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Eating and Drinking => Cooking, Storing and Preserving => Topic started by: Scribbler on August 13, 2007, 11:50

Title: Rock Samphire
Post by: Scribbler on August 13, 2007, 11:50

Just come back from a couple of days in Devon. We stayed in a picturesque thatched cottage, complete with ghost. But that's another story.

There were huge amounts of rock samphire growing in the local cove. Anyone ever cooked with this or pickled it at all?

This is Crithmum maritimum as opposed to marsh samphire.

Title: Rock Samphire
Post by: WG. on August 13, 2007, 11:55

http://uktv.co.uk/food/recipe/aID/587217/

You might want to check the legality of picking it though

Title: Rock Samphire
Post by: muntjac on August 13, 2007, 12:16

mmmmmmmmmm ....marsh samm ylightly steamed and a knob of butter . pul the strands through the teet . spent days on the forshore of the humber picking that roots n all wash the mud off in a dep pool and then go forking for flounders ,few cockles as well n ur food fit for a king

Title: Rock Samphire
Post by: Scribbler on August 13, 2007, 12:34

Thanks for that WG - there is a hell of a lot of it in the cove, but will check out protected status all the same. The recipe looks yummy. Apparently samphire is really trendy amongst foodies at the moment. So Munty's ahead of the game as usual.

Bon appetit!

Title: Rock Samphire
Post by: muntjac on August 13, 2007, 12:36

we used to collect it for food as a neccasity mate lol . wot angers me is on the market its £4 a bunch ...... : :x

Title: Rock Samphire
Post by: Scribbler on August 13, 2007, 12:53

The Natural History Museum website says it's not a protected species.

So should be ok to pick at will.

Title: Rock Samphire
Post by: WG. on August 13, 2007, 13:27

Quote from: "Scribbler"

The Natural History Museum website says it's not a protected species.

So should be ok to pick at will.

Can you please post a link?  I've been looking through http://www.nhm.ac.uk and it isn't apparent to me how to check.  Thanks in advance

Title: Rock Samphire
Post by: Scribbler on August 13, 2007, 13:39

http://flood.nhm.ac.uk/cgi-bin/fff/glob.pl?report=Flora&Flora.%5BFloraNo%5D=220800

Title: Rock Samphire
Post by: Biscombe on August 19, 2007, 10:56

This thread is bringing back memories!! I used to pick samphire with my grandparents on the Lincolnshire coast!! we picked bags of the stuff! never seen it for sale since though!

Title: Rock Samphire
Post by: WG. on August 19, 2007, 11:04

Quote from: "Scribbler"

http://flood.nhm.ac.uk/cgi-bin/fff/glob.pl?report=Flora&Flora.%5BFloraNo%5D=220800

Thank you.  I was trying to find a menu option for protected species  :roll: :numpty: !

Title: Rock Samphire
Post by: muntjac on August 19, 2007, 11:30

was that at humberstone or donna nook biscombe?   :lol:

Title: Rock Samphire
Post by: Biscombe on August 19, 2007, 11:34

humberstone sounds familiar, but foggy memory!!!