Food foraging workshop with Adventure Wellington

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On the weekend, a group of us from Adventure Wellington visited the Human – Bushcraft & Wild Living center  which is perched on one of the cliffs that the Otaki river has cut into the landscape. For three hours we followed Steve and Jenny tramping through the property past chickens, ducks, composting toilets, and received instruction in wild food. We collected as we walked and used in the preparation of a meal.

A fern was nurtured. All the hairy bits are scraped off and the tightly curled head is discarded. The flesh cut like cucumber, the taste was fresh, the mouth feel was soapy.

Squatting at the 'nut cracking station'  

Menu included Pesto, flash fried Weka Weka, and pine needle tea.

Frying the fern fritters. Fire was 'friction lit' with a bow and bit.

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