I have just spent the morning at a foraging and cooking workshop at Colonsay House, part of the Food and Drink Festival on the island. I discovered that two of the items in my Monday vase are edible! They are the fuchsia flower and the green seeds of the hogweed (note - very important note - not the seeds of the giant hogweed which is a plant that no-one should go anywhere near except when wearing protective clothing, because its sap contains toxic chemicals which burn the skin).
Anyway, those two little surprise packets were not untasty, and the fuchsia looked stunning in the salad bowl, along with flowers of honeysuckle and a multitude of other foraged green stuff. Delicious actually!
Anyway, those two little surprise packets were not untasty, and the fuchsia looked stunning in the salad bowl, along with flowers of honeysuckle and a multitude of other foraged green stuff. Delicious actually!
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