Dear Friends,
We haven't done a wild edibles post for a while, so I thought I'd list all of the wild things we've nibbled and/or feasted on in 2013. Some of these were only a taste, while others like Lambs-quarters were daily fare for a while. The most exciting foods were paw paws, which we had never tried before, and only sampled at a wild edibles class at the local nature center.
I hope to encourage each of my friends to make it a goal this year to learn a few wild edible plants (make 100% sure you know what they are first!) and sample them in a simple receipt. A salad with a few greens or flowers is a wonderful way to start experimenting. You will be rewarded for your efforts with foods that are undefiled by modern farming practices, and thus are much more nutritional than anything you could find in the shops.
I hope to be getting a video out for you soon, once the snow has abated~ I know that a picture speaks one thousand words!
We haven't done a wild edibles post for a while, so I thought I'd list all of the wild things we've nibbled and/or feasted on in 2013. Some of these were only a taste, while others like Lambs-quarters were daily fare for a while. The most exciting foods were paw paws, which we had never tried before, and only sampled at a wild edibles class at the local nature center.
I hope to encourage each of my friends to make it a goal this year to learn a few wild edible plants (make 100% sure you know what they are first!) and sample them in a simple receipt. A salad with a few greens or flowers is a wonderful way to start experimenting. You will be rewarded for your efforts with foods that are undefiled by modern farming practices, and thus are much more nutritional than anything you could find in the shops.
I hope to be getting a video out for you soon, once the snow has abated~ I know that a picture speaks one thousand words!
Asiatic Dayflower
Autumn Olive
Cat-briar Tendril
Cattail
Chickweed
Clover
Curly Dock
Dandelion
Daylily
Dryad's Saddle Mushroom
Elm Leaves/Seeds
Golden Rod
Grape Leaf/Tendril
Indian Strawberry Leaves
Lambs-quarters
Maple Leaves/Seeds
Mulberry Leaf/Fruit
Parsnip
Paw Paw
Persimmon
Plantain
Poke
Red and White Clover
Rose
Shaggy-Mane Mushroom
Shepherd's Purse
Smartweed
Sumac
Violet
Wild Carrot
Winter Cress
Wood-Ear Mushroom
Wood Sorrel
Love,
Marqueta
