Grand weather down here in Jedburgh. We went for a walk yesterday, and were impressed by the profusion of fruit in the hedgerows.
Brambles galore! Good enough to eat ...
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| ... which we did - a lot! But returned to pick some more next day - Betty is going to make Bramble gin ... |
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| And haws - what can you do with haws? (if you're not a hawfinch ...) |
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| The fly agaric - to be enjoyed visually, but not culinarly ... |
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| ... unlike the penny-bun fungus, or boletus called porcini in Italy and much sought after and foraged at this time of year and costing about €20 per kilo! Totally neglected in our neck of the woods |
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| Sheep camouflaged in their pasture |
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| As we get nearer to town, the elders are bowed under their harvest of berries |
You have now arrived in Barga and I'm just catchign up with your blog and have worked backwards to the start. Fabulous pictures and interesting commentary as always. I have seen some boletus, or at least I think I have, recently. Although I'm confident of some fungi, because I've never gone foraging for this one with any trusted other person, I am not totally confident and fear possible mistakes. Will resolve to do better. Thank you again for this great blog.
ReplyDeleteThank you for your kind words Lynn. Regarding foraging for edible mushrooms, I have always been influenced by my mycology (fungus) lecturer at university who declared he'd never eat a fungus he hadn't bought in the supermarket! I think rural Italians have a lot more experience, and hence confidence, than we do ...
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