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Welcome to the Celtnet guide to wild foods. As this recipe site has grown it has become obvious that to allow people to replicate some of the more ancient recipes on this site (especially from the Ancient, Roman and Medieval periods it is necessary to list modern alternatives but also to produce a guide so that the curious can find the original (often wild) ingredients for themselves. These pages are an attempt at bringing all these potentially useful and often forgotten wild foods together into one place. To use this guide simply click on the first letter of your term above or below. Alternativey why not just browse through the terms. You may well find something that surprises you! This page covers wild foods beginning with the letter 'D' and includes both common and scientific names. |
Below, you will find an example wild food entry produced randomly from our database:
Wild Food Entry For: European AshThis is the description page for European Ash (Fraxinus excelsior) and includes a description as well as an image, if available and a selection of recipes from this site that relates to the wild foodstuff: European Ash.  The European Ash, Fraxinus excelsior, (also known as Common Ash, Lofty Ash, The Gout Tree) is a tall deciduous tree of the Oleaceae (olive) family. The tree's common name derives from the Old English æsc, a word also routinely used in Old English documents to refer to spears made of ash wood. Ash seeds, commonly known as keys,/em> are actually a fruit of a type known as samara (ie they bear wings). As a source for food for foragers, ash leaves can be prepared into a tea which is astringent. But the best part of the tree are the keys (fruit) which, if collected when very young and green, can be pickled and used in place of capers. Ash keys are bitter, however, and should be boiled in three or four changes of water before pickling which both removes the bitterness and tenderises the fruit. Recipes Utilizing European Ash Spiced Ash Key Pickle The European Ash, Fraxinus excelsior, (also known as Common Ash, Lofty Ash, The Gout Tree) is a tall deciduous tree of the Oleaceae (olive) family. The tree's common name derives from the Old English æsc, a word also routinely used in Old English documents to refer to spears made of ash wood. Ash seeds, commonly known as keys,/em> are actually a fruit of a type known as samara (ie they bear wings). As a source for food for foragers, ash leaves can be prepared into a tea which is astringent. But the best part of the tree are the keys (fruit) which, if collected when very young and green, can be pickled and used in place of capers. Ash keys are bitter, however, and should be boiled in three or four changes of water before pickling which both removes the bitterness and tenderises the fruit. |
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