Have I been busy or what, so much to report, making a T.V ad, setting up a Wild Kitchen in the woods, more Seaweed Walks, and believe it or not a phone call from RTE’s nationwide asking me to take them on a Wild Food walk…….
So here goes, must tell you about the Carnival first, and even though it was through a cancellation (who shall remain name-less ) I readily agreed to set up a Wild Food Kitchen in beautiful woodlands near the fort of Mooghaun (Irish: Múchán). It is a late Bronze Age hill fort located in County Clare, Ireland. It is a well preserved, recently excavated site, occupying an entire hill with wide views of the surrounding lands. Believed to be the largest hill fort in Ireland, it is one of the region’s main tourist attractions. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
It’s magical go see it….
The days heading up to it as part of Heritage week were mad, hugely productive and very enjoyable as the first wild fruits of Autumn were colouring the hedgerows, and filling my basket. Pickles and chutneys took over the worktop,and wild food became the menu in our house for the week. It was great practice for the cookery demo I am hosting as part of the Food Fayre for the www.burrenwinterage.com, Winter Festival at the Pavillion, Lisdoonvarna, on the 27/10/2013……….
www.Burrenecotourism.com for details.
But more about all that later.……….
So I bribed my boys to come with me to the woods, and with the car laden down with all sorts, inc.a folding table, home-made BBQ, pots and pans and a huge selection of wild produce for tasting, purchasing, admiring or maybe even spitting out, we headed off to New-Market-on-Fergus, a small town, by-passed years ago, but keeping it’s head up with a great community spirit, the Village Carnival, high-lighting that.
We were there for the Sunday Family Heritage day with the theme being food:
The bounty full boot
The light through the trees
