Eat the weeds/foraging

[peds]

Ground elder needs harvesting early, or it renders you disastrously leaky. Apparently. 

 

Re: nettles. The most disappointing pot herb to forage. A thousand times less rewarding, both spiritually and culinarily, than the equivalent weight of fungi, fruit, or nuts. Nothing but angry spinach.

[peds]

Time well spent:

 

[Mick Dempsey]

Not that I’m saying you’re an influencer or anything.

But it reminds me of this daft mare getting all done up in make up, designer wellies etc. carrying a signboard telling us some aspirational crap while her husband takes a photo for the Gram.

 

(Again not you)

[sime42]

30 minutes ago, peds said:

Time well spent:

 

 

Good to see the knife being used. Chimes with my thinking on introducing them, and other tools, as early as possible. (within reason obvs - no chainsaws until double figures!)

Is that one of those Opinels with the rounded tip?

My four year old lad keeps on about wanting an axe for Christmas, I'll hold off for a couple years though and give him a knife first.

[peds]

Daughter's fifth birthday for that round nosed Opinel, the 4 year old lad there will be getting his own next year.

 

Nothing wrong with introducing them to blades early on, that's why God gave us so many fingers to practice on.

[sime42]

2 hours ago, peds said:

Ground elder needs harvesting early, or it renders you disastrously leaky. Apparently. 

 

Re: nettles. The most disappointing pot herb to forage. A thousand times less rewarding, both spiritually and culinarily, than the equivalent weight of fungi, fruit, or nuts. Nothing but angry spinach.

 

Reminds me of a story I heard years ago about some guy applying handfuls of nettles to his member, to make it bigger I think. The mind boggles. An urban myth probably, hopefully.

 

[Steven P]

2 hours ago, peds said:

Time well spent:

 

 

 

There is that Australian (?) lady going through the courts just now who learnt her mushrooms well. Kids didn't get any but the ex-in-laws did

[peds]

34 minutes ago, Steven P said:

 

There is that Australian (?) lady going through the courts just now who learnt her mushrooms well. Kids didn't get any but the ex-in-laws did

Just heard about that! Scary stuff. 

[peds]

Those bay boletes are simmering with a few puffballs and shop bought for soup, anyway. No murders here.

 

[Steven P]

Always been cautions about mushrooms - finding them takes more energy than you get from them but are a nice thing to add to a meal. Then there are the special ones in the field opposite that love to grow out the cow poo.