http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Food festival over the weekend en Thu, 21 May 2026 11:10:25 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1233#post-38443 Wed, 17 Aug 2011 23:29:55 +0000 SRD 38443@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6071/6053780845_2990536bd1.jpg"></p> <p><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6192/6053621651_f892e18006.jpg"></p> <p>Other pics in <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/53569811@N03/sets/72157627457571508/">a Flickr set</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1233#post-37632 Mon, 08 Aug 2011 20:59:55 +0000 gembo 37632@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>amir - really - seems little early for the brambles but maybe all this rain and sun?</p> <p>Huge loganberries sticking through the fence at the Saughton allotments </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1233#post-37629 Mon, 08 Aug 2011 20:55:16 +0000 amir 37629@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Blackberries are starting to ripen now as well. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1233#post-37590 Mon, 08 Aug 2011 13:41:17 +0000 Wilmington's Cow 37590@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Ooh, where were the chanterelles?</p> <p>In France last year we picked MONSTER ceps. Fab they were. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1233#post-37578 Mon, 08 Aug 2011 12:33:09 +0000 Kirst 37578@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I got a LivingSocial deal for this year's food festival - 2x 3-day tickets for £15. I intend to get my money's worth at the cheese tasting. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1233#post-37525 Sun, 07 Aug 2011 21:06:05 +0000 SRD 37525@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>old thread.....just picked two kilos of chanterelles on a walk in the woods. will get some photos up on fb &amp; flickr shortly. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1233#post-11306 Fri, 13 Aug 2010 13:21:49 +0000 Kim 11306@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Ah, good, we get to find where your picking spots are then... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1233#post-11300 Fri, 13 Aug 2010 12:39:44 +0000 SRD 11300@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>The only organised walks I know of are by V&amp;C. If anyone has places they think likely that are easily accessible by bike (or has a car), I would be happy to do some rambles in the autumn. </p> <p>Have been picking them since I was eight, so happy to show others. I can identify a few others (mainly the really poisonous ones), but won't eat anything else. </p> <p>We used to go out picking, everyone in the family with 2 plastic carrier bags which we filled about half-full (any more and they get squished). Then my folks moved out of town, and now we pick a mixing bowl full every couple of days. But have never seen them in such quantities in Scotland. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1233#post-11294 Fri, 13 Aug 2010 11:39:23 +0000 chdot 11294@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"Is this a tangent?"</p> <p>Only if you use the food for things other than cycling... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1233#post-11293 Fri, 13 Aug 2010 11:36:35 +0000 Wilmington's Cow 11293@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I've been on a couple of V&amp;C fungi forays which are great fun - on hols this year though when they happen.</p> <p>I'm often accused of being a food snob (the last time was just on Wednesday night there...) but I see nothing wrong with only wanting to eat stuff that's good quality and fresh and not pumped with all sorts of additives and so on.</p> <p>Is this a tangent?</p> <p>I went to one food festival thingy in Edinburgh a few years ago (Taste?) and it was intensely uninspiring. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1233#post-11291 Fri, 13 Aug 2010 10:55:26 +0000 kaputnik 11291@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>They've got Elvis playing live. Major coup. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1233#post-11286 Fri, 13 Aug 2010 10:07:58 +0000 chdot 11286@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>September 19th</p> <p><a href="http://www.corstorphinehill.org.uk/newsletters/newsletter38.pdf" rel="nofollow">http://www.corstorphinehill.org.uk/newsletters/newsletter38.pdf</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1233#post-11285 Fri, 13 Aug 2010 10:01:27 +0000 Min 11285@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>They used to do them at the Botanics but not any more. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1233#post-11284 Fri, 13 Aug 2010 10:00:25 +0000 chdot 11284@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Fungal Foray</p> <p><a href="http://www.rbge.org.uk/whats-on/event-details/173" rel="nofollow">http://www.rbge.org.uk/whats-on/event-details/173</a></p> <p>Not Edinburgh</p> <p>Think CEC Rangers organise some. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1233#post-11282 Fri, 13 Aug 2010 09:58:26 +0000 Min 11282@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"I have another fiend"</p> <p>Hehe. :-)</p> <p>We found chanterelles on holiday a couple of weeks ago. I'm not saying where though! This was the first time I have tried them and they are delicious. I can see what the fuss is about now. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1233#post-11281 Fri, 13 Aug 2010 09:54:45 +0000 Numptie 11281@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Always fancied going on a guided "Fungal Foray" but never seen one advertised. If anyone spots an outing advertised could they post it on here.<br /> Cheers </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1233#post-11279 Fri, 13 Aug 2010 09:28:00 +0000 Kim 11279@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Keep thinking this should be a good year for <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/49194391@N00/3882171786/">chanterelles</a>, but haven't seen many yet. On the up side I do know a friendly smallholder who is happy to sell me a whole wether lamb or half a bullock. Haven't managed to persuade him to take up pig keeping yet though. I have another fiend who wants to find a wee bit of land to rent and keep a couple of pigs, but his wife won't let him... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1233#post-11277 Fri, 13 Aug 2010 01:19:01 +0000 SRD 11277@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Chanterelles pretty difficult to confuse with anything else, but always good to get someone knowledgeable to go out with you first time. </p> <p>If you do get some, clean, half and fry in butter. they freeze well too. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1233#post-11276 Fri, 13 Aug 2010 01:04:58 +0000 splitshift 11276@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>mushrooms , never had anyone tell me which ones were safe to eat, cept the obvious ones ....man !Would really like to know where to get info about them. Where I live, falkirk lots of wild....ish countryside ! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1233#post-11275 Fri, 13 Aug 2010 01:01:58 +0000 SRD 11275@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"All you need is Margo and Tom round for a drink !"?</p> <p>Am feeling pretty self-sufficient at the moment - local fresh cod from a neighbour, labrador caribou from a friend's father, own-picked fresh berries for breakfast and last years ones in jam and puddings at every other meal. fresh veg from garden, home-made bread, cookies (biscuits), mushrooms from the woods behind the house. haven't managed to catch any trout yet, but am trying. </p> <p>that reminds me...Laidback - is it red currant jelly or black currant jam that you prefer? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1233#post-11274 Fri, 13 Aug 2010 00:56:03 +0000 splitshift 11274@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>farmers markets way to go ! I work for a major supermarket but ! My son has just about got to grips with .22 air rifle, and he can skin a rabbit about as fast as me !Rabbits, fish,wild veg, this coubtry has it all, just get out and try it !Monoblock drives, rip em up and build raised beds, real veg,washed in tap water,on a bit of bread youve baked yourself !<br /> All you need is Margo and Tom round for a drink !The time you spend on waxing the car could make you almost self sufficient. OK if you know a freindly farmer who will sell you a whole lamb or half a pig then your made.<br /> Havnt tried crows or other corvin but understand that they are ........ok......ish ! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1233#post-11273 Fri, 13 Aug 2010 00:22:14 +0000 SRD 11273@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>dunno. i'm as 'foodie' as they get, but this sort of slick management style just puts me off. have never been and have surprisingly little interest in attending. </p> <p>how 'bout in September, we meet at the farmer's market, i'll talk you through all the stalls and suggest recipes? </p> <p>Heck, i'll even take stuff home and cook it with/for you. that's more my style :) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1233#post-11272 Thu, 12 Aug 2010 22:51:52 +0000 Kim 11272@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"A file permissions error has occurred. Please check the permissions on the script and the directory it is in and try again." </p> <p>That makes for an interesting website. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1233#post-11271 Thu, 12 Aug 2010 20:19:08 +0000 Kirst 11271@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="http://www.foodiesfestival.com/edinburgh-features/" rel="nofollow">http://www.foodiesfestival.com/edinburgh-features/</a></p> <p>I might go on Saturday. </p>