Last week I took a walk through Leigh Woods on the outskirts of Bristol. There had been some rain about 4 days ago and i stumbled across a few varieties of Ceps but they were all a bit bug eaten or gone over which was a bit disappointing. I think the woods have good potential though so when we hit mushroom season full swing I'll be over there again for a proper days hunting. I did come across this lovely looking mushroom which I identified as being Polyporus badius. The largest was over 20cm wide and although not edible it was a nice mushroom to come across.
After a bit of stumbling we came to an old Iron age fort which was nicely unexpected and the opening in the woods around it held a mountain of tasty looking blackberries. We ate a lot and bagged a bunch for later and also nibbled on a few cobnuts that we found as well. Feeling happy with ourselves and with the prospect of some jam on the cards I rewarded myself with a nice pint overlooking the Clifton suspension bridge. Marvelous.
I was going to post a recipe for Blackberry and Apple jam here, but I'm no jam master and there are a lot of steps and techniques that really need to be understood to do it properly. I'm going to experiment a bit more over the Autumn and am thinking of a large jam post or posts at some point. The time is just not right yet! My Blackberry and Apple jam was delicious however and I have been eating it on a toasted bagel with peanut butter and banana. Good kiddy snack stuff.
I'm off to a music festival this week and am currently curing a ham to eat when i get back. All being well I'll have a great curing recipe to post on my return plus lots of extra hammy goodness in the coming weeks.
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