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Pheasants
. The pheasants we encounter in Scotland (Phasianus Colchicus) are neither native or truly wild. Indigenous to Mongolia, they may have arrived here with the Romans as ornamental birds and were...
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Razor Clams/Spoot Clams – Edibility, Identification, Distribution and how to...
AKA Razor Clams – Enis spp Spoot clams, aka Razor clams I love all shellfish and spoots are one of my favourite. The sweet succulence of their flesh falls deliciously between scallops and squid. As...
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Pheasants
. The pheasants we encounter in Scotland (Phasianus Colchicus) are neither native or truly wild. Indigenous to Mongolia, they may have arrived here with the Romans as ornamental birds and were...
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Razor Clams/Spoot Clams – Edibility, Identification, Distribution and how to...
AKA Razor Clams – Predominantly Ensis magnus around the UK, but there are a few subtly different, but equally edible varieties even around the UK, notably Ensis ensis, but also Ensis siliqua and Ensis...
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Wild Mussels – Edibility, Harvesting, Safety, Depuration
Healthy wild mussels are much meatier than their farmed cousins Mussels – Mytilus edulis Most people can easily recognise mussels, but not many harvest and eat them from the wild. This is largely due...
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Pheasant Kiev Recipe
Pheasant and wild garlic pesto ‘kiev’ with a foraged salad Way back in the early ’80’s, one of my family’s favourite Saturday supper treats was chicken kiev. Like so much 80’s food, these were a...
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