blacktabs 3 Posted March 21, 2010 Report Share Posted March 21, 2010 As it says folks what foods are you finding in the wild now i know its early yet but birch sap not be long and ramsons are poking through just be carefull that they are ramsons though as lilly of the valley and lords and ladys are both coming through now ramsons smell of garlic so not hard to distinguish. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Footu 1 Posted April 5, 2010 Report Share Posted April 5, 2010 God i love these, they are wild garlic no? The flowers, not out yet are good in salads, like strong chives. I like getting a chicken breast, slicing it and filling with philly, then wrapping in a leaf and holing in place with a bamboo skewer. Roast or grill or bbq. Tangytastic mates. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
blacktabs 3 Posted April 6, 2010 Author Report Share Posted April 6, 2010 Yep mate wild garlic had a scrounge round last week for a few leaves flowers are just coming out here had my first wild salad of the year with that and some sorrel and hairy bittercress [better than cress lol] got a few jews ears too will get the mrs to get some volovant cases for them atb Quote Link to post Share on other sites
trappa 518 Posted April 6, 2010 Report Share Posted April 6, 2010 No wild garlic here yet. I boil it like cabbage, it shrinks quite a bit so you need a good bag full but its worth it. There are plenty dandelion roots to dig up at the moment if thats your thing but very little to forage this time of year. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
blacktabs 3 Posted April 7, 2010 Author Report Share Posted April 7, 2010 Nice one trappa and footu be good to bounce ideas off each other If you use your head a bit theres still enough about especially if you marked the plants before the frost took them i always mark the best burdock spots and the horseradish i kick up a few nodules this time of year and replant them a bit nearer to home. But what is and always has been at this time of year is eggs and eggs and cress [hairy bittercress] is on the menu at ours for the next few weeks. You could just imagine having lived through a winter years ago finding your first duck or goose nest with all that runny protein Quote Link to post Share on other sites
trappa 518 Posted April 11, 2010 Report Share Posted April 11, 2010 ye, great idea to bounce ideas about. The wild garlic is about ready now, which is good. Ye, im eating plenty eggs at the moment, real nice! im getting loads of eggs from my hens. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
blacktabs 3 Posted April 12, 2010 Author Report Share Posted April 12, 2010 (edited) You will never beat your own fresh eggs As young ones wed eat any eggs we found ducks geese gulls plovers were the best and it used to be legal to take peewits eggs before the 14th of april as theyd not done all the ploughing back then and there was loads of peewits about dont know if that law still stands but as theres not many green plovers about now i doubt it atb. Edited April 12, 2010 by blacktabs Quote Link to post Share on other sites
trappa 518 Posted April 12, 2010 Report Share Posted April 12, 2010 ha, i have tried gulls eggs when i was a kid but nothing else wild. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mexlad 189 Posted April 19, 2010 Report Share Posted April 19, 2010 God i love these, they are wild garlic no? The flowers, not out yet are good in salads, like strong chives. I like getting a chicken breast, slicing it and filling with philly, then wrapping in a leaf and holing in place with a bamboo skewer. Roast or grill or bbq. Tangytastic mates. sounds good. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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