Frontier Bushcraft team member Martin Tomlinson was spending a few days in the woods and took the opportunity to build a quick-and-easy jerky smoker, all from natural materials. This is a fun project that applies campcraft, bindcraft and firecraft skills, with the end-product of a tasty, nutritious food for camp or the trail…
Frontier Instructional Team member Henry Landon recounts a springtime foray into the woods to cook up a springtime feast in a pit oven. On what was already set to be a great day in the woods, Henry and companion discovered an extra bonus, enough to delight even the most discerning foragers…
Alison Delaney explains how she makes one of her favourite uses of seasonal resources – beech leaf noyau – a liqueur infused with fresh, green beech leaves. Alison also describes an even easier variation on this theme too…
Cheese lovers ! Celebrate springtime with some delicious home-made goats cheese infused with the delicate wild garlic and onion flavours that the season provides. Alison Delaney shows how simple it can be.
Spring is just around the corner! So, we continue our series of favourite outdoor meals with Alison Delaney’s delicious foraged Ground Elder soup. A seasonal treat!
Paul Nicholls and his camp chums; Martin Tomlinson and Andrew Casey, show us how they cooked a cut of Beef in a Pit Oven, lit with the bow drill method.
Food aficionado Iain Gair shares a rare insight into the preparation of Elk Scran, probably one of the most elusive dishes known to man. There is no definitive recipe and no pictorial evidence. If you can find it, it will be served in a tiny pop-up restaurant somewhere in the northern coniferous forest…
Pendulous Sedge, Carex pendula is an extremely widespread plant found throughout most of the United Kingdom. It is known to grow as far north as Denmark and Sweden up 58oN latitude, and as far south as West Africa and the Middle-East. It has been reported to be spreading across North America and has…
How important is honey in the diets of hunter-gatherers? Why do they take great personal risk to gather honey? Was honey important in the diets of our ancestors? Did the additional energy obtained from honey allow our ancient ancestors to … Read More
Fungi season is upon us! Although we can hunt for fungi all year round, autumn is the most productive time of the year to get outside and go hunting for fungi. As you get more interested in bushcraft and the … Read More