Just got back from a wonderful day teaching foraging and preparing a community feast. Below are some photos, unfortunately (duh!), I forgot to actually take photos of the meal itself. That being said here’s what we had…
- Hogweed seed biscuits, herbal tisanes, and coffee for the die-hards before the forage.
- Sea plantain risotto.
- Couscous, tomatoes, cucumber, and wild hedgerow herbs.
- Beetroot with quinoa,dressed with chickweed.
- Tartlets with nettles and ramsons.
- Ramson (wild garlic) bread.
- Aioli made with ramsons.
- Oxeye daisy tzatziki with yoghurt, coconut cream, and wood sorrel.
- Large hedgerow salad with barberry flowers, sorrel, navelwort, stitchwort, hairy bittercress and many other plants.
- Hogweed chocolate mousse with spicy elderberry sauce.
- Braised alexanders with dandelion vinegar.
- Buttered hogweed leaf and shoots.
- Pickled acorns.
- Rock samphire pickle.
- Nettle cordial.
- Fermented wild green leaves (included 10 wild edible greens) – In India called sabuj patra
- Spiced cow parsley stems.
All in all we covered about 30 wild edible plants during the day. If you’d like to book on the next Nature’s Larder Wild Food Forage & Feast happening in September 2010, click here.
“Totally brilliant day. Really good fun, and lots of info to take away… I now feel confident to go out and forage! Thank you. I will definitely be recommending you to friends and come back again myself. Also the forage and cooking combo rocks!” – Claire Plowright
“Thanks so much for such a great day. I’m going to see the woods in such a different way now. A really interesting and fun day. I’m going away feeling that I’ve learnt a lot, but that it’s just the tip of the iceberg! I’m also very relaxed and full. Thank you.” – Kate
“From start to finish the day was fantastic. I would recommend this to anyone who wants to learn from someone who has the warm energy Robin delivers. See you again next year!” – Neeta Patel
“Was good to forage, great food, good time. Learnt a lot and it is always good to have new insights. Many thanks.” – Peter & Irma
“Absolutely great to “top up” the knowledge following on from last year. Robin is a great teacher and a fantastic source of information. The day was amazing value for money. The delicious three course meal being worth the cost of the course alone. I have taken so much from the day particularly some ideas for my future cooking.” – Chris
“Robin is very enthusiastic and knowledgeable. Foraging for 3 hours at a relaxed pace and preparing, cooking, and eating the foraged food was a great way to finish the day. From knowing nothing about foraging, I now know a little bit, and am keen to get out and forage myself. A great course, a great meal and a great way to spend a Saturday.” – Ron Evans
“Fascinating, educational and good fun. Thanks for a great day. Your enthusiasm is infectious!” – Grahame Terry
“Absolutely brilliant! Really informative. Interesting and eye opening. Really friendly atmosphere. Can’t wait for another day to be organised in a different season, so as to learn even more. Definitely will be using some of the recipes again. Many, many thanks.” – Andrew & Mandi Hill
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I came over from The Cottage Smallholder and just wanted to congratulate you on an excellent site. I’d like to add you straight to my favourites – hope that’s OK. Now that I’ve found Eat Weeds, I’ll be back. So far, I’ve only seen a fraction of what you’ve written – can’t wait until I’ve got time to read more. Bravo! (I’m British, but live in Italy now – the Italians are great foragers too! Nettle risotto, for example, is not considered strange in these parts.)
Great to hear you like the site… thanks. Nettle risotto, one of my faves too.