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 Topic: Wild leaf and flower salad |
EatWeeds
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 Forum: Foraging Posted: Sat Apr 28, 12 8:52 am Subject: Wild leaf and flower salad |
I'd add the following coastal estuary plants which I picked yesterday:
Sea beet
Sea purslane
Orache
Sea aster
Sea plantain
Navelwort
Hogweed shoots
Garlic mustard/Jack by the hedge
Nipplewo ... |
| Topic: Wild leaf and flower salad |
EatWeeds
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Forum: Foraging Posted: Tue Apr 12, 11 11:54 am Subject: Wild leaf and flower salad |
Hi Folks,
Thanks for pointing to my stroganoff recipe. However since writing the article I now no longer recommend eating Lesser Celandine raw, and have updated the article accordingly. The leaves ... |
| Topic: Edible Seashore |
EatWeeds
Replies: 16
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Forum: Foraging Posted: Tue Feb 16, 10 11:22 am Subject: Edible Seashore |
| Its also worth remembering that many wild plants can have a huge amount of variation in flavour, regionally and locally, and of course seasonally. Its worth giving many of them a couple of tries, reme ... |
| Topic: Edible Seashore |
EatWeeds
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Forum: Foraging Posted: Mon Feb 15, 10 9:44 am Subject: Edible Seashore |
This is a good book if you are new to foraging on the seashore.
However as a forager one of the first things I learned was that everyone's palette is different. We are all bio-individuals. John di ... |
| Topic: Himalayan Balsam seeds |
EatWeeds
Replies: 15
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Forum: Foraging Posted: Mon Sep 07, 09 3:51 pm Subject: Himalayan Balsam seeds |
Soap Cab! 
More like walnuts, and most folk I offer them to go Mmmmm. |
| Topic: Hogweed seeds... |
EatWeeds
Replies: 16
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Forum: Foraging Posted: Mon Sep 07, 09 3:48 pm Subject: Hogweed seeds... |
Eatweeds, thats interesting, I'm going to have to have another go with hogweed seeds now. Have you found any good uses for alexanders seeds?
I suggest playing around and using them rather like cara ... |
| Topic: Hogweed seeds... |
EatWeeds
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Forum: Foraging Posted: Thu Sep 03, 09 8:52 am Subject: Hogweed seeds... |
Sorry for the delay in getting back....
All you need to do is harvest the seed and allow it to dry thoroughly, then grind in a pestle and mortar and then sieve it, and store.
Hope that helps?
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| Topic: Hogweed seeds... |
EatWeeds
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Forum: Foraging Posted: Mon Aug 31, 09 9:05 am Subject: Hogweed seeds... |
Here's a Spiced Hogweed Seed Biscuit recipe my friend came up with:
http://www.eatweeds.co.uk/spiced-hogweed-seed-biscuits/.
The seed is truly scrummy, and one I harvest a lot of. I'd rather use ' ... |
| Topic: Cooking with nettles |
EatWeeds
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Forum: Foraging Posted: Tue Jul 14, 09 8:57 am Subject: Cooking with nettles |
Tavascarow: Thanks, glad you like the site. You could always pad down to your local public botanical gardens, and harvest from there  |
| Topic: Cooking with nettles |
EatWeeds
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Forum: Foraging Posted: Tue Jul 14, 09 7:55 am Subject: Cooking with nettles |
If there's one plant that I eat more of than any other it is nettles. So versatile.
Whenever a recipe calls for green plant matter, try replacing with nettles. A whole cookbook could be written ju ... |
| Topic: Burdock. When do I harvest? |
EatWeeds
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Forum: Foraging Posted: Tue Jul 14, 09 7:49 am Subject: Burdock. When do I harvest? |
| I harvest roots in the autumn of the first year and early spring of the second. |
| Topic: Suggested Books/Links/Guidance and A Newbie Hello |
EatWeeds
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Forum: Foraging Posted: Tue Jul 14, 09 7:47 am Subject: Suggested Books/Links/Guidance and A Newbie Hello |
My top wild food books are:
1. Forager Handbook: Miles Irving
This man knows his stuff. You can read my review at http://tinyurl.com/foragerhandbook/.
2. Edible Wild Plants & Herbs: Pamela ... |
| Topic: Sweet Violets |
EatWeeds
Replies: 10
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Forum: Foraging Posted: Thu Mar 19, 09 8:38 am Subject: Sweet Violets |
| Try the leaves to. Very scrumptious in salads, wayside nibble etc. |
| Topic: Picking nettles |
EatWeeds
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Forum: Foraging Posted: Thu Mar 19, 09 8:35 am Subject: Picking nettles |
Nettle Nutritional Profile
(calculated on a zero moisture basis per 100gm)
Aluminium: 13.8 mg
Ash (total): 8.4%
Calcium: 2900 mg
Calories: 0.60 /gm
Chromium: 0.39 mg
Cobalt: 1.32 mg
Crude Fi ... |
| Topic: welcome, eatweeds |
EatWeeds
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Forum: Welcome Posted: Sun Nov 30, 08 8:13 am Subject: welcome, eatweeds |
| That's a lovely blogspot you have there Green Rosie. One of the best I've seen in a longtime. |
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