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dpack

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Posted: Wed Apr 15, 20 11:57 pm Post subject: if we could, perfect forage dinner?
mine might go starter: limpets and sea slaters in natural juices main: 2 frogs a smallish snake reed mace roots spring season flood plain salad pud: bullace and bilberries with wild honey and pignuts what is your menu?

Mistress Rose

Joined: 21 Jul 2011
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Posted: Thu Apr 16, 20 6:48 am Post subject:
It would depend very much on the time of year and availability. Starters; nettle soup Main; Rabbit with wild garlic leaves, mixed foraged salad Sweet; Mixed fruit I thought pignut tasted a bit peppery. I have never tried it, but husband used to eat it when he was a child. Perhaps I ought to try some this year as we have plenty.

dpack

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Posted: Thu Apr 16, 20 8:42 pm Post subject:

pignut is ace, dig gently following the long twisty stem downwards,
do not eat too many, they are rarer than a localized patch might indicate.

delicious, i have loved em since i was a nipper but i often just remember where they are rather than harvest them

tis polite to leave/replant some and there will be some to eat next time

even when i do go for it, i take a few percent and no more.

a delicacy rather than a staple

fiddly but well worth the effort

dpack

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Posted: Thu Apr 16, 20 8:44 pm Post subject:
ps peel them with a sharp blade.

Slim

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Location: New England (In the US of A)

Posted: Thu Apr 16, 20 11:06 pm Post subject:
Over here pignut is a type of hickory nut. What is it over there?

dpack

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Posted: Fri Apr 17, 20 1:57 am Post subject:
a small tuber under a not noticeable plant usually 10 to 15 inches down a thin root not nuts as we know them, but they are delicious these are they foraging em is not easy but it is worth the effort

Mistress Rose

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Posted: Fri Apr 17, 20 7:15 am Post subject:
Pignut is Conopodium majus. I am pretty certain that some of those pictures aren't pignut.

dpack

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Posted: Fri Apr 17, 20 11:25 am Post subject:
two different plants same common name? very similar plants, i am pretty sure i have eaten both using one name i thought the southern ones were just decent sized ones, the ones you named are delicious but much smaller it was the little northern one i was specifically referring to but linked to the southern one

Shan

Joined: 13 Jan 2009
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Location: South Wales

Posted: Fri Apr 17, 20 12:42 pm Post subject:
Starter: Nettle & mushroom risotto Main: Signal crayfish & foraged greens Pud: Wild strawberries

dpack

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Posted: Fri Apr 17, 20 8:30 pm Post subject:
2 and 3 yum, nettles are best as raw babies

Slim

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Location: New England (In the US of A)

Posted: Fri Apr 17, 20 9:20 pm Post subject:
It's not pure foraging only, but I like to celebrate spring with morels, asparagus and eggs

dpack

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Posted: Fri Apr 17, 20 10:01 pm Post subject:
all of those can be/have been foraged so it counts as within spec.

DorsetScott

Joined: 23 Oct 2011
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Location: Bournemouth

Posted: Fri Apr 24, 20 11:11 pm Post subject:
It's got to be st George's mushroom, three cornered leek and scrambled eggs with crow garlic for the taste of spring

dpack

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Posted: Sat Apr 25, 20 12:20 am Post subject:
i need to take the hound for a walk, with a knife and brush thanks. tis that sort of time

Mistress Rose

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Posted: Sat Apr 25, 20 7:43 am Post subject:
Now if I could find some St. George's mushroom, I would substitute wild garlic as we don't have 3 cornered leek, but plenty of wild garlic.

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