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moggins

Joined: 24 Feb 2005
Posts: 942
Location: Gloucester

Posted: Thu Mar 10, 05 3:47 pm Post subject:
I've got Dandelion coffee, not the instant stuff but the bits of dried root, it's not bad but a bit of an acquired taste.

twoscoops

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 1924
Location: Warwickshire

Posted: Thu Mar 10, 05 3:50 pm Post subject:

Cab wrote:

Anyone ever made acorn 'coffee'?

Yeah, it was nothing special, just oaky.

wildfoodie

Joined: 05 Apr 2005
Posts: 2169

Posted: Tue Apr 05, 05 11:45 am Post subject:

acorn coffee
on a survival course a couple of years ago in scotland, in a group with a guy from Wales, at his suggestion, we boiled up the peeled roasted and mashed acorns and got something a bit like coffee to look at.. I was so hungry by this time I was a bit worried what such a tannin hit would do to my guts, so settled on a nice nettle tea instead! Nigel and my hubby both drank it and both still around to tell the tale!

cleaver seed coffee
Planning to try this year, as I found a recipe in a book on amercian wild food plants. Gather the seeds when turning brown, roast and grind.
jacky

cab

Joined: 01 Nov 2004
Posts: 32429

Posted: Tue Apr 05, 05 11:48 am Post subject:
That's finally a use for goosegrass I suppose! One of those plants which is meant to be nice to eat, but I find it horrid!

jema
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Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 28251
Location: escaped from Swindon

Posted: Tue Apr 05, 05 11:56 am Post subject:
I'll place a foot in both camps on the "substitute" argument. Having got some "Carrot Whisky" on the go, I am reasonably happy that it has a whisky like taste after a fashion, and so deserves the name.

Bernie66

Joined: 14 Jan 2005
Posts: 13967
Location: Eastoft

Posted: Wed Apr 06, 05 9:02 am Post subject:
Tried to make my own from an old recipe found in a very old book, absolutely dire, nothing like coffee at all. I repeat absolutely dire and a complete waste of time and effort!

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