Foraging forumagers

Try them and let us know?

As it is said - All mushrooms are edible, some only once.

This looked tasty. Didn't partake of course.

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Had a Basque blackberry tart today, using the few blackberries left over after Mrs Ludd had made 9 jars of jam and some bramble gin. All from 3 hours I spent picking along the upper Thame, including a couple of pounds of sloes as well as about 8 pounds of blackberries.

No fungus round here yet, as far as I have seen.

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Cor :)

More rosehip gin...

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Any preparation of the hips?
When trying to make rosehip syrup, I found they had an almost oily/plasticky outer layer that only slowly cooked down.
Does this outer layer just dissolve into the alcohol in the Gin?

For syrup I blitzed them up in a food processor to a rough paste first. Worked a treat so did same with Haws (one and a half jars, posted on the wrong {vegan} thread just now, duh). The gin, just bunged them in with some granulated sugar. No idea if it’ll work, never tried this :)

Put them into the freezer and then thaw them out. They are full of tiny hairs, so strain any liquid you extract before you go on to make jam/gin/syrup/what have you.

Erm, chestnuts are here. Got a bit carried away, over 20kg in an hour and there’s tons left still.
Some are roasting right now...

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My old man tried to roast some when he was here last. Is there a trick to it coz his were fucking terrible.

Found a service tree in Peckham

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Ah. Cut a little slot in the base so they don’t explode and then dip them in a bit of salt. Fucking lovely. Picture in about 10 mins.

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When I was young we used to pick them and use them as itching powder.

30 mins in the oven, left to cool for a bit so they’re easy to shell (well, easyish). Lovely.

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Also known as chequerberries. Quite rare especially in London as usually found in ancient woodland. The berries are edible but they have to blet a bit like medlars.

Ah, will keep an eye out :)

apple/rosehip/cinnamon compote, two jars of tomato/aubergine/quince chutney and a jar of apple and black grape jelly. All foraged / free apart from the spice and aubergine :)

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The top end of my back garden looks like this as I type but the dogs are doing their best to eat them all every time they're let out.

We've loads of c. trees around us but all the nuts are dry and shrivelled, every year. Frustrating!

Dry, shrivelled nuts? Oo-er, etc.
Meanwhile, whereabouts? Was in Dorset yesterday and trees are loaded there also.

S.Mcr. Maybe they don't do so well up North?

Hmm. Maybe. Will ask Yorkshire fam and see...

Last year's quince, ginger and cinnamon vodka is now going down rather nicely...

Hic.