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The Food Programme

Summer camping special

The Food Programme

BBC

Arts, Food

4.4976 Ratings

🗓️ 30 July 2017

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

Sheila Dillon and The Food Programme team go camping, to discover the possibilities of food and drink in the outdoors.

Joining Sheila around a Monmouthshire campfire are BBC 6Music presenter Cerys Matthews, author of 'How to Eat Outside' Genevieve Taylor, forager and wild drinks teacher Andy Hamilton, Matthew De Abaitua - author of 'The Art of Camping: The History and Practice of Sleeping Under the Stars', and Josh Sutton - who has just written a book called 'Outdoor Ovens' and is also known as the Guyrope Gourmet.

Produced by Rich Ward.

Transcript

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0:00.0

You don't need us to tell you there's a general election coming.

0:04.7

So what does it mean for you?

0:06.7

Every day on newscast we dissect the big talking points, the ones that you want to know more about.

0:12.4

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0:16.8

And with help from some of the best BBC journalists,

0:19.5

we'll untangle the stories that matter to you.

0:23.4

Join me, Laura Kunsberg, Adam Fleming, Chris Mason,

0:26.6

and Patty O'Connell for our daily podcasts.

0:29.4

Newscast, listen on BBC Sounds. This is the BBC.

0:35.0

I'm Sheila Dylan and this is the food program.

0:40.0

This podcast is an extended free-ranging version of our program this week.

0:45.0

It's all about food and the outdoors.

0:48.0

So join me and some special guests in a field as we go camping.

0:54.0

For me, camping has meant misery, cold, wet and bad food.

0:58.0

I gave it up a long time ago.

1:01.0

But I was persuaded that I should at least try to think again to consider a new embrace of the outdoor life.

1:08.0

So I got in touch with some of the most interesting and knowledgeable people in the world of camping and outdoor cooking

1:15.6

and invited them to join me in a field to pitch tents and to gather around the campfire.

1:21.5

From a man who smokes fish in an old ammunition box to a wild drinks

1:26.2

guru and to the musician broadcaster and food in the outdoors enthusiast, Kerris Matthews.

1:33.7

And so a few days ago, traveling light because someone else was bringing me a tent, I got off the

1:39.2

train in Chepstow in unexpected and unforecasted blazing sunshine and drove up into the lush

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