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Wild Food in a Day - A Foodie Forage for Free Food Along the Suffolk Coast

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A Foray With Food Safari Turns Up a Few Surprises
Wild Food in a Day - A Foodie Forage for Free Food Along the Suffolk Coast

Participants in "Wild Food in A Day" find out what's in store from wild food expert Jacky Sutton-Adam (in grey fleece, third from right). Wallace the Westie came along - he's at the other end of that red leash.

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How did someone discover you can eat that?

If, like me, you've pondered that question as you confronted your first artichoke, dandelion green, nasturtium petal salad or violent yellow wild mushroom, then you have some idea of the thoughts running through my head as, together with about a dozen others, I listened to wild food expert Jacky Sutton-Adam describe the joys and perils of eating weeds.

Jacky was about to lead us all on a wild food forage, Wild Food in a Day, put together by foodie event and workshop organizer Food Safari. Together with Polly Robinson, Food Safari owner, she'd scouted out this patch of private Suffolk land (we had permission) for likely nibbles but, as wild food is seasonal and we'd had an unseasonably early warm patch, there was no telling what we would find.

In our country clothes and sturdy shoes, and fortified with coffee and Polly's home made flapjacks, we headed out to forage. (British flapjacks, by the way, are not pancakes but crunchy bars made of oats, golden syrup and other ingredients.

Try a flapjack recipe from About.com's British Food expert Elaine Lemm.

More About Food Safari

Food Safari runs a wide variety of "field to fork" foodie outings, ranging from Catch and Cook fishing trips to Free Range Pork in a Day programs that culminate in an orgy of sausage making. This Suffolk-based venture aims to provide "complete food experiences" that connect consumers with food and drink producers.

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