Why? Because you can! And pickle, and jam, or otherwise celebrate the resurgence of the domestic arts our forebears held so dear. Put on your best apron and step into our kitchen, won't you?
Pickled Spruce Tips Recipe - how to forage them, what to use them for and our 5-minute quick pickling recipe that's easy as boiling water...or vinegar..
A simple recipe which can be used in so many ways. Just a little goes a long way in enhancing the flavour of so many recipes - including but not limited to your favourite cocktails.
These nutritious eggs deserve special attention once in a while. Here is an easy method of preserving and using them to enhance sweet or savoury dishes.
Yes you can harvest your spruce's needles! Gather the tender young tips in the spring and enjoy a delightful lemony tea. Medicinally valuable and darn tasty too!
Preserve the essence of young spruce tips by using them to infuse sugar. Instructions for spruce sugar and a recipe for using it to make spruce drizzle cakes.
Here's how to collect and preserve spruce tips - the new growth on these common evergreens. The time to forage them is now, but by preserving them they can be enjoyed throughout the year.