Hawthorn Berries – Edible but astringent.
Dear Readers, I meant to sort out a quiz for the weekend but I completely forgot, so here’s something to see if you are safe to be out foraging. Have a look at the photos below. Are these chaps edible, or are they going to land you in the emergency room? Just say ‘edible’ or ‘not edible’. A bonus point if you know the species, and a completely subjective extra point for your favourite recipe using any of them.
Closing date will be 5 p.m. UK time next Monday (August 30th). Results and recipes will be posted on Tuesday 31st August. As usual, put your answers in the comments and I will disappear them as soon as I see them, but write them on a piece of paper first if you are easily influenced like me, then you won’t be swayed by the brilliance of your peers.
Onwards! Edible or Not Edible?
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I recognise some of these from photographs you have featured over time and that I have seen elsewhere, but I am not going to venture this tricky road between crumble or crumple. We too have a variety of wild berries and fruit, some of which are delicious while others are very toxic. This is a marvellous quiz for those for whom these plants would be more familiar.