and with help from a chef friend of mine's website, found a few suggestions for recipes:

Recipes

One of my Mother's uncles was a botanist, I looked up fiddleheads in one of his books and based on what was there looked up this:

Ostrich Fiddlehead ferns the only edible one

hopefully this will be a help?

Mock Goose

A tasty war~time recipe for a layered lentil loaf, good served with gravy and either mint or apple sauce. Also nice with salad. I use it as a vegetarian alternative for Sunday lunch.

6oz split red lentils.
1/2 pt water
1/2 oz butter
I lemon for juice and rind.
salt and freshly ground black pepper.
1 bay leaf


Thoroughly grease a large saucepan then add water bay leaf and lentils, bring to boil and simmer gently until cooked and all the water has been absorbed.
Mix in butter, lemon juice and rind, salt and pepper.

For the stuffing :
1 medium onion, chopped and softened in butter. Add 1 1/2 tsp sage 1/2 tsp parsley, salt and freshly ground black pepper.
Turn 3 slices of thick sliced wholemeal bread into fresh breadcrumbs and add. Stir to mix.

Grease a 2lb loaf tin, put half the lentil mix in, then cover with stuffing mix (any left over ~ serve separately) then cover with remaining lentil mix. Cover with a butter wrapper and a piece of foil.

Bake in over Gas mark 6 400deg F 200 deg C for 40 minutes.

Will freeze if not all used.

This is a 'Friendship Cake' sent to me by someone in Leipzig University a while ago. It is delicious.


Day One: Put 1 cup milk,
1/2 cup white granulated sugar
1/2 cup SR flour
in a LARGE mixing bowl, mix thoroughly cover and leave in a cool place (not refrigerator)
The bowl needs to be large because it grows!
Stir daily for 5 days.

Day 5: Add I cup milk,
1/2 cup white granulated sugar
1/2 cup SR flour
Mix thoroughly, cover and leave for 5 days, stirring daily.

Day 10. Remove 2 cups, one for the next cake, the other for a friend.

To the remaining mixture add:
2 cups SR flour
I cup raisins.
I cup white granulated sugar.
2/3 cup butter
1/2 tsp each of bicarb of soda and salt
2 tsp baking powder,
I tsp mixed spice.
2 beaten eggs.
Mix well and put in a large flat baking tin (the kind used for roasting potatoes), greased thoroughly.
Before baking:
1/2 cup melted butter
1/2 cup soft brown sugar
1 tsp mixed spice.
Mix together and pour over mixture, swirling thorugh with a fork.
Bake Gas 5/ 335 deg F for 35 - 40 minutes, unitl well done.
Immediately after taking out of the oven, glaze cake with
1/4 cup butter,
1/2 cup bronw sugar
1/4 cup milk
Boil together for 3 - 4 minutes before pouring slowly over the cake to glaze.
Leave to cool. Cut into squares to serve.