Hedgerow food.

[Mesterh]

Just wondering if any of you folks make your own wine/beer/jams/food etc from the wilds.

 

I have had a go at sloe/damson gin, the odd elderberry/blackberry jam an err I think thats about it.

 

Any other interesting stuff we can have a go at?

[David Humphries]

September is harvest time for some great edible Fungi & Fings -

 

Beefsteak

Fields

Giant Puffballs

Chanterelles

I'm still seeing young Chicken of the woods still forming too.

 

Beech nuts

Common Poppy seeds

Hazle nuts

Walnuts

 

Rosehips

Elderberry

Hawthorn berries

Wild Strawberries

Blackberry

Bilberry

 

A whole Cornicopia of natures larder at your fingertips.

 

Forage at will..........

 

 

 

 

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[nepia]

Sloe vodka, damson vodka, blackberry & apple jam, bullace jam, wild strawberry jam once, rose hip jam, the two cobnuts left by the tree rats, but refused nettle soup.

[Saw-sick Steve]

Sloe gin is a good one if you want to use up some cheap gin, not worth waisting a bottle of Plymouth. Similarly, blackberry whisk(e)y is a brilliant way to utilise a cheap bottle of scotch

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Edited September 6, 2009 by Monkey-D

[pjoter]

Hi, you can try to eat Yew berries, but dont eat the seed, it is highly toxic and can kill you. Eat only red flesh, it is very sweet. Some people make jam out of it.

[Simon Rotheram]

September is harvest time for some great edible Fungi & Fings -

 

Beefsteak

Fields

Giant Puffballs

Chanterelles

I'm still seeing young Chicken of the woods still forming too.

 

Beech nuts

Common Poppy seeds

Hazle nuts

Walnuts

 

Rosehips

Elderberry

Hawthorn berries

Wild Strawberries

Blackberry

Bilberry

 

A whole Cornicopia of natures larder at your fingertips.

 

Forage at will..........

 

 

 

 

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...gentle loopins and tall hollyhocks....

 

my mum makes Elderflower Champagne loopy juice!

[sean]

stinging nettle beer.....v.nice.

[Saw-sick Steve]

 

my mum makes Elderflower Champagne loopy juice!

 

My sister made a batch of that in old Pomagne bottles (remember that?). One night we heard a loud bang, closely followed by another. Dad thought the gas had gone off, but yes, you guessed it, it was sisters Elderflower Champagne.

After gingerly removing the remaining bottles, she had a second attempt and this time actually measured the ingredients out properly! She's recently decided to try again after a 20-odd year gap. As you say though, its real 'fightable' stuff!

[jpbeaver]

i've made my first batch of blackberry whiskey today, should be ready the begining of november. there are masses of sloes this year, not quite ready for picking yet though. i used to make elderflower champagne as a kid, it was lovely.

[sean]

i have also got a recipe for a chutney made from ASH KEYS!!! Not tried it but if anybody interested??