This is just a brief post as it’s getting late and I’ve spent most of the evening cooking and baking… The Healthy Forager does not sit still!
My friend Darren popped round yesterday to bring courgettes and peas (in exchange for seaweed). They were all beautiful specimens so I decided to do them justice with a special meal – courgetti with Giant polypore, onion, sorrel, herbs and seaweed, with peas scattered over it and accompanied by a glass of Candiglirach Reserve.
Earlier today I spotted a Himalayan honeysuckle lurking in a bit of ‘waste ground’ under the electricity cables. Waste grounds are the best. This lovely plant is likely an escapee from a garden, as it’s definitely not native to Scotland. The berries are most unusual: very soft in texture (you only need to look at them and they burst), they taste like bitter black treacle with a hint of toffee. They scream out to be turned into something special, which I haven’t decided yet, but I’ll think of something.
It’s now less than a week to go with my Wild for a Month challenge – where the challenge seems to be more and more “how to eat it all”, as opposed to “will I have enough to eat”. I’ll be cooking some wonderful final meals (well, for this month!), so watch this space.
The healthy forager 