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Welcome to Celtnet's Wild Food Recipes Page — Here all the recipes incorporating or featuring wild foods on this site are brought together. As well as displaying recipes by name, country and region of origin I am now planning a whole series of pages where recipes can be located by meal type and main ingredient. This page gives a listing of all the wild fod recipes added to this site. Just so you know, I am defining 'wild foods' as any ingredient that can be found or foraged in the wild. Obviously almost all Ancient Recipes fall into this category... But you will also find modern and fusion recipes that have a wild-sourced ingredient in them; whether that be a wild herb, a wild fruit, a mushroom, a seaweed or wild-caught meat. I hope that these pages will encourage you to look at your food and the world around you in a different way. Just have a look at those various hedgerow 'weeds' that just might make an unusual addition to your plate and provide a new and different taste for your palate.
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Below you will find several hundred recipes incorporating wild foods of one kind or another. These wild food based dishes cover all historical periods (from ancient times to the present day) and also include some of the latest Fusion foods. So you will find Indian, Asian and African inspired dishes that use European wild foods as a main ingredient. I hope these recipes will encourage you to explore the world about you and to make more use of the edible wild foods that are right on your doorstep. To help you in this, why not have a look at this site's Guide to Wild Foods.
Alphabetical list of wild recipes follows (limited to 100 recipes per page). There are 1217 recipes in total:
'Thai Food' by David Thompson is one of those rare 'must have' culinary books that presents the culture and history of Thailan from a food perspective. This well-written book presents over 300 recipes covering all aspects of Thai cuisine and represents the most comprehensive collection and examination of Thai Food printed in the English Language.
Chocolate is perhaps the most indulgent ingredient to emerge from the Americas. It was once considered a royal drink and prepared especially for the ruling elite. Chocolate itself is made from the cocoa bean and as such is actually, technically, a spice. It's hardly surprising that this magical substance has inspired a host of memorable quotations...
Chillies are a South American fruit, unknown to the rest of the world before 1492. Learn about this amazing spice and find two rather unusual chilli-based recipes for a jam and a sorbet
Humans have been making cheeses as long as they have been farming and cheeses represent a versatile and useful storage food available in a staggering array of variants. Learn a little about cheese and discover two classic cheese-based recipes.
'Efo' is the generic term in Nigerian for a stew (which, confusingly, are typically called 'soups' in West Africa). The recipe given below is for the archetypal 'soup' base which can be extended by the addition of meat and vegetables. If you want a classic Nigerian meal then this is the basis you need.
Liberia is a West African country formed by freed slaves. It is one of only two African countries never to have come under European rule. Liberia is also one of the few African countries with a tradition of baking. Sitting alongside these are ingredients sourced directly from the rainforest.
I know that the combination of chilli and chocolate sounds odd to modern ears. Yet this is an ancient mix used by the Aztecs and later adopted in Sicilian cuisine. What's presented here is a rich and piquant gravy that goes excellently well with game dishes.
Chicken is perhaps one of the most versatile meats available to the cook. Partly because chickens grow quickly but also because chicken meat, if cooked properly, remains tender and succulent during the cooking process. Chicken also lends itself to a vast array of cooking methods from stewing to roasting. Here you will learn a little about chickens and chicken meats along with two classic chicken recipes.
The egg is one of nature's finest storage foods, packed with protein and fats. Chickens have been domesticated several times throughout human history and they are mankind's commonest domesticated animal, raised for meat and eggs. Here you will learn a little about eggs, why they are important in cookery and how they have been used throughout the ages.
Breakfast truly is the most important meal of the day and most of us ignore it. It's when the body re-fuels itself for the day and skipping breakfast actually puts the body in 'starvation mode' and actually reduces brain function and makes weight loss more difficult. Breakfast needn't be complicated, but it should involve a balance of grains and fruit. Here are some ides for simple and nutritious breakfast recipes anyone can make.
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