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01/10/2008, 16:21 Editor - France Magazine Joined on 13/02/2008 Posts 23 French foragers unite! Bonjour Forum-users, It's October, which means France's countryside is laden with goodies to pick. I'm after some recommendations for good areas to go and pick mushrooms, blackberries, walnuts etc etc. Where do you go? what do you pick? What do you make with it? What do you like about picking your own produce? Anyone involved in the vendanges? Tell all - I can't wait to hear. Thanks! Carolyn, Editor, France Magazine FRANCE Magazine, Britain and North America's best-selling magazine about France since 1990.    Report

01/10/2008, 16:24 woolybanana Joined on 27/08/2007 Vendée Posts 3,333 Re: French foragers unite! Carolyn, there were very disturbing fotos in one of the French papers of people foraging in the bins outside shops to get food to live. I presume these do not qualify for your interest.    Report

01/10/2008, 17:18 Junlesley Joined on 23/08/2004 Vindefontaine (50) Posts 118 Re: French foragers unite! I've got sloes to make sloe vodka, blackberrys to make jam, comfery to make a fertiliser for my vegetables, apples, chestnuts, elderberrys to make elderberry jelly and mixed with apples and blackberrys make another lovely jam, mushrooms from our garden which we know are edible, cant think of anything else at the moment. June Price Priceless Pets Vindefontaine (50)    Report

01/10/2008, 17:26 Frederick Joined on 27/05/2008 South Vendee / Dorset Posts 580 Re: French foragers unite! Guy next doors land has other side of his hedge and therefor at the road side a great crop of blackberries growing ..Last week I noticed they were ripe when I left my car in the road ....My wife was in the garden so I called out .." Lot of big blackberries ready to p;ick out here  " We  assume our neighbour who speaks good English heard the call and rallied the troops !  By the time my wife went out with her bowl there were two people already  out there picking and a guy with a set of steps coming down the road for the high ones  .....We still got enough for a blackberry and apple crumble that evening and one put in the freezer ...The hedges are full of them this year .....    Report

01/10/2008, 18:54 suein56 Joined on 23/08/2004 Southern Morbihan (56) Posts 2,008 Re: French foragers unite!  Editor - France Magazine wrote: Tell all - I can't wait to hear. Thanks! Carolyn, Editor, France Magazine Whoops - perhaps I have been here too long as I read the title as 'French forgers unite ...' Oh dear ... Sue Computing - it's another world    Report

01/10/2008, 19:32 odile Joined on 09/05/2008 Midlands + Swiss Jura Posts 1,570 Re: French foragers unite! ah, les champignons - la saison commence- but foragers watch out for the hunters!    Report

01/10/2008, 19:39 sweet 17 Joined on 05/08/2006 charente maritime Posts 5,801 Re: French foragers unite!  woolybanana wrote: Carolyn, there were very disturbing fotos in one of the French papers of people foraging in the bins outside shops to get food to live. I presume these do not qualify for your interest. Wooly, I don't want to appear as though I'm always chastising you.  But, you know bl***y well that that is NOT what the editor wants to hear! Oh God, how have your parents brought you and your brother and Randy up?  They have a lot to answer for!    Report

01/10/2008, 19:47 woolybanana Joined on 27/08/2007 Vendée Posts 3,333 Re: French foragers unite! I was a bit disturbed though by the fluffiness of the message (sorry mods)    Report

01/10/2008, 21:07 Chancer Joined on 16/07/2006 Picardie, Sussex Posts 4,072 Re: French foragers unite! Does she really want to go and pick them or write an article about it?    Report

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