Foraged Cherry Plums and Blackberries |
Foraged Fruit Compote |
Windfall Chutney |
But despite it all I have managed to make some lovely 'Foraged Fruit Compote' (entirely from my own recipe!) and 'Windfall Chutney' (from a fab recipe in Jam, Jelly and Relish by Ghillie James)
BUT... did you know that you don't have to limit foraging to foodstuffs?
Being a crafty lass, I am a bit of a magpie when it comes to haberdashery.... buttons, ribbons, buckles, do-dahs and gee-gaws - I have to keep them all! I will remove ribbons and buttons from all my old clothes before they are recycled, shrink any woollen item to make felt and basically pinch anything pretty to re-use it somewhere else! Now this obsession has spread across my family and every time I return home to Mum I find that she has managed to collect together all sorts of bits and pieces from the people she knows!
This is just a small selection of what I returned with last time....
Feathers, buttons, ribbons, petals, sequins and wooden shapes... |
And fabulously - once people know that you like collecting crafty items they often do all the foraging for you, and you'll find that every time you go to visit you'll come away with
'a few little bits I thought you could use'
And one day, if you are very lucky you may just find that someone passes on that holy grail of craft foragers 'Mum's Button Tin'
Love it, interesting and fun. Great when other people do the finding as you get a bigger range.
ReplyDeleteLinda
Foraged Fruit Compote sounds delicious, you`ll have to publish a recipe (or is it a closely guarded family secret). I was lucky enough to inherit my grannys button tin & looking through it always brings back memories of cardies she knitted for me or dresses she made.
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