Category: Plants

from forage_and_field ・・・Here’s one for roe buck season… Venison Milanese with tomato and mascarpone spaghetti. Ingredients: 1 venison haunch steak 1 egg, beaten Handful plain flour Handful breadcrumbs Enough mozzarella to cover the surface of the meat. 70g spaghetti per person 1 onion or Sea leeks 3 cloves garlic or…

Recipe from @the_road_to_connorThis recipe is Part soccata, part omelette – I made this super simple and absolutely delicious dish for lunch with Ingredients 1 cup of chickpea flour, 1 scant cup of water, 2 eggs, 1 grated zucchini, 1 handful of wild garlic and 1 of wild sorrel – finely…

This Wild Garlic Buds Pickle is a great way to utilise the wild garlic buds just before they open in to flower, we use these like a garlic version of capers and they work well as a garnish to salads, but my absolute favourite is to chuck them on top…

Ribwort Plantain / Spring / Summer / Autumn / Edible How to Identify Ribwort Plantain Scientific Name Plantago lanceolata Family Plantaginaceae Also known as Narrowleaf plantain, English plantain, Buckhorn plantain, ribleaf,  lamb’s tongue. Habitat Europe, including Britain, from Iceland south and east to Spain, northern and central Asia. It has…

Yarrow / spring / summer / autumn / winter / edible   How to Identify Yarrow Scientific Name Achillea millefolium Family Asteraceae Also known as Yarrow or common yarrow Traditional names arrowroot, bad man’s plaything, bloodwort, carpenter’s weed, death flower, devil’s nettle, eerie, field hops, gearwe, hundred leaved grass, knight’s…

Miners Lettuce (Claytonia perfoliata) How to Identify Miners Lettuce Edible Scientific NameClaytonia perfoliata FamilyMontiaceae Also known asIndian lettuce, spring beauty, and winter purslane. Habitat: Disturbed and waste ground, moist banks and slopes, often in partial shade, especially on light soils. Also found on rather dry sandy soils. Western N. America…

Meadowsweet (Filipendula ulmaria) How to Identify Meadow Sweet Edible Scientific NameFilipendula ulmaria FamilyRosaceae Also known asMead wort, queen of the meadow, pride of the meadow, meadow-wort, meadow queen, lady of the meadow, dollof, meadsweet, and bridewort. HabitatGrows in damp ditches throughout Europe and western Asia. It is native throughout most…

Comfrey / spring / summer / autumn / Edible   Scientific Name Symphytum officinale Family Boraginaceae Also known as True comfrey. Other English names include Quaker comfrey, cultivated comfrey, boneset, knitbone, consound, and slippery-root. Habitat It is native to Europe and it is known elsewhere, including North America, as an…

Crow Garlic (Allium vineale ) How to Identify Crow Garlic Edible Scientific NameAllium vineale FamilyAmaryllidaceae Also known asWild garlic, onion grass, crow garlic or stag’s garlic, compact onion, false garlic, wild onion. HabitatNative to Europe, northwestern Africa and the Middle East. The species was introduced in Australia and North America,…