Foraging from Nature

[Oaktavia]

@twin chicken of the woods my dude

[twin]

@Oaktavia Is it good to eat?

[Oaktavia]

@twin oh yes battered and fried like chicken nuggets or popcorn chicken. People go nuts about that particular mushroom. I have some in my freezer at the moment.

[twin]

Found this one today.

[Oaktavia]

@twin those look like honey or golden oysters to me. I saw some white ones on stumps in my property but they were a few days too old. One of the clusters was growing feet from my window and I didn't even realize it till yesterday.

[twin]

Good eating in the woods.

[Oaktavia]

@twin the only good thing about those dang brambles in my yard.

[twin]

@Oaktavia They do make good wine. Made some last year.

[Oaktavia]

@twin nice...how many berries do you need for that?

[twin]

@Oaktavia I get enough to fill two half gallon canning jars. You put the berries in the jars with 2 cups of sugar on top. Let stand in the sunshine so they become wine.

[Oaktavia]

@twin dang that sounds pretty simple. Had I not hopped on the sober wagon, I'd totally try that.

[twin]

@Oaktavia You have to keep a lid on but not tight so it can vent. Outside for 3 months or more. The longer the more alcohol in the wine.

[twin]

Not quite ripe yet. Red raspberries.

[twin]

@Oaktavia Did you get enough of them to make wine this time?

[Oaktavia]

@twin said in Foraging from Nature:

@Oaktavia Did you get enough of them to make wine this time?

Nope I didn't pick any actually I just leave em.

[twin]

@Oaktavia No wine this year. Maybe will pick enough of them next summer for wine.

[T4920]

Being able to grab a handful of fresh Blackberries on my lunchtime walks is my favourite part of summer in the UK.

[Oaktavia]

@T4920 so cool!

[T4920]

@Oaktavia I spend about 5 minutes picking them every day, the bushes surround an entire park so there are enough to last the entire summer...

No one else seems to pick them. My parents would take me there as a child to picks baskets of them for pies and crumble, so I guess the habit stuck!

So nice it's only a short walk from my workplace

[Oaktavia]

@T4920 that is pretty great that you are able to do that. We have wine berries in our yard but I prefer the blackberries.