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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 'Z' 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: HorehoundThis is the description page for Horehound (Marrubium vulgare) 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: Horehound.  Horehound, Marrubium vulgare, (also known as White or Common Horehound) is a flowering plant in the Lamiaceae (mint) family. It is a greyish-leaved herbaceous perennial plant, somewhat resembling mint in appearance, which grows to 25-45 cm tall. The leaves are 2-5 cm long with a densely crinkled surface, and downy-hairy. The flowers are white, borne in clusters on the upper part of the main stem. Like other members of Lamiaceae, horehound has a square stem. The herb used to be made into cough drops and was also sold as sticks called 'long-life candy'. It is still used to flavour home-made fudge and may well have been used in prehistory to flavour sweet cakes. As a member of the mint family horehound also makes a rather interesting additon to savoury stews. Recipes Utilizing Horehound Horehound Beer |
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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