Foods for free. Anything you want to post about wild foods or foraging, hunting and fishing. Please note, this section includes pictures of hunting.
Sorry to say that Selfsufficientish or anyone who posts on here is liable to make a mistake when it comes to identification so we can't be liable for getting it wrong.
Bizzare season it might be for fruits, berries & fungi. Today for example i was picking elderflower and ripe elderberries from the same tree.
Made first large batch of elderberry cordial and rowan jelly.
I made rowan jelly a few years ago. Because I was making it for the first time, I followed a recipe to the letter (it included some apple). The jelly was very bitter.... It's still in the cupboard!
Is it supposed to be bitter? And what do you eat it with?
Ina
I'm a size 10, really; I wear a 20 for comfort. (Gina Yashere)
you can use apple for added pectin esp crab, however i use lemon juice. It is very good as an accompinement to game dishes esp Venison.
Sometimes i often mix with elderberry too.
I'm glad to hear that rowan jelly is bitter - I shall just leave the berries for the birds then. They look so pretty on the tree for the short time before the birds get them anyway, and as I only have one young tree I don't really want to pick them!