Sandperson Posted August 8, 2009 Share Posted August 8, 2009 I made blackberry jam today from blackberries picked on Homestall road. It was a very satisfying process. Greengages next I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbadwolf Posted August 8, 2009 Share Posted August 8, 2009 You may be a forager or even a scavenger but at least you're resourceful.Well done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andystar Posted August 8, 2009 Share Posted August 8, 2009 Awesome, scavenged food rocks!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daizie Posted August 8, 2009 Share Posted August 8, 2009 A do-as-you-likey more like . Hope you got the maggots out first, blackberries are full of them . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandperson Posted August 8, 2009 Author Share Posted August 8, 2009 Oh daizie you should be more positive. I didn't see a single maggot and even if they did get in an hour or so in boiling sugar would have made even them pretty tasty! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daizie Posted August 8, 2009 Share Posted August 8, 2009 i just remember my nan warning us not to eat too many before she'd soaked them, she said the maggots would give us a belly ache, hope your not put off when you go to eat your blackberry and maggot jam, heheheeee sorry . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woofmarkthedog Posted August 8, 2009 Share Posted August 8, 2009 The word 'Jippy belly" comes from foraging by the way.......Crab apples...We foraged last week........yumW**F Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daizie Posted August 8, 2009 Share Posted August 8, 2009 lol, another ex once said , 'lets get home and lets have a rummage' eww, honest, sorry , i will stop now, i cant stop laughing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbadwolf Posted August 8, 2009 Share Posted August 8, 2009 One of these days Daizie we're going to hear about the time one of your ex's dropped you off at your place and how he was such a gentleman.....helping you out of the boot an all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woofmarkthedog Posted August 8, 2009 Share Posted August 8, 2009 OrYou senseless ............. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andystar Posted August 9, 2009 Share Posted August 9, 2009 daizie Wrote:-------------------------------------------------------> A do-as-you-likey more like . Hope you got the> maggots out first, blackberries are full of them .Oh cripes, I feel ill now... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandperson Posted August 9, 2009 Author Share Posted August 9, 2009 Don't worry Andy, There was not a single maggot near my jam! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andystar Posted August 9, 2009 Share Posted August 9, 2009 daizie Wrote:------------------------------------------------------- hope your not> put off when you go to eat your blackberry and> maggot jam, heheheeee sorry .maybe you can eat some with this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flapjackdavey Posted August 9, 2009 Share Posted August 9, 2009 we were always foraging when I were a lad , I remember sundays spent collecting berries with my parents Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbadwolf Posted August 9, 2009 Share Posted August 9, 2009 My dad sometimes took us to Kent where we'd shoot Rabbits and the occasional Pheasant with an air rifle. Pheasants have probably got to be the dumbest animals alive as on the way back from golf my dad would sometimes pull up on the verge and go and stun (then wring it's neck) one with one of his clubs and we'd hang it in the cellar to eat in the next day or so.I could still probably skin and gut a rabbit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony.London Suburbs Posted August 9, 2009 Share Posted August 9, 2009 Went Blackberry picking today but the next 2 weeks should see the berries at their most fruitful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flapjackdavey Posted August 9, 2009 Share Posted August 9, 2009 I used to play blow football with my backside when I was a youngster . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woofmarkthedog Posted August 9, 2009 Share Posted August 9, 2009 bigbadwolf Wrote:-------------------------------------------------------> My dad sometimes took us to Kent where we'd shoot> Rabbits and the occasional Pheasant with an air> rifle. Pheasants have probably got to be the> dumbest animals alive as on the way back from golf> my dad would sometimes pull up on the verge and go> and stun (then wring it's neck) one with one of> his clubs and we'd hang it in the cellar to eat in> the next day or so.> > I could still probably skin and gut a rabbit.-------------------------------------------------Remember the smell still ? peeling the skin off like a wet suit & that film between skin & carcass. I get a fair few pheasant in the season if you fancy the odd brace.W**F Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SimonM Posted August 10, 2009 Share Posted August 10, 2009 It's apples that attract maggots not blackberries. It's quite easy after all to check out the blackberries first but apples are a different matter. The only thing worse that biting into an apple and finding a maggot in it is finding half a maggot... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HonaloochieB Posted August 10, 2009 Share Posted August 10, 2009 OK knock me out some twenties, tenner a pop shall we say? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbadwolf Posted August 10, 2009 Share Posted August 10, 2009 Don't take any notice of him Simon.HonaloochieB sell's clothes pegs and sharpens Knives door to door, the great big pikey tinker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
louisiana Posted August 11, 2009 Share Posted August 11, 2009 We used to forage from Vauxhall (Nine Elms) fruit and veg market every morning. And sell the proceeds B) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daizie Posted August 11, 2009 Share Posted August 11, 2009 gawd, that brings back memories, used to work for the fruit and veg sellers in the offices above at nine elms, sorting out dock tickets, making tea and answering the switchboard in a cockney accent. The highlight of the week was all the office staff being given a bag of fruit and veg to take home on a friday, i was paid ?35 a week :-S Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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