Hedgerow Cookbook

A little book of magical mouthwatering wild plants and rambling recipes beautifully prepared and seasonally presented by travelling artist and writer Glennie Kindred.Includes ideas for tansy pancakes, rosepetal jelly, nettle soup, sloe gin, elderberry chutney and nut roast. With sections on spring shoots, summer herbs, autumn fruits, winter roots and mushrooms.

• Blessings on the flowers Blessings on the fruit Blessings on the leaf and stem Blessings on the Root
• A hedgerow cookbook written illustrated by Glennie Kindred First published in 1999 This revised pap
• 1 Hedgerow cookery is an experience, an experiment, and a delight for all those interested in our na
• guidelines and foraging tips 3 2 Hedgerow cookery is not a survival test, it is about having the cou
• spinach greens, shoots, stems and salad plants 5 4 Wild greens are at their best in March, April and
• 7 6 Typha latifolia. Also known as CatTail or Greater Reedmace, this common waters edge plant is a
• 9 8 Aegopodium podagraria. Also known as Bishopsweed, Gout Weed and Herb Gerard. Cook as spinach
• 11 10 Centranthus ruber. A common edible wall plant with a pleasant taste. Add the small leaves
• 13 12 Combining different spring leaves brings a variety of tastes and textures. Like all greens, a
• 15 14 Begin by frying 23 chopped onions and sliced garlic. Add a handful of flour and cook for a fe
• 17 16 Beat some eggs. Add three tablespoons each of milk, water and plain flour per egg. Add a l
• 19 18 The summer months are the traditional time to gather wild herbs. They are useful additions to
• 21 20 Sambucus nigra. A lovely native tree with white sweet smelling clusters of flowers which ap
• 22 Cardamine hirsuta. Use the leaves and flowers from the middle of the plant. Good spicy cress
• 25 24 Herbs and flowers can be added to salads, fruit salads, sauces, cakes, bread, nut roasts, quic
• 27 26 Line a flan dish with pastry see page 12. Into this sprinkle a cup of chopped herbs and flo
• 29 28 Pour a pint of boiling water onto at least 6 or 7 sprigs of herbs or flowers tie them in a b
• 31 30 Many fruits, nuts and mushrooms see the Autumn section of this book can first be found during
• edible hedgerow fruit 33 32 As we pass from high summer into autumn, the hedgerows are rich with fru
• 35 34 Viburnum opulus. Also known as Snowball tree, Red elder, Rose elder, High cranberry, Whitsu
• 36 Wash the fruit and simmer gently in a little water, sugar or honey to taste. Keep the lid on t
• 38 Use a mixture of 2 parts rowan berries to 1 part crab or cooking apples. Make in the usual way
• 41 40 Pour one pint of wine vinegar over 2 lbs blackberries. Cover with a tea towel and let it st
• 43 42 Nuts and seeds can be dried and stored for winter use. Nuts are best stored in their shells.
• 45 44 Spread on an oiled tray and bake for 10 mins at 190oC, or gently fry in a little oil, adding
• 47 46 This is an extensive aspect of wild food cookery, and a few common varieties are included here
• 49 48 Agaricus campester arvensis. Found near woods, fields and pasture. Familiar white mushroo
• 50 Choose only the best quality. Thread and hang them in a warm place over an Aga or in an airing
• 53 52 It is advisable not to dig too many roots from the wild, as we now try to protect our wild pla
• 55 54 Scrub large burdock and dandelion roots 2 each. Chop into a pan with 4 pints of water. Boi
• 57 56 Winter is the time to use all the things you have saved from the years foraging, adding dried
• 59 58 Achillea millefolium, Yarrow, 56, 57 Acorns, 42, 45 Aegopodium podagraria, Ground Elder, 8, 13
• Baked Salsify, 54 Basic Batter Recipe, 16 Basic Cooked Greens, 12 Basic Flower Liquer Recipe, 26 Bas