The ingredients for a perfect day: 2 bicycles, glorious Aberdeenshire countryside, unseasonally mild weather, and….. Velvet Shanks! I spent the outward journey with one eye fixed to the roadside, hoping to spot these brown beauties on the gorse that lines the verges. Finally after 20 miles we got lucky.
With rumbling stomachs we set up “camp” in a forest clearing, and fried the shanks on the stove. Oh boy, hot from the pan and infused with woodland aroma, they were the best!
The healthy forager 