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Food and Fire: A Foraging and Stone Age Day Course
West Lothian, exact location TBC on booking FK1 2NL
Sunday 25 May 2025
This course runs 9:30am - 5:30pm.This course is £95 per person.
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Food and Fire: A Foraging and Stone Age Day Course
This is a one day course learning about how our Mesolithic ancestors made fire, prepared and cooked their food. Guided by expert forager, Monica Wilde and Werner Pfeifer, an authority in Stone Age skills, the course will include fire making techniques, pre- and Mesolithic food preparation and cookery.
Topics covered
Discussion: Ancestral wild foods
Practical: Forage some lunch ingredients
Discussion: Ways of making fires and tinder
Practical: Fire making methods
Practical: Cooking over fire and underground
Discussion: Food preparation techniques
We will practise some of the most exciting fire making methods, such as hand drill, fire bow, spark fire with flint and marcasite, as well as flint and steel and make different types of tinder, without which fire making does not work. We will also investigate Stone Age-style stewing, simmering, roasting, frying… without a pot or pan. We’ll cook meat, fish, eggs and vegetables using various methods such as cooking stones, grill stones, hook grills, wood grills, stick grills, stone roasting, ember roasting, earth ovens, wrapped foods, etc. and use the pot made the previous day. Lunch will be cooked outdoors and include foraged foods.
Please note
We have the deepest respect for animals and can sensitively explain the use of wild animal foods. However, this course may not be suitable for people with strong vegan principles.
Participants: Wear layers and bring warm clothes. We will be outside most of the time.
You will need to bring:
– A sharp knife to use on wood, veggies and meat
– A bowl, plate, knife, fork and spoon
– Your own food and snacks – in case there is not enough or to your liking
Please note: This course is not suitable for dogs to accompany their owners.
If you are also attending the Wood and Clay course on Saturday, or the Flint and Stone course on Monday, you can camp overnight in the meadow.
Topics covered
Discussion: Ancestral wild foods
Practical: Forage some lunch ingredients
Discussion: Ways of making fires and tinder
Practical: Fire making methods
Practical: Cooking over fire and underground
Discussion: Food preparation techniques
We will practise some of the most exciting fire making methods, such as hand drill, fire bow, spark fire with flint and marcasite, as well as flint and steel and make different types of tinder, without which fire making does not work. We will also investigate Stone Age-style stewing, simmering, roasting, frying… without a pot or pan. We’ll cook meat, fish, eggs and vegetables using various methods such as cooking stones, grill stones, hook grills, wood grills, stick grills, stone roasting, ember roasting, earth ovens, wrapped foods, etc. and use the pot made the previous day. Lunch will be cooked outdoors and include foraged foods.
Please note
We have the deepest respect for animals and can sensitively explain the use of wild animal foods. However, this course may not be suitable for people with strong vegan principles.
Participants: Wear layers and bring warm clothes. We will be outside most of the time.
You will need to bring:
– A sharp knife to use on wood, veggies and meat
– A bowl, plate, knife, fork and spoon
– Your own food and snacks – in case there is not enough or to your liking
Please note: This course is not suitable for dogs to accompany their owners.
If you are also attending the Wood and Clay course on Saturday, or the Flint and Stone course on Monday, you can camp overnight in the meadow.
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