Foraging - Natures Food

Jolaaled

This site has some useful pics and links:

http://www.downsizer.net/Projects/Finding_Food/Top_Ten_Wild_Mushrooms_for_the_Beginner/

MrsTinks

I'm just outside Bicester (nr Oxford)

Hinni

The National Trust also do fungay forays.

morganlefay

Tine, the local wildlife people (they used to be BBONT but have changed to something like BBOWT) do them for v modest amount and have some which aren't far from Bicester I think (sort of Aylesbury-ish) . I got ticked off once for ringing (not BBONT, some other group) and asking about a fungus walk - because I want to be able to find and identify them so I can eat them - but this bloke got all snooty and said his walk was all about indentifying them and he wasn't sure why people all wanted to eat them these days - idiot. So make sure you get the sort of walk you want ! Good hunting

MrsTinks

Aylesbury isn't far s if I can locate one that would be great My searches so far have not found me any tho - drat!

Hohum more looking needed lol

ViksB

English nature also do them, the one in Yorkshire is free. But it is more about looking and identifying them than eating them! However the guy who did it last year was great and we saw some ace poisonous ones which were red with white spots, like you see in fairy tales!!

http://www.english-nature.org.uk/news/do_events.asp

lindens

At about 6.50am today there was a article on BBC breakfast time about foraging, Today it was beaches. They were in Norfolk and foraged for cockles and winkles and some seaweed i cant remember the name of.
I think its on all week. Tomorrow they are in Sheffield, about foraging in cities.

Debt_Free_Chick

lindens wrote: »

and some seaweed i cant remember the name of.

Samphire

It's gorgeous!

BBC Good Food article

Hugh's view

The season is coming to an end, so get in now if you fancy it!

lindens

Yes that was it!

ShelBell

is it always going to be on so early? am still zedding then!