Tomm Parr 30 Posted April 9, 2011 Report Share Posted April 9, 2011 (edited) Dandelion flowers - for making wine Dandelion leaves - good in salads in small amounts (more bitter than the cultivated version called Rocket), great with worcs sauce Dandelion roots - cleaned, fried and served with soy/worcs sauce hawthorn leaves - great in salads, nice and nutty ramsons (also called wild garlic) - delicious in cold salads, preserved, cooked instead of garlic (handful instead of a clove) stinging nettle leaves - more iron than spinach, boil and chop with butter, or make beer/mead Sea beet (also called wild spinach) - super duper good for you, more iron than nettles Jack-by-the-hedge (also called garlic mustard) - ok for salads, not too many though Chickweed - ok in warm salads goosegrass (also called cleavers) - chopped and boiled like spinach with butter hop shoots - great when fried up carrageen seaweed (also called irish moss) - for thickening soups, making jellies Dock leaves - young leaves ok in small amounts in salads/omelettes primrose - leaves can be candied, used in salads. Only garden ones though as too RARE in the wild. Beech leaves - spring leaves in salads or as a colouring/flavouring in licquers.... hazel leaves - as a flavouring mixed with other spices for pork dead-nettles - leaves and young shoots in cold or warm salads silverweed - leaves can soothe tired feet, roots baked and used as flour, or boiled in stews sea holly - roots boiled as a veg, or candied in syrup, or roasted like chestnuts rock samphire - fry in butter, blanch, or pickle marsh samphire (also called glasswort) - fry in butter, blanch, or pickle comfrey - leaves cooked like spinach borage - young leaves/flowers are a good refresher/pick-me-up, in ice cubes in cold drinks Obviously there are hundreds of other edible goodies (particularly mushrooms) but if I am not 100% sure it gets left alone. Let me know if anyones needs further info on these foragables....... Naturally, please don't eat any of these if you are unsure. Edited April 19, 2011 by Tomm Parr Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest thebigdog Posted April 26, 2011 Report Share Posted April 26, 2011 do you know of any good books on foraging, with good colour pics? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
scutty96 314 Posted May 8, 2011 Report Share Posted May 8, 2011 Ive got that is alright its called food for free Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tomm Parr 30 Posted May 8, 2011 Author Report Share Posted May 8, 2011 Ive got that is alright its called food for free Yep, Food for Free is a great one to start, really simple writing style. I'd always recommend a collins Guide alongside it though, as F4F has no photos! Pru Coates, Steve Brill and Ray Mears have done a few good ones too. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tomm Parr 30 Posted May 8, 2011 Author Report Share Posted May 8, 2011 Ive got that is alright its called food for free Yep, Food for Free is a great one to start, really simple writing style. I'd always recommend a collins photographic Guide alongside it though, as F4F has no photos! Pru Coates, Steve Brill and Ray Mears have done a few good ones too. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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