While picking butterbur and wild garlic last night, I suddenly spotted a mushroom! In my mind I’m only looking out for St. George’s mushroom at this time of year, so this was a lovely surprise. I had it for breakfast with just some salt and pepper. It’s a Spring cavalier, and not very common.
Then on a very wintery walk at lunchtime I came across more Jelly Ears (fixed to an elder branch I’d been keeping a watchful eye on), and further along grew the perfect accompaniment: Ground Elder! They made the perfect aromatic soup:
Honestly, I wish I could add ‘smell and taste’ to these pictures – it was delicious!
So, this was just a quick update as it proved to be such a culinary day. Next time I’ll be reporting from The Netherlands where I’ll be this weekend. Who knows was delights are growing there!
The healthy forager 