The Foragers' Thread

[theclaud]

Not sure if it counts as foraging if all you do is step outside the door, but this is Hairy Bittercress. It's very common and you are probably not far away from it right now. It's got a nice flavour - you can just bung it in a sandwich in place of cress or rocket.

 

[theclaud]

This is true, false Chanterelles aren’t deadly, but why make yourself ill, when your not foraging for fun with a guide book, but your stuck in an actual stay alive situation while awaiting rescue, your main concerns are PWLF, protection, water, location and food, along with the will to keep going.

LOL it's a foraging thread. Preparing for civil war or full isolation is probably a good idea under the current government, but I don't think a spring of Hairy Bittercress in your sarnies is going to cut it one way or the other TBH.

 

[theclaud]

At the risk of sounding a bit Alan Partridge...

Jackpot!

 

[glasgowcyclist]

At the risk of sounding a bit Alan Partridge...

Jackpot!

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What are those?

 

[theclaud]

What are those?

St George's Mushroom. Eleven days early!

 

[Tail End Charlie]

It's sort of foraging. Picked it up some time last year.

 

[glasgowcyclist]

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It's sort of foraging. Picked it up some time last year.

Have you eaten it yet?

 

[Tail End Charlie]

Have you eaten it yet?

Probably, I'm not sure as I put it in my freezer where there were already several pheasants. there's one left now (just checked) so it could be that one or maybe not! None of the others were roadkill though.

 

[slowmotion]

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It's sort of foraging. Picked it up some time last year.

How about badger?
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/wordofmouth/2012/sep/25/eating-badger-a-sett-menu

 

[Tail End Charlie]

How about badger?
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/wordofmouth/2012/sep/25/eating-badger-a-sett-menu

I'm on it! Seen last week, but probably a bit smelly now. Will need to take panniers.

 

[HMS_Dave]

I'm on it! Seen last week, but probably a bit smelly now. Will need to take panniers.

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At least you won't need to season it too much, will have plenty of tang to it...

 

[theclaud]

A badger will make a meal for two, says Boyt, though his wife Sue is a vegetarian.

 

[slowmotion]

A badger will make a meal for two, says Boyt, though his wife Sue is a vegetarian.

The next sentence is good too......

So he often shares the animal with his son and daughter-in-law, who comes from Papua and is used to eating "maggots and grubs."

 

[theclaud]

I know a guy who works on badger tapeworms. He's delighted when he finds a bloated badger corpse at the roadside. I'd sooner eat andouilettes.

In better eating news, I had a Chicken, St George's Mushroom and Wild Garlic pie for dinner last night.

 

[Julia9054]

I know a guy who works on badger tapeworms. He's delighted when he finds a bloated badger corpse at the roadside.

A large part of my degree was parasitology. One particularly unpleasant lab afternoon was spent sifting through dog poo to locate Toxocara canis eggs. (Sorry if anyone was eating)
I do rather like a spectacular tapeworm though.