Foraging for food

Jonny69 · 10-10-2009, 20:16

We've had a bit of a bonus day with regards to free food. We normally scoop up sweet chestnuts locally and in the park but they were huge and fat this year and the squirrels were literally throwing them down for us! Then we decided to go scrumping on a piece of derelict land that's going to become a building site, because we'd seen loads of apple trees and blackberry brambles. We missed the blackberries unfortunately, but this was what we could stuff in our pockets:

The three apples on the left are sweet and juicy and the two on the right are sharper. No idea what variety but they aren't cooking apples. More chestnuts than we know what to do with and sprig of rosemary stolen from the park for our potato bake tonight. There were loads of mushrooms growing round the trees too, just a shame both of us hate mushrooms because they so looked delicious

Edit: there were more apples but they got eaten on the way home

Jingo · 10-10-2009, 20:36

Be careful with the mushrooms you pick! I'm sure over your way things might be a little different, but some in the woods 'roun'these'ere'parts could either cause a torrent of instant-vomit, or make you believe the watering can with glowing eyes is trying to get you

Great haul btw! What plans have you for the Chestnuts?

Knipples · 10-10-2009, 20:45

BD worlds biggest conker fight!!!!!!!!!!

Jonny69 · 10-10-2009, 20:46

We roasted some of them, hot oven for about 10 minutes, maybe boil some of them so they're soft and stick them in a cake or mush them down with a bit of sugar and serve with cream. Bacon, leek and chestnut risotto, loads of stuff

We're going back for more tomorrow.

Burble · 10-10-2009, 20:59

My Mum gets oodles of blackberries when she's out walking the dog. Year round blackberry and apple pie = NOM!

Princess Griff · 10-10-2009, 22:19

Chestnuts roasting on an open fiiiiiiireeee.....
Jack Frost nipping at my nooooooose......

Dear God - Its Christmas soon!

Knipples · 10-10-2009, 22:41

You know im gonna have to kill you for mentioning the C word now dont you?

Princess Griff · 10-10-2009, 22:51

Nooooooooooooo!!!

Jingo · 10-10-2009, 22:55

Clunge?!

Fayshun · 10-10-2009, 23:57

My dad forages for sloes, to make sloe gin.

10-10-2009, 20:16	#1
Jonny69 Noob Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Socialist Republik of Kent Posts: 5,032	Foraging for food We've had a bit of a bonus day with regards to free food. We normally scoop up sweet chestnuts locally and in the park but they were huge and fat this year and the squirrels were literally throwing them down for us! Then we decided to go scrumping on a piece of derelict land that's going to become a building site, because we'd seen loads of apple trees and blackberry brambles. We missed the blackberries unfortunately, but this was what we could stuff in our pockets: The three apples on the left are sweet and juicy and the two on the right are sharper. No idea what variety but they aren't cooking apples. More chestnuts than we know what to do with and sprig of rosemary stolen from the park for our potato bake tonight. There were loads of mushrooms growing round the trees too, just a shame both of us hate mushrooms because they so looked delicious Edit: there were more apples but they got eaten on the way home __________________

10-10-2009, 20:36	#2
Jingo Smother me in chocolate and eat flapjacks with it! Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: North Somerset Posts: 1,854	Be careful with the mushrooms you pick! I'm sure over your way things might be a little different, but some in the woods 'roun'these'ere'parts could either cause a torrent of instant-vomit, or make you believe the watering can with glowing eyes is trying to get you Great haul btw! What plans have you for the Chestnuts? __________________

10-10-2009, 20:46	#4
Jonny69 Noob Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Socialist Republik of Kent Posts: 5,032	We roasted some of them, hot oven for about 10 minutes, maybe boil some of them so they're soft and stick them in a cake or mush them down with a bit of sugar and serve with cream. Bacon, leek and chestnut risotto, loads of stuff We're going back for more tomorrow. __________________

10-10-2009, 22:19	#6
Princess Griff Buns'o'Steel Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Maison Jingriff in North Somerset Posts: 600	Chestnuts roasting on an open fiiiiiiireeee..... Jack Frost nipping at my nooooooose...... Dear God - Its Christmas soon! __________________

10-10-2009, 22:51	#8
Princess Griff Buns'o'Steel Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Maison Jingriff in North Somerset Posts: 600	Nooooooooooooo!!! __________________

10-10-2009, 20:59	#5
Burble Rocket Fuel Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 7,826	My Mum gets oodles of blackberries when she's out walking the dog. Year round blackberry and apple pie = NOM!

10-10-2009, 22:55	#9
Jingo Smother me in chocolate and eat flapjacks with it! Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: North Somerset Posts: 1,854	Clunge?! __________________

10-10-2009, 23:57	#10
Fayshun Rocket Fuel Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Adrift in the Orca Posts: 6,845	My dad forages for sloes, to make sloe gin. __________________ We must move forward not backward, upwards not forward, and always twirling, twirling, twirling...