Spring and Summer Weed Salads
A few thoughts on how to combine pungent, bitter, sour, mild and aromatic spring and summer plants into a satisfying and tasty salad
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Watercress – edibility, distribution and identification
Watercress is a delicious peppery salad vegetable, but unfortunately it is prone to infestation by the cyst stage of a parasite (fasciola hepatica) when growing in land containing livestock…
Cow parsley – identification, edibility, distribution, comparison with Hemlock
Cow parsley is the predominant roadside plant from March through to June, when its delicate, nodding white flowers adorn nearly every rural roadside in the country – hence the old name of Queen Anne’s Lace.
Elder Tree, Elderflower and Elderberry Identification, Edibility and Distribution
Elderflowers are one of natures finest edible treasures and for me, the signature wild food of early summer. In autumn elder berries offer quite different, but equally rich delights for hedgerow preservers.
Elderflower Champagne and other Wild Floral Champagnes Recipe
If there is a tastier, more refreshing, easier to make summer drink than this, please let me know!