Nettles are good when cooked or put into boiled water as tea.
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This is a great book for perennial food planting.
I've got Martin's book as well! And Alan Carter's which was just recently published. Much is similar to what's on his website but being in the North East his Scottish conditions are probably closer to mine than Martin's from Devon.
Thank you @jonathan.cole I have a 5 year old who is obsessed with picking anything edible from the garden so we’ll be out together first thing in the morning so see if any are left.
Aged beef isn't beef that's gone off. You might not like it but it's not going to make you ill which is why most people I know mistakenly throw away such meat. Gone off meat IMHO means eat it and you'll be ill. The truth is people throw brown meat away for this reason when they might actually prefer brown beef.
The point of course is that the red meat good, brown meat bad is a direct consequence of the growth of supermarkets. It suits how they work efficiently and profitably. However it meant them changing views on meat. I really didn't realise just how deeply supermarkets changed our views on food not just shopping. There was a documentary about it a few years ago but I only caught parts of it, very interesting too.
My partner makes a nice wild garlic pesto. Only trouble is the garlic breath can last 2 days! She's got a soup recipe too. Must admit I quite like it.
Before my partner got pregnant we were me active outdoors and with outdoors groups. We used to harvest pine needles on group walls and weekends. Then make the tea in the evenings. When she got pregnant we stopped because we didn't know how safe it was for her and foetus. We heard some wild teas can have side effects or potentially harm the foetus apparently. Unfortunately there's little info on wild foods and pregnancy. Like more normal food there's potential conditions that you have to cut out certain foods. My dad had to cut our broccoli once for medical reasons. Doctors and nutritionists know about these issues for normal foods but there's very little information about risks of foraged foods.
I sometimes add Tulbaghia leaves to salads (it's sometimes called 'Society Garlic'). That's quite nice. And I tried some Vitis coignetiae leaves in a salad, they tasted nice but were a bit tough! They'd be ideal for stuffed vine leaves but my interest in cooking doesn't really stretch that far.
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Yep, if you can beat the squirrels, voles and birds! They're just like any other hazelnut.
I've got Martin's book as well! And Alan Carter's which was just recently published. Much is similar to what's on his website but being in the North East his Scottish conditions are probably closer to mine than Martin's from Devon.
The point of course is that the red meat good, brown meat bad is a direct consequence of the growth of supermarkets. It suits how they work efficiently and profitably. However it meant them changing views on meat. I really didn't realise just how deeply supermarkets changed our views on food not just shopping. There was a documentary about it a few years ago but I only caught parts of it, very interesting too.
Before my partner got pregnant we were me active outdoors and with outdoors groups. We used to harvest pine needles on group walls and weekends. Then make the tea in the evenings. When she got pregnant we stopped because we didn't know how safe it was for her and foetus. We heard some wild teas can have side effects or potentially harm the foetus apparently. Unfortunately there's little info on wild foods and pregnancy. Like more normal food there's potential conditions that you have to cut out certain foods. My dad had to cut our broccoli once for medical reasons. Doctors and nutritionists know about these issues for normal foods but there's very little information about risks of foraged foods.