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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 'R' 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: Field PoppyThis is the description page for Field Poppy (Papaver rhoeas) 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: Field Poppy.  The Field Poppy, Papaver rhoeas, (also known as Corn Poppy, Flanders Poppy and Red Poppy) is a variable annual flowering plant in the Papaveraceae (poppy) family. The four petals are a vivid red in colour and have distinctive black spots at their base. In the Northern Hemisphere they are the poppies of agricultural cultivation and generally flower in late spring. Though in mild years a second flowering may occur in early autumn. Once fertilized the flowers develop ino seed pods that gradually dry and open allowing the seeds within to be released. The leaves of the Field Poppy are mildly toxic to grazing animals and should not be consumed. However, the petals and seeds are entirely edible. Unlike the oriental poppy (also known as the opium poppy) Papaver somniferum (from which comercial poppy seeds are derived) the Field Poppy contains no opiates and it's entirely safe to eat the flowers (which make an excellent garnish for a salad) and the seeds which can be collected when the seed pods open by simply tapping them out. They can be used in any recipe that calls for commercial poppy seeds (though they are slightly less flavoursome). Recipes Utilizing Field Poppy Poppy Seed and Blackberry Cake |
You can also use the search box below to find the wild food of your choice. You can use the common name or the scientific name or any text you choose:
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