30/04/2026
S e c u r i t y
Money doesn't grow on trees.
But food does! Leaves, flowers, seeds... Food even grows on the ground. All over the ground. Last week I saw a council employee working really hard to kill the ground food. Alternatively, we could just eat it 🤷♀️
Some of the best tasting ingredients are quite literally under your feet. Take common hogw**d. The minute those fuzzy shoots start to appear I am in food heaven. It's super high in vitamin C, I mean like 6x that of broccoli, as well as a bunch of other goodies. It's super high in fiber, which we used to call eating your greens but apparently is now fibremaxxing. It's super high in flavour, and tastes like nothing else in this world.
Why is it called hogw**d? Well probably cause pigs used to eat it. What else do pigs like to eat? Truffles. See. Pigs have TASTE. Trust the pigs, eat hogw**d.
But don't eat giant hogw**d. The sap of that big guy is going to HURT you, and doesn't pull its punches. Apparently it doesn't taste very nice, although I do have one tale of it being fermented and eaten in Russia. More on that another day.
With food prices increasing and no sign of global security coming, there isn't a better time to arm yourself with the knowledge of wild food. Empower yourself, and your plate. Fibremaxx, or maybe fibermaxx, depending where you are and how you spell fibre. Most importantly, trust the pigs.
Do you love the hogw**d? How do you prep yours?
Note: hogw**d is in the carrot family and may trigger a celery allergy. Eat with caution. As always, correct identification is essential.
