Welcome to the Celtnet Guide to Wild Foods Beginning with 'K'

Wild Food Guide — 'K'



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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 'K' 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: Sea Beet

This is the description page for Sea Beet (Beta 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: Sea Beet.

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Sea Beet, Beta vulgaris subsp. maritima is a member of the Chenopodiaceae (which includes spinach and Fat Hen) family. The plant grows in dense clumps by the sea and can be easily identified by its thick, shiny dark-green leaves. It is a perennial plant that grows up to 1.2m, and flowers from July until September. Its flowers are hermaphroditic, and wind pollinated.

Sea beet is the ancestor of a number of common vegetables, including Sugar beet, Beetroot, Mangelwurzel, Mangold and Chard. Sea beet greens can be cooked as you would spinach or chard and tastes like a more flavoursome cross between these two greens.


Recipes Utilizing Sea Beet

Grey Mullet with Wild Sea Beet
Wild Greens Gnocci in Tomato Sauce
Pollack with Cockles and Sea Beet
Sauteed Sea Beet Greens with Onions and Garlic
Sea Beet Quiche
Sea Beet Soup
Sea Beet and Yoghurt Soup
Scallops with Seashore Vegetables
Savoury Bean Fritters


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