are also gorgeous. There were loads last year.
And don't forget elder flower and berry. You could make wine with that.
And don't forget elder flower and berry. You could make wine with that.
Yeah, you can, and I've tried and enjoyed it.
Mind you, I've tried home made wine made from almost everything that grows here. I've also picked fruit, mushrooms, and berries of every sort, whatever grows wild or even from a few neighbouring gardens.
Last time I went berry picking was blueberries, and I ended up with 2 grizzlies and a black bear on the same slope I was on, without even realising it. I think they were eyeing up my bucket of berries, and thinking I was an easy mark, but thankfully there was plenty to go around, and they left me alone to slink off into the woods, away from them.
About_Blank: Mornin' Lady B.....
I hear its the top 3 or 4 leaves that make the best of nettles, great apparantly for nettle tea so im informed...
Because they're so tender, A_B. The lower leaves are too coarse and fibrous. A good pair of gloves is vital in harvesting them though and put them in a thick bag as well. The blighters still stung me through the thin plastic bag I put them in.I hear its the top 3 or 4 leaves that make the best of nettles, great apparantly for nettle tea so im informed...
Now you have a use for that fine crop of nettles at the bottom of your garden
kidatheart: Yeah, you can, and I've tried and enjoyed it. Mind you, I've tried home made wine made from almost everything that grows here.
I've also picked fruit, mushrooms, and berries of every sort, whatever grows wild or even from a few neighbouring gardens.
Last time I went berry picking was blueberries, and I ended up with 2 grizzlies and a black bear on the same slope I was on, without even realising it. I think they were eyeing up my bucket of berries, and thinking I was an easy mark, but thankfully there was plenty to go around, and they left me alone to slink off into the woods, away from them.
Raspberry wine!! Blueberry wine!! They sound delicious. Just seeing Grizzlies would be a complete thrill. I'm delighted when I see any wildlife...rabbits, deer, a rare badger or fox.I've also picked fruit, mushrooms, and berries of every sort, whatever grows wild or even from a few neighbouring gardens.
Last time I went berry picking was blueberries, and I ended up with 2 grizzlies and a black bear on the same slope I was on, without even realising it. I think they were eyeing up my bucket of berries, and thinking I was an easy mark, but thankfully there was plenty to go around, and they left me alone to slink off into the woods, away from them.
LadyBlackAdder: Because they're so tender, A_B. The lower leaves are too coarse and fibrous. A good pair of gloves is vital in harvesting them though and put them in a thick bag as well. The blighters still stung me through the thin plastic bag I put them in.
Now you have a use for that fine crop of nettles at the bottom of your garden
Now you have a use for that fine crop of nettles at the bottom of your garden
I live in the countryside and make use of the natural resources. From hazelnuts, wild fruit and berries to dandelions, nettles, edible plants, leaves and fungi. Have you ever tried Cattails? They are widely available and surprisingly tasty.
Below is a website providing some information, I would be a bit dubious of their claims on acorns, I have tried them before, and no matter what way you soak, boil or cook them, they taste bloody awful.
scoutingireland.com/nstchat/Wild/edible.html
stanley8m: I live in the countryside and make use of the natural resources. From hazelnuts, wild fruit and berries to dandelions, nettles, edible plants, leaves and fungi. Have you ever tried Cattails? They are widely available and surprisingly tasty.
Below is a website providing some information, I would be a bit dubious of their claims on acorns, I have tried them before, and no matter what way you soak, boil or cook them, they taste bloody awful.
scoutingireland.com/nstchat/Wild/edible.html
Below is a website providing some information, I would be a bit dubious of their claims on acorns, I have tried them before, and no matter what way you soak, boil or cook them, they taste bloody awful.
scoutingireland.com/nstchat/Wild/edible.html
Thanks Stanley. God be with the days when you posted a link on the forums and you could just click on it instead of copying and pasting
LadyBlackAdder: Thanks Stanley. God be with the days when you posted a link on the forums and you could just click on it instead of copying and pasting
Hi M, I'd love to gather wild mushrooms but would be too afraid of eating a dangerous one! Mushrooms are a brilliant substitute for meat.
LadyBlackAdder: Does anyone have experience of foraging for wild food and cooking it, even simple stuff like putting nettles into soups and picking wild dandelion leaves for salads. It's coming into the season where all these things are plentiful again and I wonder what use, if any, people have made of them.
I dunno about foraging but I trap rabbits and pheasants meself
LadyBlackAdder: I used to pick blackberries every year when I was a kid. They never got as far as the baking but wiped and eaten off the hedge mostly. Delicious.
I think a lot of us did back then, and it didn't dawn on us that there might be dog's or bird's doings on them. Ewww, when I think of it.
Best to wash them really, I think!
Nettles bring not so nice memories! So I don't go near them.
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