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 Hokitika
wildfoods festival:
 Every
second Weekend of March here in New Zealand, is the Hokitika
Wildfoods Festival. Visit the official Festival website at
www.wildfoods.co.nz.
March, in New Zealand also see's the Hokitika Wildfood's
Festival. A celebration of all the wildfoods that are in abundance
here where I have made my home. It's a festival over the years
I have had a lot to do with, normally I run public cooking
demonstrations.
Last year it was 'wild' ways of cooking, at which I demonstrated
various aspects of molecular cuisine. This year I am concentrating
on traditional Maori fare, but with a modern twist.
Twenty thousand people all coming to try and taste foods
that have either been shot, gathered, netted, speared or just
collected from the wild. Then there are the 'wild' wildfoods,
foods that that may (or may not) be native to the West Coast
of New Zealand but, well have that fear factor to them, like
worm sushi, huhu grubs (a large maggot like creature that
tastes like peanuts), pickled scorpions and lots, lots more.
Unlike many if not most countries, it is so easy to collect
your own foods if required. Lobster, scallops, mussels, oysters
are in abundance, along with other shellfish and fish, (no
licence required) just laws as to the amounts and size taken.
If you have a gun licence you can go shoot a wild boar, deer,
chamois, thar or goat anytime of the year.
The recipe section contains dishes that either celebrate
New Zealand, its indigenous people or for some "wildfoods",
but nothing too drastic, well maybe one or two for interest
sake.
recipes links:
email
chef@tallyrand.info
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