Monday 28 November 2011

Cowberry Jelly and Sea Buckthorn leather

Cowberries can be used to preserve other fruit by putting in cold water and can be left for a few months. See Ray Mears, Wild Britain
Vaccinium vitis-idaea Cowberry
Natural preservative found in berries which also make good jam.

Sea Buckthorn has a natural setting agent which means it can be broken up then left and naturally sets into a fruit leather.

Sea buckthorn fruit leather with pickled rose hips
Copenhagen | Laissez Fare- great food website, fancy

Thursday 24 November 2011

Talcum Powder: wind direction finder

Talcum power can be carried in a small squirty container to tell the direction of wind for tracking purposes.

Shown here in ray mear's wild Britain