The UK Food Blog
I love trying new foods and my foraging discoveries are no exception. Finding free foods is a delight to me and the latest addition to my wild foods repertoire are Dandelions.
For many, dandelions are considered a nuisance, a weed disrupting the serenity of a well-maintained lawn. However, if you resist the temptation to spray the hell out them, you can still control them by eating them!
Here, as promised, is my experiment into roasting my own pumpkin seeds. I’ve always wanted to try this, but just never got around to it. Roasted pumpkin seeds remind me of Portugal, where they are salted and a very popular snack called pevides. I gathered three different methods and tried them all! [Read more...]
We are lucky enough to have two mature black elders at the bottom of our garden. The beautifully fragrant flowers came and went before I got around to doing anything with them but I was determined not to let the berries go to waste. So, i made use of the remaining berries on our shrubs by making an elderberry jelly. [Read more...]
Following on from our two previous chestnut posts here and here we have a fantastic comment from Nick in Australia. We felt it would be a crime to keep this highly interesting information relegated to the comments section and as such we have posted it below so that none of you EB readers will miss out on it!
Remember that if you have anything that you would like to guest post about here on Eating Britain then use the ‘submit content‘ page and we will look to publish you right here for all to see. [Read more...]
As I gather from all your wonderful comments and questions, sweet chestnuts are proving very popular! In response to some requests I have collected some sweet ways to preserve them. [Read more...]
