Time to go wild, Yep pillaging the countryside is very much back in fashion and here at Saffron, we are lucky to have the services of Miles, whom roams around the lanes and the coastline, foraging for anything edible and interesting.

Now before you start accusing us of stealing the wealth and beauty of our natural resources, I can assure you that all the products, brought to your table are lifted responsibly and thoroughly researched and checked out. There are certain ground rules to adhere to, i.e. only a set number of leaves or flowers can be removed from each plant, seaweed has to be harvested from safe tidal areas and what’s protected stays protected!

Not sure what to start with, but usually there are a few different types of seaweed and grasses on board, from kelp and laver down to spaghetti and rock samphire. Then there is a curious selection of leaves from alexanders, jack by the hedge, wild cabbage, nettles and seabeet. Next we have delicate salad leaves, like wood sorrel, sea purslane, watercress and chickweed. Then its finally onto the pretty things, sweet and savoury flowers for example, gorse, ramsons, wild garlic and mustard to decorate our salads and just now starting, elderflowers for jelly, trifles and ice cream. Later in the year we will delve into the mushrooms, really wild ones! Not those cultivated on a log farm in uncharacteristic conditions.

Blink and you might miss some of the above ingredients on your plate, but don’t worry, something equally curious will show up on your next visit.

As you know summer is here, rain, caravans and berries, lots of different juicy Cornish ones. No imports here just blues, goosegogs, rasps, strawbs and tayberries. Check out the special menu on the tables or just leave a tiny bit of room for our tall Saffron Summer Berry Sundae

If you are ever after one of our recipes just log on to the website below, have a quick tour as Traci works very hard trying to keep the site up to date and just send us an email as we would love to hear your comments.

Regards Nik.

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