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North Lower Neil
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Inspired by it being blackberry season, what do people pick and what do they make?
I live in the countryside and don't take advantage enough of all the stuff around here as beyond blackberries, sloes and elderberries I've no idea what's edible and what isn't.
I live in the countryside and don't take advantage enough of all the stuff around here as beyond blackberries, sloes and elderberries I've no idea what's edible and what isn't.
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We pick football clubs and make shed loads.
Have a good day
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Magic mushrooms3
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My dogs pick a load of the blackberries that are around at the moment. Unfortunately, they eat them all themselves. What is impressive is that they know how to pick the ripe ones and leave the unripe ones (for now, at least).0
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We went blackberry picking the other day, but like the OP our forays are limited to them, sloes and elders. Basically everything we pick gets soaked in booze, before we get soaked in it ourselves. We're making Blackberry Rum at the moment. Rum, sugar, blackberries and a vanilla pod (because we're very particular about the standards of what we drink) and that's it. Lovely.2
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Just my nose, sometimes arse, but not in public
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thai malaysia addick said:My dogs pick a load of the blackberries that are around at the moment. Unfortunately, they eat them all themselves. What is impressive is that they know how to pick the ripe ones and leave the unripe ones (for now, at least).0
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Stig said:We went blackberry picking the other day, but like the OP out forays are limited to them, sloes and elders. Basically everything we pick gets soaked in booze, before we get soaked in it ourselves. We're making Blackberry Rum at the moment. Rum, sugar, blackberries and a vanilla pod (because we're very particular about the standards of what we drink) and that's it. Lovely.
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Have made Sloe Gin before but never either BlackBerry rum or Whisky.
Would one of you relevant pissheads be kind enough to post the recipe and how to, please
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Here's one from 'Domestic Sluttery' you might enjoy: http://archive.domesticsluttery.com/2012/10/sluttishly-boozy-blackberry-rum.html
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Make sure you sterilise all the jars and bottles etc!0
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Remember the days, when we were kids, searching the woods for the hidden plastic bags, which would contain porn mags. After having time reading the stories, we would hide them somewhere else to continue reading at a later date, only to find that someone else has found them and hidden elsewhere.
Kids today, don't know how lucky they are.5 -
Wrong season for it now but I like picking wild garlic and using it in salads and sauces.1
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I presume you could do this straight into a half full bottle of rum or whisky like you do with sloe gin ?0
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SantaClaus said:Wrong season for it now but I like picking wild garlic and using it in salads and sauces.
Same with samphire near the coast.1 -
North Lower Neil said:SantaClaus said:Wrong season for it now but I like picking wild garlic and using it in salads and sauces.
Same with samphire near the coast.1 -
Elderberry & Gin infusion, 1 week into the 4 it should take. Just needs a bit of sugar / water mix added to taste.
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North Lower Neil said:SantaClaus said:Wrong season for it now but I like picking wild garlic and using it in salads and sauces.
Same with samphire near the coast.0 -
Dippenhall said:North Lower Neil said:SantaClaus said:Wrong season for it now but I like picking wild garlic and using it in salads and sauces.
Same with samphire near the coast.
Prolific in parts of the wooded South Downs so probably also in similar areas of North Downs in Kent, suggest in natural ancient woodland.2 -
Blackberries, apples and plumbs.
Make apple/blackberry pie, blackberry shortbread and freeze some for breakfast with plain yoghurt.2 - Sponsored links:
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MuttleyCAFC said:thai malaysia addick said:My dogs pick a load of the blackberries that are around at the moment. Unfortunately, they eat them all themselves. What is impressive is that they know how to pick the ripe ones and leave the unripe ones (for now, at least).1
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Dippenhall said:Dippenhall said:North Lower Neil said:SantaClaus said:Wrong season for it now but I like picking wild garlic and using it in salads and sauces.
Same with samphire near the coast.
Prolific in parts of the wooded South Downs so probably also in similar areas of North Downs in Kent, suggest in natural ancient woodland.0 -
shine166 said:Magic mushrooms
Ahhh, memories. When I was a lot younger than I am today going shrooming was an annual thing. Luckily I knew two sites to collect those little fungi’s of merriment. One was within walking distance and was straight forward to get to, the other was in the grounds of Ampleforth College. Going there took a certain amount of bravery because legend had it that if you were caught by any of the monks there then you’d be taken off and ceremoniously bummed on an alter in the depths of the main hall. I never actually met anyone that that happened to though.9 -
AddickUpNorth said:shine166 said:Magic mushrooms
Ahhh, memories. When I was a lot younger than I am today going shrooming was an annual thing. Luckily I knew two sites to collect those little fungi’s of merriment. One was within walking distance and was straight forward to get to, the other was in the grounds of Ampleforth College. Going there took a certain amount of bravery because legend had it that if you were caught by any of the monks there then you’d be taken off and ceremoniously bummed on an alter in the depths of the main hall. I never actually met anyone that that happened to though.
That's what made you do the job you do 😂😂0 -
Wild damsons near me get made into jam, and bramble jelly is good too. Also crab-apple jelly.
When visiting moorland or heathland, keep an eye open for low-growing bilberry bushes - they're smaller than
blueberries but far superior taste & make a lovely pie.
Dandelion flowers make a nice dry country wine - my great-uncle used to make wine out of almost anything he could forage!
Quite a few seaweeds are edible, & add a tang to salads, but not only need a good identification guide but also local knowledge of pollution-free collection sites. True also for things like cockles, if you are into "fruit de mer".2 -
I usually send the Mrs out looking for Truffles3
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Anyone know what these are?
Google lens keeps trying to say apples or plums but it's struggling with scale - cherry plums maybe?
Seem to be the more purple colour when ripe and ready to fall, the colour in the tape measure photo on the tree.0 -
Not Cambridge Gages are they? @North Lower Neil
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Thought this was another thread about our transfer strategy1