I spent a day helping out in a friend's orchard, lugging crates of apples from the field into the store.
Friday, September 26, 2008
Fruitwise Heritage Orchard
By Mike on Friday, September 26, 2008, 12:30
Tag - Food
Monday, September 15, 2008
Hawthorn
By Mike on Monday, September 15, 2008, 21:33
September 2008 - There's a very heavy crop of Hawthorn fruits this year - but how can this abundance be put to good use?
Sunday, September 14, 2008
Amethyst Deceiver
By Mike on Sunday, September 14, 2008, 23:51
The Amethyst Deceiver is a name that might conjure up images of a purple-clad comic-book villain. The truth is, it's a common edible mushroom.
Thursday, September 11, 2008
Fairy Ring Mushrooms
By Mike on Thursday, September 11, 2008, 22:37
Fairy Ring Mushrooms were probably the first wild fungus I learned to reliably identify. I've known for many years that they are edible, but never quite got around to trying them, until now.
Saturday, August 30, 2008
Weigh The Same Oaty Cookies
By Mike on Saturday, August 30, 2008, 21:04
This is a recipe for delicious soft, oaty, cake-like cookies that are incredibly easy to make.
They're easy because all of the main ingredients in the recipe weigh the same amount - the only thing to remember is the ingredients list, but that's pretty simple too.
Watercress
By Mike on Saturday, August 30, 2008, 20:27
August 30 2008 - We spent the day by the side of the River Meon near Soberton - at this point, the river is a fast-flowing, crystal-clear chalk stream.
The kids busied themselves with the catching of sticklebacks and minnows and the building of dams. I scouted around a bit and discovered large patches of watercress in the shallow margins.
Monday, August 25, 2008
Goosefoot
By Mike on Monday, August 25, 2008, 20:59
Out picking blackberries, I also returned home with some goosefoot that I picked from a weedy, recently-ploughed corner of a field.
Sunday, August 17, 2008
Blackberry And Apple Crumble
By Mike on Sunday, August 17, 2008, 23:07
August 2008 - This summer's crop of blackberries has started well and looks like it's going to continue in like manner.
Friday, August 15, 2008
Rose Hips
By Mike on Friday, August 15, 2008, 21:48
August 15 2008 - We tried walking the Hamble Valley Strawberry Trail from Hamble Point up to Manor Farm, but kept getting lost. Fortunately, our random detours took us past some great wild food resources - some nice blackberries, a row of wild plum trees heavy with fruit and a planted rose hedge bearing lots of ripe rose hips.
Thursday, August 14, 2008
Preserving Wild Plums
By Mike on Thursday, August 14, 2008, 20:40
People have been drying fruit for storage for millennia - and probably the most familiar dried fruit - at least in Britain - is the prune. Prunes are just dried plums - how hard can it be to make them? Let's find out...
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