Coastal foraging

[happyhumph]

I pick quite a bit of samphire in season - yummy stuff. Need to learn about seaweeds

[Mr Bones]

That looks brilliant SP. Cooked limpets do tend to be chewy but when eaten raw they remind me too much of that horrible crunch you get when you bite the inside of your cheek really hard. It's fun foraging wild foods and some taste good, some however are like Crocodile Dundee says "You can live on it but...." well, you know the rest .
What a lovely looking location for foraging.

[Small pumpkin]

Thanks Mr Bones, I didn't know you could eat limpets raw! That really doesn't appeal to be honest.
I'm more that happy with raw fish, but not shellfish.
We did try all the identified seaweeds raw before we cooked them. All very similar really. Salty not a lot of other flavour, but perfectly edible.

[JanieB]

I have Richard Mabey's book "food for free". I have foraged all my life. Most of it I didn't need the book for but he taught me a lot about mushrooms. My ex husband and I were farmers and when we were first married were on a very low income. Foraging and selling dressed meat enabled us to live.

I live just about as far from the coast as you can in England so coastal foraging isn't possible. I take the dogs to the coast occasionally in the summer as they love the sea. I would love to find samphire as despite my dislike of salt, as long as I don't add more it is an interesting extra flavour.

[veggiechicken]

I like https://www.amazon.co.uk/Wild-Natura...ct_top?ie=UTF8
Its been reprinted with another cover - I have the original one in this photo.
Roger Phillips takes you through the year, shows you what can be foraged and adds a
photo of it being cooked, usually in situ on the beach or in the wood.
All of his books are great, wonderful photos - the Mushroom one is excellent.

[Small pumpkin]

Thanks for the link VC. I've got his wild flower book, Which is very good.

[veggiechicken]

I have most of his books Trees, various flowers, ?lichens.............might have to go to look at the bookcase.

He used to have a great mushrom identification website but it seems to have turned into an app I don't do Apps Rogers Mushrooms

[Small pumpkin]

This evenings tea from yesterday's foraging.

Crunchy winkle dippers (used Mayo for the dip)
a very small starter, just to try them. Very nice or will be when we work out how to clean all the sand out properly. Apparently 24 hour sat in clean salted water isn't enough (and giving them a gentle shake every time I was in the kitchen)



Pasta & cockles

https://www.jamieoliver.com/recipes/...e-detail/4703/



All I have to say about this is OMG it's bl@@dy lovely.

[Small pumpkin]

I have most of his books Trees, various flowers, ?lichens.............might have to go to look at the bookcase.

He used to have a great mushrom identification website but it seems to have turned into an app I don't do Apps Rogers Mushrooms

Unfortunately I don't do mushrooms....highly allergic

[veggiechicken]

I have most of his books Trees, various flowers, ?lichens.............might have to go to look at the bookcase.

14 big books + a 2nd copy of Trees and 2 smaller books on Salad plants and Annuals.

[Mr Bones]

This evenings tea from yesterday's foraging.

Crunchy winkle dippers (used Mayo for the dip)
a very small starter, just to try them. Very nice or will be when we work out how to clean all the sand out properly. Apparently 24 hour sat in clean salted water isn't enough (and giving them a gentle shake every time I was in the kitchen)

Those dishes look lovely SP. Top tip I found for sand-free winkles is to gather them from areas of smooth rock. Always amazed too how boiling them in veg stock improves the flavour (I didn't think it would get inside the shell that much).

[Small pumpkin]

Those dishes look lovely SP. Top tip I found for sand-free winkles is to gather them from areas of smooth rock. Always amazed too how boiling them in veg stock improves the flavour (I didn't think it would get inside the shell that much).

Thanks for the tip about winkle location. That's obvious..... Once you've been told about it .
Yeah we boiled them in veg stock first. It definitely added to the flavour. I was surprised how easy it was to get them out of the shells. I thought it was going to be really fiddly.

[veggiechicken]

You've reminded me, SP, of my Nana who used to sit at the table with a bowl of cooked winkles and a hatpin

[Small pumpkin]

I used to go cockling and winkle picking with my grandad when we used to go on holiday to teignmouth ( is that spelt right) Devon every year. I never ate the winkles and the cockles were always pickled

[Deano's "Diggin It"]

Nice "Foraging" there kiddo!

I do wish at times I lived near the coast as i do so adore "Seafood" and the stuff you buy in supermarkets is good but not that good!

And when we do visit the coast, that is always my first port of call I make!

I need welks, muscles, limpits, crab, to name but a few!

God! you are so lucky to have it on your doorstep!