We cooked this on a wild food course recently. It tasted really good and was pretty easy to cook over an open fire. Ingredients A handful of ribwort plantain, sorrel and ground elder Ground ivy, finely chopped Wild marjoram, finely chopped Ramsons, finely chopped 400g of aubergine 1 large tomato 100g of kohlrabi 200g of […]
Named after one of our regular customers, Venison Stefano is a twist on the Greek dish of stiffado. We buy our venison from a local gamedealer; gamedealers can be found at farmer’s markets in most towns nowadays, but failing that some of the supermarkets also stock it. It’s a great warming dish for those chilly […]
Malfatti is an Italian dish used as a substitute for pasta. We tend to pick only the very tips of the nettles as they are the tastiest part. We use a few different areas and pick regularly. Picking the tips delays the flowering process and encourages new growth. We’ve found that we can still pick […]
A recipe for ramson dolmades (for 10 – 12), based on the classic Greek stuffed vine leaves. Ingredients Ramson leaves, 4 per dolmade A good handful of ramson stems and shoots, chopped 100g arborio rice 1 small onion A handful of hogweed shoots, chopped A handful of ground elder, chopped 2 or 3 finely […]
We are delighted to announce that Jack Raven Bushcraft has been approved by Kent Trading Standards ‘Buy With Confidence’ scheme. The process involved us being audited by a member of Trading Standards. They looked at our marketing materials, website, terms and conditions, complaints procedure and much more. They also contacted people that have attended one […]
We spent the weekend at the Bushcraft Magazine’s May Day Meet 2013. Nicola and I had been before as visitors, and always enjoyed ourselves, but this was our first time as traders. It was also in a new, and fantastic, location. The main field was flat and well drained and there were two small woodlands […]
