Glooston WI
Glooston Village Hall LE16 7ST
Second Thursday each month at 2.30pm. All welcome.
£5 for visitors includes tea and wonderful cakes.
In September we held an Open Meeting. (Many thanks to Leicestershire and Rutland Federation of WI for the £50 grant). 18 visitors joined us to hear Joanna Richart’s talk called ‘Forage for Colours’. This vibrant and inspiring talk was packed with information about edible wild plants.
Jo used a colourful theme to illustrate the plants and fungi to be found in ‘Nature’s Larder’. The talk mainly focused on foraging for food: how to safely identify, prepare and cook the plants. Stories about the traditions and folklore associated with the plants added interest, and some medicinal properties were also featured (notably the remarkable Birch polypore).
Jo was a very entertaining speaker: enthusiastic, witty and keen to share her wide knowledge. We enjoyed some tasty samples of food and drink which Jo had made using foraged plants, and she shared the recipes. We learnt a lot and it was good fun!
Thank you one and all
