20 years ago on 19th August 2001, the Extreme Salad (Man) was born when I made my first (of two) world record salads with 363 different plants and 382 ingredients (i.e., including flowers and leaves from the same variety). During last night’s garden tour, the occasion was marked by a 120 plant salad (1/3 the … Continue reading 20 years of Extreme Salads
The Extreme Salad Man was asked last night to make a salad…..but he only managed 55 in total. He blames the fact that he was only given an hour. Nevertheless, all were pleased with the result. He hopes you like it too! A full list of plants can be found at the bottom below the … Continue reading May 2021 Extreme Salad
The first 100 plant salad for 2020:
Half an hour “foraging” in the garden and half an hour in the kitchen and I can present the year’s first multi-species salad….54 different plants! Notable additions were dark-leaved sea kale (strandkål) and Hydrophyllum virginianum (at the bottom), moss-leaved dandelion and Hablitzia tamnoides (centre). Edible flowers included two begonias and Oxalis triangularis (grown inside) and … Continue reading The year’s first extreme salad
Many thanks to all who turned up for my talk in Atlanta last night. I’m told there were almost 200 people :) The book store sold all 25 books they had bought from Chelsea Green! Great also to talk to so many interesting folk after the talk at the book signing :) An unexpected surprise … Continue reading The Extreme Salad Man in Atlanta
A collection of pictures of my extreme salads from the last 20 years can be seen in the gallery below! 8th July 2019: The first 10! To be continued…..
I’ve just updated my list of events for 2019 on my main events page, http://www.edimentals.com/blog/?page_id=262 Hope to see some of you at one of these events! 19th February Malvik Rotary, Norway Sat 2nd March East Anglian Garden Group. Chamberlin Hall: Bildeston village hall, Chamberlin Close, Wattisham Road, Bildeston, Ipswich, Suffolk, England 14-17 https://www.facebook.com/events/1640730972892565 Mon 11th March … Continue reading Events in 2019 with the Extreme Salad Man!
The Less than Extreme Salad Man has been in action with the year’s multi-species salad! A few hours before the polar low storm hit and snow covered the greens, I did a forage around the garden, finding about 15 species, mostly onions, but there were fresh dandelions, perennial kales and the first Hablitzia shoots. These … Continue reading H for Hablitzia Extreme Salad
The Wild Plants Lady meets the Extreme Salad Man to discuss ready salted vegetables on the Magoito Cliffs north of Lisbon! A) Crithmum maritimum (rock samphire or death samphire; perrexil-do-mar); this is the first plant in my book and was my first plant in my talk at Ecoaldeias Janas the day before B) Helichrysum stoechas … Continue reading The Wild Plants Lady meets the Extreme Salad Man
As part of the course organised by Ecoaldeias Janas in the village Janas near Sintra in Portugal, Fernanda Botelho collected wild and cultivated plants and here she is making an inventory of all the ingredients, all 50 of them: a typical traditional Mediterranean multi-species salad! Jorge Carona was sitting next to her taking notes! Part 1: Part … Continue reading The Ecoaldeias Janas extreme salad