Monday, November 9, 2015
By Mike on Monday, November 9, 2015, 00:13
Here's an interesting thing - Blewits are supposedly quite a common woodland mushroom - and I spend a fair bit of my foraging time in woodland - these should have been one of the first mushrooms I wrote about, but despite looking, I never managed to find them, until now.
Sunday, November 8, 2015
By Mike on Sunday, November 8, 2015, 22:26
Early autumn was quite dry this year and many of the earlier fungi species weren't very abundant - but now, late autumn has turned very wet - and some of the later species are springing up in huge numbers.
I found a lot of white Helvellas on the green outside my house - but in the end, I decided against picking and eating them - read on to find out why...
Saturday, October 31, 2015
By Mike on Saturday, October 31, 2015, 20:38
We took a Saturday morning walk in the woods near Rufus Stone in the New Forest and returned home with a basket full of delicious Hedgehog Mushrooms
Sunday, September 20, 2015
By Mike on Sunday, September 20, 2015, 20:47
Here's a recipe for a delicious tart with the intense and aromatic flavour of blackberries, but none of those annoying pips
Friday, August 28, 2015
By Mike on Friday, August 28, 2015, 15:32
During a short coastal break in Cornwall, I found many of my favourite and familiar wild foods - including some lovely mussels.
NB: This article contains an important addendum about safety. Please read in full before doing any of the things described here.
Wednesday, August 19, 2015
By Mike on Wednesday, August 19, 2015, 22:39
A bit of urban foraging right outside my workplace - I found a greengage tree.
Sunday, July 26, 2015
By Mike on Sunday, July 26, 2015, 13:28
This was a quick Saturday morning project to do something that's been on my To Do list for years and years - try to make a wooden whistle completely from scratch.
Monday, May 4, 2015
By Mike on Monday, May 4, 2015, 19:22
Some things have a clear and obvious opposite; Up is the opposite of down.
Others, not so much. So what's the opposite of meatballs?
Saturday, April 18, 2015
By Mike on Saturday, April 18, 2015, 22:37
This is an experimental recipe to infuse bacon into a coating for pieces of fried chicken.
Sunday, April 5, 2015
By Mike on Sunday, April 5, 2015, 12:07
Here are some more attempts at IKEA foodhacking - including a fruity bran cake, upside-down pudding and beer-berry-glazed meatballs
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