It’s been a while. A month to be precise. In all honestly I thought I would take a week off, then I thought fuck it, I’ll take another. So here we are, four weeks later. None the the wiser but all the more rested.
Some part of me, the tired part, just wanted a weekend where I wasn’t frantically writing a piece about brambles I was 7000 miles to far away to eat. But the more mature part of me needed a larger change. I’m not sure if you have noticed but the Scrap Kitchens of late have been getting shorter and shorter, messier, less solid. They were pushed out in some great rush without me ask why the shit was I was even writing them. This hiatus has hopefully given me a little time to answer just that. The why.
I’m not one for excuses but the lack of computer has been a bit of a bitch. And the harvest season was taking it all out of me. But also, realistically, the purpose of this whole thing was lost. Not lost, but obscured. It turned from an outpouring of interest into a chore. From a gateway to food and connection into a rushed Sunday task.
Scrap Kitchen was dreamed up where all my best ideas occur, in the kitchen. A brain-child of the early part of 2021, between planning for the coming season and being unemployed. I knew I wanted to make something that would get people excited, about foraging, seed saving, food waste and the general climate chaos headed our way. Well, maybe not excited, but a little inspired. At it’s core, Scrap Kitchen is here to bring you weekly doses of the possible. To provide knowledge that should never be out of our reach; how to connect and cook with the natural world. And the last few one’s were just not cutting it.
So the plan is to return to that, to the hearth of this Newsletter. The connections forged, foraged and found. And with that I would love to hear more from you.
Please get involved with this discussion and let me know: Your name/ location/ favourite recipe/ favourite place? Why you follow Scrap Kitchen? What topics you would like covered in more detail? If you have anything you would like to collaborate on? What skills/knowledge you think is important for climate resilience?
It's Pippa here in North Yorkshire...one of my favourite places. I tried to choose a favourite recipe but it was too hard...I like food!
I follow Scrap Kitchen because there is so much in it; I love finding out about new plants/recipes, I'm challenged on my knowledge of climate change and all that entails - I have followed many of your links to discover more and makes me realise the gaps in my understanding of it all. I love that you write passionately about the things that concern you and in such a way that gets me to question what I thought I knew!
I want that variety to continue, one of the great things about Scrap Kitchen is that I never know what I'm going to find in it this time. I would be happy to collaborate - not sure what I can contribute as yet, but thinking about it. One thing I do think is important is that we should try and 'make more of less', that this shouldn't be seen as doing without - so many people seem to equate trying to make a difference as denying themselves or making life difficult. Not a big thing to change!!!!!
Well Magda that's my thoughts and I look forward to seeing how Scrap Kitchen will evolve
It's Pippa here in North Yorkshire...one of my favourite places. I tried to choose a favourite recipe but it was too hard...I like food!
I follow Scrap Kitchen because there is so much in it; I love finding out about new plants/recipes, I'm challenged on my knowledge of climate change and all that entails - I have followed many of your links to discover more and makes me realise the gaps in my understanding of it all. I love that you write passionately about the things that concern you and in such a way that gets me to question what I thought I knew!
I want that variety to continue, one of the great things about Scrap Kitchen is that I never know what I'm going to find in it this time. I would be happy to collaborate - not sure what I can contribute as yet, but thinking about it. One thing I do think is important is that we should try and 'make more of less', that this shouldn't be seen as doing without - so many people seem to equate trying to make a difference as denying themselves or making life difficult. Not a big thing to change!!!!!
Well Magda that's my thoughts and I look forward to seeing how Scrap Kitchen will evolve