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Wild Food Guide — 'G'



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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 'G' and includes both common and scientific names.

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Example Entry

Below, you will find an example wild food entry produced randomly from our database:

Wild Food Entry For: Bladder Campion

This is the description page for Bladder Campion (Silene vulgaris) 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: Bladder Campion.

Bladder Campion
Bladder Campion, Silene vulgaris is a grassland perennial, native to most of Europe, reaching as far north as Northern Ireland. It can be found in roadsides, arable land, grassy slopes and even waste places, avoiding acid soil. The flowers of Bladder Campion are dioecious: individual flowers are either male or female. However, only one sex can be found on any one plant so both must be grown if seed is required. The scientific name Silene probably refers to Silenus, the merry, of drunk, Greek god of the woodlands.

Bladder campion itself flwers from May to September and the calyx or sepal tube is large, ovoid, inflated and bladder-like and it's this that gives the plant it's common name. The young green shoots of this palnt are edible and though slightly bitter they make an acceptable substitute for spring or collard greens in stews and casseroles.


Recipes Utilizing Bladder Campion

Bladder Campion Greens and Peanut Stew
A Messe of Grens


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