Mick the Pig

Chris had a great time taking Mick on the hunt last weekend, Mick & Tracey came over to clebrate Joanne's Birthday, it was fantastic to see them. The girls went for some well deserved beauty treatments whilst the lads went down to the woods.

Amanita Muscaria or Fly Agaric

The magical looking fairytail mushroom 'Fly Agaric' but this is not good to eat and is toxic. Toxic due to it containing trace amounts of Muscarine, but it also contains Ibotenic acid which turns into the powerful physco-active drug Muscimol, a challenging meal for the hungriest of mushroom hunters !

Macrolepiota Procera or Parasols

 Autumn is the time of year when we look forward to foraging for some Parasol mushrooms, here in France they are referred to as 'Coulemelle' and are delicious. When picked, they bruise red and the flesh smells of boiled milk.

Sunrise in Chassaing

 It's -1 degrees C but the sunrise is spectacular and now the sun is up, there isn't a cloud in the sky, a perfect Autumn morning we think ?

His Eye Is In

 Yes it's true, his eye is definitley in and we eat well, a handsome chevreuil weighing 24 kgs still with his antlers but gaining his winter coat and his best Sanglier to date weighing in at 77 kgs, a real bad boy this one with a coat like a bear !!

Joyeux Anniversaire

Pat enjoys a Birthday party French style with Joanne, Chris (the fish) Chris (no fish) Philippe, Brigitte, Fabien, Virginie, Alison, Jean-Luc, Helen & Ian, a nice mix of French and English.
Can you spot the two teenagers in the corner, ha ha !

Joanne is making the most delicious Basil & Tomato sorbet to be eaten with one of our favourites, Carpaccio, mmmmmm.