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Hi here is some wild food sites.

The Really Wild Food Guide.
http://www.countrylovers.co.uk/wildfoodjj/

Wildman Steve Brill
http://www.wildmanstevebrill.com/

Rigchard Torrens
http://www.4qd.org/fff/

Wild Food Adventures
http://www.wildfoodadventures.com/

Cheers jessie

Wow, thanks Jessica. I've just discovered that what I have growing in abundance in Spring in my bit of woodland is Jack by the Hedge and it is edible! Off to study more about it...........

just found a mention of it on this site:

http://www.selfsufficientish.com/wildinthecity.htm

oh yes, good stuff to cook with.

That's early for the old Jack By The Hedge although I did notice some just creeping up a couple of weeks ago. I love the stuff- it's got a very garlicy taste to it-(it' also called hedge garlic). I find it goes really well in a mixed leaf salad just to add an extra flavour along with a bit of rocket mmm lovely. I'd forgotten I'd written about it in that article.

It's not growing yet, Dave! I did say 'Spring'!! Still midwinter around here.

So you did. Still not too long now, I'm sure I found some in March last year.

Great links Jessica
Thanks.

Thanks jessica! I've saved all your links and am especially interested in different ways to prepare wild greens. I think I've got the wild asparagus covered but anyone know anything about fiddleheads?
kate ;-)
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Fiddleheads? What on earth is that!

Sounds like a polite swearword...

I haven't heard of them either. I've been foraging in my garden and had my first wild salad. My Jack by the Hedge is growing at last!

Is that what also goes under the name of Bishop's weed? So far, the creeping buttercup is making a comeback all over the place...

Hi again! Not a polite swearword at all!! LOL Fiddleheads are the curled up ends of the ferns in early spring, or that's what we call them, and perhaps you call them something else?

Someone told me the Pasture Brake ferns have to be boiled for nearly an hour because as raw plants, they eat important vitamins in the body? So I add garlic and teriyaki sauce and butter and that's all right, like asparagus, but soggier!

Having a swamp on the property, I also get a good number of ostrich ferns from which fiddleheads, I use raw in salads and sometimes cook for a few minutes then salt, pepper and butter 'em. Very good, I think! And free!!

Now I think I'll have to go write an article about them! What do you call them in England etc?
kate;-)
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I think what we really need is a dictionary with all the names that things have in the various countries! I think you have different kinds of fern. We just have bracken, and I don't think the new tips in spring have a special name - or at least I haven't discovered it yet!

It is this fern

http://www.bbc.co.uk/gardening/plants/p ... /534.shtml

And this site explains about fiddleheads and ramps/wild leeks

http://www.wild-harvest.com/pages/fiddlehead.htm

Amazing what you can do with Google!