Beginner Foraging with Pippa Lovell from MasterChef

[@tessaboulton8031]

Need confidence to start to forage ??? Start with forage your garden !! Dandelion leaves in salad, (needs a sweet dressing, honey or sweet balsamic vinegar) Nettle and Ground Alder wilted with garlic as garlic greens, fantastic with Spring lamb or as anti pasta piled on ciabatta or with potato as a soup. All weeds and all fabulous Meanwhile, in the flower beds Nastertium leaves flowers and seeds, in salads. The seeds pickled in wine vinegar make fantastic "capers" for pizzas or sauces. Viola or Calendula petals on a salad looks amazing !! Lavender, shortbread biscuits, scones or ice cream. Finally, that pesky elder that overhangs from next door, pick the flowers and, put 2 or 3 sprays into a bottle of German wine and then in the heat of July and August you have the best, ice cold Elderflower wine ever !! or........just pick the flowers, coat with egg, dust with flour and deep fry., dust with vanilla sugar and serve with quality vanilla ice cream. after that you maywish to venture out and into the hedgerows. Buon appetito

[@francineh.7825]

What an interesting video!! Pippa is so knowledgeable, I would absolutely love to be able to visit her restaurant 💕

[@BubbleTeaKristin]

Oh! Can't wait to visit this restaurant 🥰 I'm so afraid of wild foraging, not being familiar with everything. 🤷🏼‍♀️🤦🏼‍♀️

[@FaughABallagh]

Great video Tanya as usual. You’re not just inspiring women to get into the garden.

[@kimallard225]

Wow, what a lovely video and lovely to listen to pippa's enthusiasm. I watched this video 3 times. I could still watch it again. Kim xx

[@maristermcsorley4203]

Well done Tania to introduce Pippa to the channel she is so passionate about foraging and so knowledge about it too . Good luck in the new garden 😉

[@lisakarran8876]

Love this and the food and experience at Versa is wonderful x

[@boredgrass]

The world is what we make of it! 🍀

[@muzwot9603]

Learnt a thing ot two, fantastic video! Eating in that restaurant must be an incredible experience and pure gastronomic delight I'm sure.

[@keysreanthvea3760]

Thanks for showing

[@maribethgalbreath6703]

Foraging is a passion of mine so this video was very much appreciated, Tanya. I also learned a few things and your island is an amazing pantry! Thanks for introducing us to your friend who is an absolute delight as well.

[@catherinekevin6252]

Oh my word that was SO inspiring!! I was hoping to come over to the Isle of Man at some point for your courses, and the idea of visiting Versa in the same trip has just sealed the deal for me!

[@simplifygardening]

Great video Tanya. that's one lost art is foraging

[@Lovelygreens]

Agree! I learned how tasty hairy bittercress is only this year 💚

[@rachelmorales1884]

thank you for uploading this video very inspiring and informative 👏

[@stevendowden2579]

loved that great video tanya

[@KenHJones]

We have lots of wild garlic on Gower, South Wales. Easy to find and pick. I didn't know that foragers are not allowed to dig plants up. So I'll not do it anymore.

[@karenslater343]

Very interesting thanks

[@mohdnazarudinmasrom3998]

Interesting video..thank u

[@VelvetandToads]

Absolutely loved this. Wildly wonderful!

[@gardengatesopen]

Excellent! 👍

[@suzyking9973]

Great video and so interesting, really enjoyed her picking and explaining what you need to look for, and how she cooks with certain plants etc, flowers, from sea and land. Thank you

[@timothyorourke7116]

Love this video

[@simplelifewanted6278]

Hello from Italy! We really enjoyed watching this video and learning some new edible weeds and wild food. We have picked elderflowers, local mushrooms, asparagus and chamomile this year and it's been such a treat. Thanks for sharing!

[@janekoebele3271]

Perfect! Lovely video, thanks

[@philipTOMPSETT]

Fantastic. Thanks.

[@tassiegirl1991]

Wonderful, very lucky to forage so easily. Thanks for such a good video

[@ruthsmith2367]

Enjoyed the video, thank you ❤️

[@philliplarking3255]

Stunning, thank you

[@raymondkyruana118]

This is so cool!!!!!

[@davidthescottishvegan]

If they are Edible I wouldn't view them as weeds because a weed is a unwanted plant but if it's Edible it's not unwanted. Great video Tanya and good to see Pippa.

[@thomasbingham2797]

Brilliant thank you ladies new sub here

[@bgmckeown]

This is a fantastic video! Thanks for sharing all these foraging treasures!

[@ramthian]

So beautiful place.

[@bernadette6211]

Very inspiring, thank you

[@the_green_anna]

Loved this!!! Thank you!

[@judithjohnson2111]

Fascinating. TY.

[@MaxSafeheaD]

I just wish i knew more about what I was doing with them in the kitchen tbh. I know tons of things I *can* eat, but not much (or anything really) about how best to make them tasty! Love this though. Thank you =)

[@michellelockett6518]

Love this would love to learn to forage

[@rowinggranny5216]

This is such a brilliant video. Thank you x

[@dpentola]

When I was "much younger", I remember my mom making a wilted salad from dandelion greens. My dad made dandelion wine.

[@Elerimakesmusic]

This is amazing! 👏

[@Lovelygreens]

So inspiring! 😊💚

[@yvencia1150]

Love it's 😍

[@st12a5-cartucianoadrianice3]

GEEZ HOW COME I MISS THIS !?

[@lindaragsdale6958]

Drying increases flavor..? And when you cook it what water do you use to reconstitute it?

[@Gos1234567]

Yea not sure about that statement 😮

[@tangocat4370]

So educational. One thing Im always so iffy about is washing the harvest... I feel like I always need to wash them with vinegar and water. Is it safe to just dry herbs without washing? Thank you for the video!

[@Lovelygreens]

I wasn't able to use the clip, but Pippa says that she forages from clean places out of reach of dogs lifting their legs. She doesn't wash most of what she forages and washing sometimes destroys the food and flavour too -- such as with with alexander flower heads and elderflower.

[@tangocat4370]

@@Lovelygreens that’s what I was thinking, that it washes some of the flavor off. I worry about bug poo LOL. Do you wash your herbs before using them? Would you consider doing a video on washing veggies etc? Pretty please? 😁 love your videos!!!!!!!!! I someday want to visit your lovely island and explore it’s beauty! Thank you for sharing!

[@Lovelygreens]

@@tangocat4370 I don't wash herbs at all if I'm drying them or using them fresh in cooking. If they look dirty or I suspect they're not clean, I don't pick them. "Bug poo" is not a thing that we should be concerning ourselves with :)

[@tangocat4370]

@@Lovelygreens 😂 I love this! Thanks Tanya! Love your vids - and so excited about the new place 💕🏡😸😸😸

[@jeanneamato8278]

Can you start sea radish from seeds!

[@valdemirbernardoborges1609]

Olá boa tarde!

[@blackpackhomesteadchrisand7337]

I find that often times wild edibles is less work than gardening. I wish it was a skill more folks had.

[@redtrummy]

Do Not strip all seed heads, leaves or roots in an area - if we all did it then a lot of damage could be done to habitats. Grow and mange in your own garden I do

[@Lovelygreens]

It's fine to do if the wild edible is invasive or non-native. Knowing what to forage, and which plants you can actually help the environment out by removing, are two different aspects to harvesting from the wild.

[@bushcraftandastronomer.3775]

Wild foragging for free food means you'll not go hungry again because so many people are in food banks these days. Wild foragging provides food for everybody and its totally free. So many people are effected by the rising prices for food these days so why not get it for free? Learning foragging for free and gives you food all year round. Wild foragging alot more people should learn it and never go hungry again!

[@devon932001]

How does she know what is clean? Dog waste interaction or chemicals?

[@Lovelygreens]

Foraging in permitted places away from the road, above dog lift reach, and in wild areas that are not sprayed.

[@zuzauramek9850]

It's funny and sad that today people who harvest "weeds" because they know which are edible in the past were considered witches. Today we are going back to forgotten knowledge of edible weeds, forest plants, ancient recipes. For some, it is knowledge passed down from generation to generation and for some, it is now fashionable.

[@lindaragsdale6958]

We're still considered witches.😩🤨

[@gedhuffadine1873]

Wild garlic salt is a winer

[@suemowat222]

Alexander's and Cow Parsley are two different plants

[@Lovelygreens]

A slip of the tongue I'm sure. Alexanders are also called horse parsley :)

[@littlehummingbird1015]

So far I don't see any familiar 'weeds'......I don't think they grow in the U.S.

[@Lovelygreens]

Ramps, dandelions, plantain, daisies, seaweeds, and loads more are on both sides of the pond :)

[@jimmason1072]

Did she say cow parsnip.....? No way am I going near that again...once was to much...

[@lordplanet8413]

we have forgotten connection to nature and where are food comes from foraging puts us back in touch with nature and our food but be careful of the law and get the landowners permission also be careful of what you pick rule of thumb don't pick it if you don't know what it is.

[@gedhuffadine1873]

Pls don't pick campion

[@Lovelygreens]

Why not?