December ish
Starter: crabapple bite (super sour and astringent but very refreshing)
Main: curly dock and nettle seed crackers
Winter is known in wild food terms as the hungry gap, because there are less plants growing above ground. But in fact, there’s plenty still, and roots and seeds. There are dried fields of rust-red dock and nettle, which you can pull the seeds from in satisfying drifts and grind to make flour.
Simply mix your ground meal with a little oil and water into a paste, roll out score and bake slow and low, breaking up into rustic uneven crackers with a dark wholegrain colour. Save some for your christmas cheese, perhaps adding some rosehip jelly.