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With time on my hands a bit at the moment I thought I'd take advantage of picking some wild fruit from the local countryside. I like the idea of 'foraging', there's some wonderful free foodstuff growing locally and asking to be picked at this time of the year. Early summer I made a couple of batches of elderflower cordial, I've been out this afternoon and picked a couple of pounds of sloes for sloe gin, the 'king' of foraged fruits the blackberry is yet to ripen properly it seemed.
A number of years I've made blackberry whisky by steeping the fruit in whisky, the same way as sloe gin, it's excellent after a few months and just about ready for Christmas. Blackberry pies and puddings are great too of course
I thought I would have a go at some rose hip syrup a bit later on in the autumn, I've never tried it.
Are there any vegetable, animals (or minerals!) that anybody takes (legitimately) from the countryside?
A number of years I've made blackberry whisky by steeping the fruit in whisky, the same way as sloe gin, it's excellent after a few months and just about ready for Christmas. Blackberry pies and puddings are great too of course
I thought I would have a go at some rose hip syrup a bit later on in the autumn, I've never tried it.
Are there any vegetable, animals (or minerals!) that anybody takes (legitimately) from the countryside?