A Handbook of Scotland's Wild Harvests: the Essential Guide to Edible Species, with Recipes and Plants for Natural Remedies, and Materials to Gather for Fuel, Gardening and Craft

"The exciting thing about this book is the number of unusual flavours and species it highlights" (Andrew Fairlie, Gleneagles) This inspirational guide is bursting with invaluable know-how on Scotland's wild harvest, covering what, where, when and how you can use your bounty in sustainable ways? from the most useful and widespread of species to the less well-known, and from leaves and berries to saps, seeds, seaweeds, mosses and wood. Recipes from Scottish kitchens include nettle brose, blaeberry muffins and creative dishes from a surprisingly wide range of species. Learn how to begin or exte.;Cover; Praise; Title Page; CAUTION; Table of Contents; PREFACE; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER ONE : SUSTAINABLE AND RESPONSIBLE HARVESTING; CHAPTER TWO : KEY SPECIES; NETTLE; ELDER OR BOURTREE; HAZEL; HEATHER; CHAPTER THREE : SALADS, LEAVES AND GREENS; BISHOP'S WEED OR GROUND ELDER; BISTORT; BITTER VETCH; BURDOCK; CHICKWEED; DANDELION; GARLIC MUSTARD OR HEDGE GARLIC; GOOD KING HENRY & FAT HEN; GORSE OR WHIN; HOGWEED; LIME; MARSH SAMPHIRE OR GLASSWORT; SILVERWEED; SORREL; SWEET CICELY; WILD GARLIC OR RAMSONS; OTHER USEFUL SALADS, LEAVES AND GREENS; AROMATIC SEASONINGS; CHAPTER FOUR : FRUITS AND NUTS.