Falafels can be home grown over most of Norway and if we are serious about climate change should become standar fare in kitchens, restaurants and supermarkets throughout the […]
Spice
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Golpar ready to use
Cleaned this year’s golpar harvest, my favourite spice…used in a range of dishes, see here: http://www.edimentals.com/blog/?s=golpar Real golpar is the ground seed of Heracleum persicum (Tromsøpalme), an important […]
Book / Foraging
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Holmboe’s Gratis mat av ville planter
To buy, see the bottom of this page (for å kjøpe, se nederst på denne siden). Jens Holmboe’s book “Gratis mat av ville planter” (Free food from wild […]
Article / Garden tour
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30 years in Norway salad
7 years ago (11th August 2011) and 40-50 people from the Trondheim Useful Plants Society (Nyttevekstforeningen) turned up for a walk and talk in my garden, including two […]
Beans / Food
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19th October 2014 Falafel
19th October 2014: Broad beans / bondebønner were harvested today and made into falafel with onions, apple, chilis, garlic and golpar (Heracleum persicum / Tromsøpalme spice) with barley […]
Food
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OstrichDandyHeartOmelette
Thanks to my visitors Berit Børte and Ane Mari Aakernes for this “lovely” omelette this evening….dandelion flower buds and fiddleheads, ramsons, chili and Heracleum persicum spice (golpar) in […]
Food
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Golpared onion bhajis
Indian bhajis are a popular snack or side dish in UK Indian restaurants…deep fried onions in a batter made of chick pea flour with various spices usually including […]
Food / Invasive plants
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Invasive Moonglow Quiche
As I suggested earlier today, veggie quiche would be tonight’s dinner (as two years ago on this day) now that I’m back here in Malvik :) With cold […]
Seed / Spice
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Harvesting golpar
Heracleum persicum is a giant umbellifer, very closely related to Giant Hogweed another very closely related invasive of more southerly latitudes. We call it Tromsøpalme here as these […]