Baked Hake wrapped in Ramson’s Garlic
Easy Fish recipe, 4 thick Hake fillets, Olive oil, Sea salt and black pepper, About 30 fresh Garlic leaves, 50 grams butter. 2 limes, handful fresh Coriander, Heat oven to 200, lightly oil baking dish and line bottom with garlic leaves. Add fish fillets and top with...
Wild Soup for February and March
Late February is letting us know that spring is in the air but there is plenty of cold weather about too.Here is a very easy soup using the year's earliest foraged greens, a real warmer and very good value.The basic recipe is Vegan and gluten free but you could adapt...
Chilly weather, Feb3rd /15
February 3rd and a very chilly snow sprinkled morning,the ground is too frozen for foraging so it's a day for baking, using some store cupboard foraged ingredients, something sweet methinks, though sugar free.. I will use some of my store of Hazelnuts and a dash of...
2015 Diary dates Jan, Feb, Mar.
2015, my workshops will be getting off to an early start this year. January Sat,24th Roundwood House Laois, see www.roundwoodhouse.com or call 057 87321 February Sunday 15th Roundwood House Laois, book as above. February Saturday 21st, Clareen Offaly, book...
Christmas and New year 2014/15
This time of year it's special to find something to collect, a stump of fallen Beech passed many times suddenly blooms with a large crop of Oyster Mushrooms and a mountain hike has Navelworth and early Gorse blooms. The real stars at this time are the winter sunlight...
2015 calendar
Thank you for the many enquiries for 2015. Weather permitting walks will commence in late Feb or early Mar, dates to be finalised shortly. All walks are family friendly, small groups, minimum 4adults max 16 and include lunch of wild and local organic produce. Gift...
Christmas baking
It's a wild and stormy day out,perfect for staying cosy and baking for Christmas. I will be making Christmas cakes, fruit is soaking in Wild Beech Liqueur. I'm making a delicious wheat free cake from ground Hazelnuts, which goes in freezer. It will be soaked in Wild...
Hi and welcome to WildFoodMary.com!
My name is Mary Bulfin, I am a forager, chef, and lover of all good food nature has to offer. I collect wild foods, use them fresh and also preserve, make all kinds of treats from delicious elderflower delight to relishes, dried mushrooms, and wonderful liqueurs. I...
Wild Liqueurs
My Wild Damson Liqueur is ready at last! Warm plummy notes and smooth finish make this a very popular drink. Made in a batch of 4,000 bottles from the generous wild harvest of 2014, it may be some time before we can make this again as the wild damson plum harvest is...
Gifts
How about a gift voucher for a workshop with Wild Food Mary. Workshops take place throughout the year, midweek and weekends. The day begins with a welcome cuppa and introduction. Then it's off out a-gathering and identifying plants fungi, berries, herbs. Lunch is of...
Winter is here.
Today I woke in Dun Laoire to a bright sunny but chilly morning. An early morning run, the sun lighting up the yellow and Bronze leaves and sparkling on Dublin Bay, poetic pinks and blues of the early morning sky. I'm out again in the afternoon another walk, this...
November, what to forage.
November brings shorter days and cooler temperatures.But the light and colours of November are special, getting out to the woods and wild can be very rewarding with our visiting birds and surprise finds in hedgerows. Now is the time to go searching for Rose hips which...
November forage, Roundwood house, laois
November first, you might think it too late in year to go foraging. Not so, on Saturday a group of guests and I gathered for a wild food talk, forage and dinner. The talk focused mainly on mushroom hunting, how to forage safely and sustainably and how to include and...
Beech Leaf Liqueur
Made from tender young Beech leaves sustainably handpicked just as they emerge in the springtime this lovely liqueur has burnt toffee aromas, a good woody flavour and a pleasant woodiness. Try it and you're sure to love it. It is perfect as a before or after...
Roundwood House forage
Beautiful sunny autumn day spent in Slieve Blooms with Hannah and Paddy of Roundwood House and friends. Big thank you to Lorraine O Sullivan for great photos and Corinna Hardgrave for mention in Sunday Times food article on October 12th.
Elderberry Syrup, Spiced.Nettle top and Lemon Balm Cordial
Here is the recipe for Spiced Elderberry Cordial, you could also use Blackberries. This was a big hit with wedding guests at Roundwood House recently along with the Nettle and Lemon Balm cordial. The Elderberry or Blackberry syrups a re delicious on ice-cream, with...
Last minute forage places.
Hello fellow foragers, it looks like a great weekend to be out and about. 4 places have just become available on tomorrow's forage (Saturday Oct 11th) if you would like to join us please call Mary on 0877418536, meeting half ten. Also don't forget Wexford, Janestown...
Canal bank walk Sat Sept 20th
Now we are enjoying misty mornings and sunny days, perfect for Autumn's harvest.This year that harvest is bountiful with really good crops of Damsons, Sloes, Crab apples and plenty of lovely mushrooms in the woods. A stroll on Saturday yielded Princes (Agaricus...
Sunday night and it's been a busy weekend.Saturday we took a short walk in woods to collect Chanterelles and came home with Parasol mushrooms Chanterelles, Blackberries, St.John's wort and Eye-bright. Then a Sunday stroll on Boora bog yielded more Blackberries and...
Walk on the wild side
Wild food walks August 5th, Tues 11am, Cloneen, Clareen, Offaly. Sept 13th, Sat 11am, Cloneen, Clareen, Sept 20th, Sat, Canal walk at Clonony, Cloghan, Offaly. Sept 27th, Sat 11am,Slieve Blooms, Oct 11th, Sat 11am, Slieve Blooms, Oct 18th, Sat 12 noon,Janestown Nature...
Fraochán harvest
The weather has been so good and the Fraochán plentiful that it is well worth a trip to gather though we usually combine with a nice hike.Often we surprise a whole family of grouse feeding on the berries and they move just a little way off grumbling until we pass....
Summer mushrooms, berries and flowers
It is a muggy damp July evening,the garden is full of new spuds, courgettes, carrots, beans, peas and bucket loads of berries all needing some attention be it weeding or picking, and in the hedges there are the last few Elderflowers, on the mountains a very healthy...
Summer is here
it's time for flowers, Beautiful Rosa Rugosa with their heady scent and of course Elderflowers, but don't limit yourself to cordial, you could make a simple ice-cream from Elderflowers and today I baked a rose cake to serve with the ice cream, here is the recipe. It's...
June Forage Dates June 2014
3 dates for June,Sunday june 1st at Clareen Offaly. Saturday June 21st at Clareen Offaly.Saturday June 28th at Clareen Offaly. Come along and get to know your hedgerow and how to use wild plants and fungi.Enjoy a tasty lunch of wild and organic foods.places limited...
Dates for May 2014
May 4th, Galway slow food event,fully booked. May 10th, Jamestown nature reserve, Ennisgorthy, Wexford book with Will on (087) 2052266. May 17th, Offaly forage,book with me on (087) 7418536. The countryside is ablaze with wild flowers and all kinds of wonderful plants...
Apologies
Hi everyone, so good to have some sunny weather, especially at Easter when so many are lucky enough to have time to be out enjoying it. My Hotmail account has been permanently blocked and as I had emailed many of you from that address my apologies as I have been...
Time to go a gathering April May 2014
New Dates for Walks and lunch, Fresh green growth is everywhere,spring flowers are appearing, it's time to go a gathering.If you would like to get to know more about what's available all around, how to cook it preserve it or even make simple home remedies. Join us for...
Jew’s ear fungus
Jew's Ear fungus Hirneola auricula-judea found growing on dead Elder branch.This little fungus is very popular in Asia and dries very well, Alexanders Smyrnium olusatrum is beginning to appear, and good to pick now. Use as a green veg or Miles Irving suggests a...
January 2014, not so bleak
It's a mild wet January night and I've been out to see what's happening in the woods and byways. To my delighted surprise the hedgehog mushrooms (Hydnum repandum) are still putting out fresh growth, we had many a feed of them throughout Nov and Dec and they have...
Gift Vouchers
Now available, WildFoodMary gift vouchers you can now give the gift of the wild food experience,guided walks, workshops and delicious food. contact 0877418536 or email contact@wildfoodmary.com. It's been a great year for wild food, still going. Sat Nov 30th a stroll...
Baked Hake wrapped in Ramson’s Garlic
Easy Fish recipe, 4 thick Hake fillets, Olive oil, Sea salt and black pepper, About 30 fresh Garlic leaves, 50 grams butter. 2 limes, handful fresh Coriander, Heat oven to 200, lightly oil baking dish and line bottom with garlic leaves. Add fish fillets and top with...
Wild Soup for February and March
Late February is letting us know that spring is in the air but there is plenty of cold weather about too.Here is a very easy soup using the year's earliest foraged greens, a real warmer and very good value.The basic recipe is Vegan and gluten free but you could adapt...
Chilly weather, Feb3rd /15
February 3rd and a very chilly snow sprinkled morning,the ground is too frozen for foraging so it's a day for baking, using some store cupboard foraged ingredients, something sweet methinks, though sugar free.. I will use some of my store of Hazelnuts and a dash of...
2015 Diary dates Jan, Feb, Mar.
2015, my workshops will be getting off to an early start this year. January Sat,24th Roundwood House Laois, see www.roundwoodhouse.com or call 057 87321 February Sunday 15th Roundwood House Laois, book as above. February Saturday 21st, Clareen Offaly, book...
Christmas and New year 2014/15
This time of year it's special to find something to collect, a stump of fallen Beech passed many times suddenly blooms with a large crop of Oyster Mushrooms and a mountain hike has Navelworth and early Gorse blooms. The real stars at this time are the winter sunlight...
2015 calendar
Thank you for the many enquiries for 2015. Weather permitting walks will commence in late Feb or early Mar, dates to be finalised shortly. All walks are family friendly, small groups, minimum 4adults max 16 and include lunch of wild and local organic produce. Gift...
Christmas baking
It's a wild and stormy day out,perfect for staying cosy and baking for Christmas. I will be making Christmas cakes, fruit is soaking in Wild Beech Liqueur. I'm making a delicious wheat free cake from ground Hazelnuts, which goes in freezer. It will be soaked in Wild...
Hi and welcome to WildFoodMary.com!
My name is Mary Bulfin, I am a forager, chef, and lover of all good food nature has to offer. I collect wild foods, use them fresh and also preserve, make all kinds of treats from delicious elderflower delight to relishes, dried mushrooms, and wonderful liqueurs. I...
Wild Liqueurs
My Wild Damson Liqueur is ready at last! Warm plummy notes and smooth finish make this a very popular drink. Made in a batch of 4,000 bottles from the generous wild harvest of 2014, it may be some time before we can make this again as the wild damson plum harvest is...
Gifts
How about a gift voucher for a workshop with Wild Food Mary. Workshops take place throughout the year, midweek and weekends. The day begins with a welcome cuppa and introduction. Then it's off out a-gathering and identifying plants fungi, berries, herbs. Lunch is of...
Winter is here.
Today I woke in Dun Laoire to a bright sunny but chilly morning. An early morning run, the sun lighting up the yellow and Bronze leaves and sparkling on Dublin Bay, poetic pinks and blues of the early morning sky. I'm out again in the afternoon another walk, this...
November, what to forage.
November brings shorter days and cooler temperatures.But the light and colours of November are special, getting out to the woods and wild can be very rewarding with our visiting birds and surprise finds in hedgerows. Now is the time to go searching for Rose hips which...
November forage, Roundwood house, laois
November first, you might think it too late in year to go foraging. Not so, on Saturday a group of guests and I gathered for a wild food talk, forage and dinner. The talk focused mainly on mushroom hunting, how to forage safely and sustainably and how to include and...
Beech Leaf Liqueur
Made from tender young Beech leaves sustainably handpicked just as they emerge in the springtime this lovely liqueur has burnt toffee aromas, a good woody flavour and a pleasant woodiness. Try it and you're sure to love it. It is perfect as a before or after...
Roundwood House forage
Beautiful sunny autumn day spent in Slieve Blooms with Hannah and Paddy of Roundwood House and friends. Big thank you to Lorraine O Sullivan for great photos and Corinna Hardgrave for mention in Sunday Times food article on October 12th.
Elderberry Syrup, Spiced.Nettle top and Lemon Balm Cordial
Here is the recipe for Spiced Elderberry Cordial, you could also use Blackberries. This was a big hit with wedding guests at Roundwood House recently along with the Nettle and Lemon Balm cordial. The Elderberry or Blackberry syrups a re delicious on ice-cream, with...
Last minute forage places.
Hello fellow foragers, it looks like a great weekend to be out and about. 4 places have just become available on tomorrow's forage (Saturday Oct 11th) if you would like to join us please call Mary on 0877418536, meeting half ten. Also don't forget Wexford, Janestown...
Canal bank walk Sat Sept 20th
Now we are enjoying misty mornings and sunny days, perfect for Autumn's harvest.This year that harvest is bountiful with really good crops of Damsons, Sloes, Crab apples and plenty of lovely mushrooms in the woods. A stroll on Saturday yielded Princes (Agaricus...
Sunday night and it's been a busy weekend.Saturday we took a short walk in woods to collect Chanterelles and came home with Parasol mushrooms Chanterelles, Blackberries, St.John's wort and Eye-bright. Then a Sunday stroll on Boora bog yielded more Blackberries and...
Walk on the wild side
Wild food walks August 5th, Tues 11am, Cloneen, Clareen, Offaly. Sept 13th, Sat 11am, Cloneen, Clareen, Sept 20th, Sat, Canal walk at Clonony, Cloghan, Offaly. Sept 27th, Sat 11am,Slieve Blooms, Oct 11th, Sat 11am, Slieve Blooms, Oct 18th, Sat 12 noon,Janestown Nature...
Fraochán harvest
The weather has been so good and the Fraochán plentiful that it is well worth a trip to gather though we usually combine with a nice hike.Often we surprise a whole family of grouse feeding on the berries and they move just a little way off grumbling until we pass....
Summer mushrooms, berries and flowers
It is a muggy damp July evening,the garden is full of new spuds, courgettes, carrots, beans, peas and bucket loads of berries all needing some attention be it weeding or picking, and in the hedges there are the last few Elderflowers, on the mountains a very healthy...
Summer is here
it's time for flowers, Beautiful Rosa Rugosa with their heady scent and of course Elderflowers, but don't limit yourself to cordial, you could make a simple ice-cream from Elderflowers and today I baked a rose cake to serve with the ice cream, here is the recipe. It's...
June Forage Dates June 2014
3 dates for June,Sunday june 1st at Clareen Offaly. Saturday June 21st at Clareen Offaly.Saturday June 28th at Clareen Offaly. Come along and get to know your hedgerow and how to use wild plants and fungi.Enjoy a tasty lunch of wild and organic foods.places limited...
Dates for May 2014
May 4th, Galway slow food event,fully booked. May 10th, Jamestown nature reserve, Ennisgorthy, Wexford book with Will on (087) 2052266. May 17th, Offaly forage,book with me on (087) 7418536. The countryside is ablaze with wild flowers and all kinds of wonderful plants...
Apologies
Hi everyone, so good to have some sunny weather, especially at Easter when so many are lucky enough to have time to be out enjoying it. My Hotmail account has been permanently blocked and as I had emailed many of you from that address my apologies as I have been...
Time to go a gathering April May 2014
New Dates for Walks and lunch, Fresh green growth is everywhere,spring flowers are appearing, it's time to go a gathering.If you would like to get to know more about what's available all around, how to cook it preserve it or even make simple home remedies. Join us for...
Jew’s ear fungus
Jew's Ear fungus Hirneola auricula-judea found growing on dead Elder branch.This little fungus is very popular in Asia and dries very well, Alexanders Smyrnium olusatrum is beginning to appear, and good to pick now. Use as a green veg or Miles Irving suggests a...
January 2014, not so bleak
It's a mild wet January night and I've been out to see what's happening in the woods and byways. To my delighted surprise the hedgehog mushrooms (Hydnum repandum) are still putting out fresh growth, we had many a feed of them throughout Nov and Dec and they have...
Gift Vouchers
Now available, WildFoodMary gift vouchers you can now give the gift of the wild food experience,guided walks, workshops and delicious food. contact 0877418536 or email contact@wildfoodmary.com. It's been a great year for wild food, still going. Sat Nov 30th a stroll...
