chorne39 Posted August 15, 2012 Share Posted August 15, 2012 Thanks again claret. You are on the ball today. Is there nothing you don't know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taxman Posted August 15, 2012 Author Share Posted August 15, 2012 I did an 8 week long mushroom identification course with Patrick Harding and he is fantastic. I've since foraged for and eaten my own mushrooms. I'm careful only to go for ones I'm absolutely sure of (for obvious reasons) and also ones that make good eating (there are loads that are "edible" but not worth eating - think soggy cardboard or slime). I also pick the occasional plants. Wood sorrel is easy to identify and has a nice apple peel flavour then there's ransoms obviously and cleavers and sweet Cecily is wonderful - like Pernod! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Claret Posted August 15, 2012 Share Posted August 15, 2012 Thanks again claret. You are on the ball today. Is there nothing you don't know. Ha ha! Yes! I just try to keep up to date with all things food in Sheffield. Posted from Sheffieldforum.co.uk App for Android Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luxs Posted August 19, 2012 Share Posted August 19, 2012 Has any body tried cooking with wild or foraged food? Personally I wouldn't know where to start but I reckon that would spice up the menu. Does anybody know about a Sheffield based foraging course? At the moment it is a plenty of wild mushrooms in the local forest. They are lovely. You only should know how to separate edible and poison mushrooms. I hope, that I know all local spices, except Polypores. When I do some veg soups, I always add young Alchemilla leaves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taxman Posted September 19, 2012 Author Share Posted September 19, 2012 Tried Turbot for the first time ever last night. Expensive but we were celebrating so what the heck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
queenbee12 Posted September 28, 2012 Share Posted September 28, 2012 I have a spin on your idea .......I call it Magazine Monday .... Basically I'm always buying mags for their recipes, then filing away the said recipe, before trying it. So I now go through my collection and try to do a new one each Monday... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taxman Posted November 10, 2012 Author Share Posted November 10, 2012 I've got myself a brace of partridge. One is going to be simply roasted with veg tomorrow, the other will be cooked with spelt and pear a la Hugh F-Whittingstall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taxman Posted November 11, 2012 Author Share Posted November 11, 2012 The partridge was very good, and very easy to cook with the right pan. Browned on the hob in a cast iron frying pan then transferred to the oven for a final 10 minutes. Has to be eaten with fingers though to cope with the little bones and odd bits of shot! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chorne39 Posted November 12, 2012 Share Posted November 12, 2012 I've just stumbed across this food foraging course in Bakewell. I've not tried cooking with wild food yet. Feel I might need some expert tuition before I try cooking with unknown produce especially mushrooms! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taxman Posted December 2, 2012 Author Share Posted December 2, 2012 Cuttlefish. My friends have been telling for ages that it is nicer than octopus so when I saw it on the menu at Vito's last night I just had to try it. It was lovely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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