Free Food

Shortie

I'm new to free food but have started collecting blackberries, tayberries (how lucky was that find!!), I've seen jostaberries (but other than jams I don't think I'd have much use for them so am leaving alone..) and have found what appears to be a fig tree that's not on anyone's property - need to suss that one out for sure though before I go a picking!
I've also found Hazelnuts but they're about 20 mins away in an area I rarely go to, so will probably forget to go back for those...

Sallys_Savings

Does anyone have battered elderberry flowers?.......we used to as children
I wasnt too sure when they were ready/best time for this?..anyone know?

Lillibet_2

We've got plum & apple trees on the river bank near us:D:D:D:D:D

Smashing_Blouse

We get free fruit and veg from the neigbours either side of us. Pears, Apples, Plums, Marrows and Courgettes.

shetitasatic

If you look carefully in the hedgerows you can often find little wild strawberries. They taste fantastic but you don't get many!!

rubytuesday

Sallys_Savings wrote:

Does anyone have battered elderberry flowers?.......we used to as children
I wasnt too sure when they were ready/best time for this?..anyone know?

Too late for them now, the elderflowers have finished and soon the berries will be ready

mirakl

Forest free foods
Blackberries for desserts, preserves and cocktails
Wild garlic for salads, sauteed and wild garlic pesto
Nettles for wine
Sloes for gin
Elderflowers and elderberries for wine

Other free foods
random tins of stuff my mother impulse bought and is afraid to cook
random fruits and veg my mother impulse bought and is afraid to cook
random meats and fish my mother impulse bought and is afraid to cook
random alcohol my mother impulse bought and is afraid to drink

troll35

recovering spendaholic - bilberries are wild blueberries. The bushes are usually mixed in with the heather on moorland. They make fantastic pies.

The best blackberrying places near us are old graveyards. Must be something to do with the fertilizer:) I would imagine with all this glorious sun they may well be ready for picking a bit earlier than usual this year. I will be checking them out from mid august.

SusanCarter

Can you get bilberries anywhere other than moors? Ours is closed because of fire risk.

Trow

I got two packs of chicken tikka kebabs today for free. They were priced at 49p each, buy two for £3 (so 98p off two packs...) I'll not eat them but OH is a bit of a cheap meat dustbin...

I also got macaroni cheese for free at a cafe cos it was the last of the dish, and a bit dried up so they said I could just have it.

Other freebies - pancakes (reduced plus BOGOF - ended up they paid me to take them), bread, rolls, quiche, lamb and beef. Not all that often, but often enough to keep looking!

As for wild stuff - we have blackberries and gooseberries in the garden, and I get rhubarb from mum and dad. There isn't any amount of decent foraging around though, but the fishing is good and we occasionally get fish from neighbours.