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Anyone who read of the shocking hospitalisation last week of author Nicholas Evans after he ate some wild mushrooms might well have been put off foraging in woodlands and hedgerows ever again.
In fact, blackberry-picking is already a dying tradition, it was reported last week.
Yes, there is such a thing as a free lunch, says Jane Clark It's such a pity, because foraging is a satisfying way of getting delicious, nutrient-rich food for free (indeed, wild blackberries are often far more tasty than many cultivated fruit).
With mushrooms, of course, you need to know what you're doing. Nicholas Evans, who wrote The Horse Whisperer, ate Cortinarius speciosissimus - or the Fool's
Webcap mushroom - on holiday with his family in Scotland.
But he was unlucky, for although there are some extremely poisonous mushrooms and toadstools around (which can cause kidneys and other organs to fail, and even be fatal), most are perfectly safe.
As long as you have a good guidebook to make certain your fungi are edible, they can make a quick, cheap tea.
I suspect another reason people fear wild food is that we've become afraid of dirt. We're so used to perfect-looking supermarket produce that carrots with their leaves and stalks attached are as far as many will go in earthiness.
However, what we risk with our obsession with 'clean' food are allergies and conditions such as asthma.
The body needs to be introduced to dirt and germs from an early age, as this helps it develop a normal immune reaction to everything around. By 'protecting' our bodies, we are in fact priming them to over-react - hence the current rise in allergies.
Some people also fear our fields and hedgerows are covered with so many pesticides and chemicals that we'd poison ourselves if we ate a freshly picked, unwashed blackberry.
This is nonsense. While tucking into bramble fruits from the side of a busy road wouldn't be great, because of contamination from car pollution, peaceful hedgerows are often unsprayed; and even when they are sprayed, this country has some of the lowest levels of pesticide residues on food.
The idea that the Europeans are much less aggressive with their crop-spraying isn't true - another reason to buy and pick your own British produce.
So even though it's best to wash any food first (to remove small insects), when it comes to blackberries and edible mushrooms, pick and cook away.
Finally, while you're by the blackberry bush, you'll often see nettles, which have an affinity for brambles. If the shoots are young and small, and you have gloves, pick them and use them in soup as you would spinach or watercress.
The soup - a traditional Scandinavian dish - is rich in iron, vitamin C and fibre. And trust me, it tastes fantastic.
Do you have a nutritional question?
Jane will answer a selection of readers' queries every week.
Write to Jane Clarke, Good Health, Daily Mail, 2 Derry Street, London W8 5TT, or e-mail jane.clarke@dailymail.co.uk.
Jane cannot enter into personal correspondence. Please include contact details.
Her replies cannot apply to individual cases and should be taken in a general context. Contact your GP with any health problems.
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