Wild Kitchen Guide to the Edible Wild Plants of the Wild Atlantic Way
© Oonagh O’Dwyer
Dandelion
Dandelion, a wonderful food as well as a beneficial medicine. Supports overall health, by gently working to improve the working of the liver, gall baldder urinary and digestive systems. EXCELLENT FOR CLEANSING THE SKIN.WORTH 3 million in fresh dandelion leaves in the USA in 1999,th name pis en lit, a dieuretic, The bitterness of the leaves so good for your digestion,stimulating the secretion of the digestive fluids,promotesappetite, roasted dandelion root a well known caffeine free coffee substitute, grind with cardomon, also with cinnamon and fennel seed. Flowers are delicious, raw, fries in flower, maramalade, a lunch dish when flowers are open. Sap or latex was used for freckles, age spots, corns,a nd warts. Treat bees stings and blisters.full of potassium. , fluid retention, swollen ankles, ets.high in minerals. Potassium,vits a, b, c,d, bitter tonic, that aids digestion,promotes the appetite,for those that have been ill or lost appetite., hang overs,skin problems, use tincture. Tincture, of roots and leaves,can be used seperatelym but I use All parts of the plant.washed and chopped up. Cover whole plants with vodka, in cool place out of sunlight, can be ready in 2 weeks,, strain and squeeze, put in clean amber glass or blue bottle label and store., general health, half teaspoon twicw a day, 10 drops a day for acuteskin problems. For over indulgence 10 drops a day. Beer, with 100 heads of flowrs, 2 litres water hot, 100 g light brown sugar, dissolve and let sit with a finely sliced lemon. Cover with clean cloth for 他 days strain and poir into tightly corked bottles, ready ina few days. Wine, syrup, marmalade.infused oil. Lovely for the skin, but also for salad adding sunshine to your food.lovely with rosemary
Blackberry, leaves and shoots when young full of minerals and vitamins a European Tonic. Shoots and young leaves used freas as tea, combined with raspberry leaves young hawythorn and birch shoots or leaves. Leaf tea for diarrohea, but also relief of mouth problems, and gum disease, soothing colds and treating anemia., cooled makes alovelt skin lotion. Leaves picked in spring and summer when green and fresh, or dried. Berries ful of vit. C for making jams hellies,preserves and cordials. Tea is like green tea with a tannin feel, Blackberry spread berries, apples,lemon juice. Oxymel, put them in vinegar and steep for a day crush mas strain add half volume of honey,then heat to melt, cool and bottle can be frozen. Mix a tabs.awith hot water at bedtime for a cold.
Wood Sorrel gets its name from the French sur, for sour. oxalis acetosella low growing perennial, heart shaped leaves Powerfully acidic, flavour, found all over the place, mainly woodland,
Pleasantly refreshing, stem and flowers and leaves all edible.
Lemony grape-skin like flavour . Best in spring but available nearly all year Used as a fruity garnish, perfect with fish, or in salad, a lovely lemony sauce. Oxalic acid and calcium oxalate, both poisonus but in such minute quantities in wood sorrel, no harm.