Ray mears is amazing he will never starve, in fact he is looking a little chubby on his wild diet and is a revelation concerning our prehistoric diet
Blackberries, one of the best, sloes in gin, wild garlic. One of the worst things I tried was dandelion root which made me ill. Also dandelion leaves are very bitter. The French eat them blanched, which I tried doing to make them palatable but no success. Some of the other leaves I tried were also bitter, think we are not used to this type of flavour anymore. Young beech leaves not bad, chickweed took too long to gather enough. Birch boletus yuk, and ate an earthball instead of puffball really not a good idea.Young tips of nettles make very good soup before June after that they get tough and laxative.
