I absolutely love fire, there is something warming, comforting and encouraging about it, I could stare into the flames all day and not get bored,
BUZZARD BUSHCRAFT
Sunday, 5 January 2025
Fire and Ice
Wednesday, 25 December 2024
Happy Christmas 2024
To all our beloved Buzzard Buddies out there can I just wish you all a very merry Christmas. This has been a wonderful and fulfilling year for us and I hope there's more to come. May you all be blessed in your outdoors adventures be they on high mountains, wide oceans or deep forests, allow them to show you the majesty of God's handiwork, and as one of our bushcraft forefathers, Horace Kephart said, "I love the unimproved works of God". Amen
Sunday, 24 November 2024
Wood Blewit mushroom
As most of my Buzzard Buddies know, I'm not a great fan of mushrooms, I think they're over rated, they steal the limelight from other more worthy forageable contenders and they all taste like feet.
I do however like finding them but I'm not as good at identifying them as I would be with plants and seaweeds.
This one however I'm pretty sure is a wood blewit, the colour, smell and cap shape are pretty obvious give aways.
Sunday, 3 November 2024
Reindeer moss
This is one of those special lichens that you find at this time of year in certain areas of coniferous forest.
We found this patch quite recently when out for the weekend and exploring.
It's quite distinctive from a distance and quite easy to spot once you get your eye in.
Its one of those rare plants that has a wide range from Arctic tundra to quite southern latitudes. The interesting thing for the bushcrafter is that it's edible to humans, not just reindeer.
I've read that it's both bitter and acidic so it needs to be boiled in 2 changes of water. However I've also read it can be eaten raw and even was used as a cure for kidney stones in some localities.
I did try some of this patch raw and I could taste the acidity from it, though the texture and taste was quite pleasant.
I think I need to look into this excellent find a little more and see just what I can do with it.
Sunday, 27 October 2024
Wednesday, 16 October 2024
Woodpigeon jamaican curry
A Buzzard buddy made us a pot of delicious curry, this was one with a twist, it was Jamaican curry which I'd never tried before. Apparently its common to use goat in this recipe but as none was available he added a couple of wood pigeons and I have to say it was sublime, without doubt the best curry I have ever had, I now just have to get the recipe off him !!
Tuesday, 24 September 2024
Water pepper - persecaria hydropiper
It's getting near the end of the season for water pepper so while out recently we decided to pick some for a little culinary experiment