BRITISH WILD FOOD

I have watched very interesting series OUR FOOD: WEST OF SCOTLAND on BBC2 and last weeks one was about mushrooms as well as other wild food in West Scotland:


http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b01gw5ny/hd/Our_Food_West_of_Scotland/


Giles Coren takes us on a great journey. It is good to know that the basic skill of hunting and foraging are still known and practices on a daily basis. Botanist James Wong is on hunt (in Argyll) for a gourmet food for free! - MUSHROOMS...often being overlooked. He said: " to us British we are a little bit reticent about eating wild mushrooms" "Mushrooms are nature's recyclers"... which makes me think of mycelium! 


Moist climate of Scotland and Autumn is a perfect time for mushrooms. James carries on saying that mushrooms are "Serious Gourmet food that's growing out there on a car park, and no one has a clue".


Scarletina Bolete - a very interesting one!

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Then come TWO GREEDY ITALIANS. SERIES 2 - STILL HUNGRY on BBC2

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b01h02gt/Two_Greedy_Italians_Series_2_Still_Hungry_Liguria_and_La_Bella_Figura/

 programme where both chefs explore Italian culture and cuisine. An this weeks Gennaro and Antonio meet a woman who lives a very simple life at the top of the mountain and makes use of the wild plants that some would call weeds.

BOTH PROGRAMMES ARE SO WORTH OF WATCHING!