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Wild Edibles (OP) User ID: 79156981 United States 04/11/2021 05:35 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Make sure to harvest from clean areas that have not been exposed to toxins... roadsides, fertilizers, weed killers, etc. Quoting: Truth02 We used to live in town. For 17 years I never once used fertilizer or weed killer on our property. It was like a giant salad. Learn something new each day,,,, And love your country!!! FJB |
Deplorable Zenobia User ID: 80076822 United States 04/11/2021 05:54 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | my granny used to make poke salad. it is deadly raw, Quoting: ouachita dweller but has to be cooked right. live on the edge, like when picking wild mushrooms. Now that just made me smile! Haven't had polk (how we spell it) salad in like forever. And yeah, it has to be cooked just right, which I never learned from my great granny how to do. And just a lil' PSA here for folks....get yourselves a good pic id book of your local flora so you know what to pick and what not to pick. Mushrooms especially - come in 3 categories 1) edible, 2) poisonous, and 3) the kind that make you feel like you dropped a bit of acid. KNOW your 'scrooms, people. And thought struggles against the results, trying to avoid those unpleasant results while keeping on with that way of thinking. That is what I call 'sustained incoherence.' ...David Bohm “How, O Zenobia, hast thou dared to insult Roman emperors?” ...Aurelian, 44th Emperor of the Roman Empire |
Wild Edibles (OP) User ID: 79156981 United States 04/11/2021 05:57 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | [link to youtu.be (secure)] I like eating flowers too. Learn something new each day,,,, And love your country!!! FJB |
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Super Straight Splinterhead User ID: 74470288 United States 04/12/2021 02:23 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | The Morrells are easy to identify ,got a really good book on mushys with color pics,as I to am leary of poisoning myself but mushrooms are a great wild edible, Morrells are one of my favorites as they are chewy in consistency. Saute in butter good stuff.great thread.5*. |
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Wild Edibles (OP) User ID: 79156981 United States 04/12/2021 10:27 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I don't have pansies right now where I moved.. but they are lovely in salad and colors good for you. I like raw dandelions right out of my yard.. I pick and eat them as I work in the yard and If I said this already.. sorry. Cool Learn something new each day,,,, And love your country!!! FJB |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 80242203 Sweden 04/13/2021 06:52 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | i million sunflower sprouts coming up... I will freeze some for summer greenies... tiny they are good raw out of the ground... Quoting: ALL IS ONE IS ALL and I also freeze dandelion flowers ... and I like young open ones fresh picked. I munch them when doing yard work.. You lucky one! Must be a wonderful climate you live in. |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 80242203 Sweden 04/13/2021 07:13 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Jewel weed is Impatiens capensis Stinging Nettle is urtica dioica (sometimes urtica urens) Lamb's quarters is Chenopodium album Garlic mustard is Alliaria petiolata Violet is viola or viola odorata Thnx on behalf of the eurotards! Try red cover, a bit later in the season. The flowers are blood purifiers. (Trifolium pratense L) |
StellaBlue User ID: 4104364 United States 04/13/2021 08:21 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Love your threads, OP. Was just wondering if you were going to post again soon, and here you are Now that we live in the boonies I'm studying wild edibles, there's so much nature has to offer. Even in towns and cities, you just have to know where to look. I'm going to hunt morrel mushrooms, my first time ever... they are all over our property and I've been doing my homework. If you're making dandelion wine, spring for some champagne yeast. I tried it with regular baking yeast because that's all I had, the wine was ok but could have been better with the right yeast. 5 stars and blessings to you It is better to trust in the Lord than to put confidence in man. -Psalm 118:8 No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper. -Isaiah 54:17 If I disappear from this forum, aliens didn't take me- Jesus did! Give your heart to him today! |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 80164895 United States 04/13/2021 09:10 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | i million sunflower sprouts coming up... I will freeze some for summer greenies... tiny they are good raw out of the ground... Quoting: ALL IS ONE IS ALL and I also freeze dandelion flowers ... and I like young open ones fresh picked. I munch them when doing yard work.. You lucky one! Must be a wonderful climate you live in. Denver CO.. they are just showing here now... and I have an organic yard...I have a lot of spring wild stuff here at my new place I don't recognize... I need to see is some of it is edible. the fever few is just coming up and some leaves of it when they are a tad bigger will be in my coffee and tea.. its a nice medicine... for an aging sore body. Going to look up some names from a post above and see if any of those are growing in my yard... |
Wild Edibles (OP) User ID: 79156981 United States 04/13/2021 04:49 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Love your threads, OP. Was just wondering if you were going to post again soon, and here you are Quoting: StellaBlue Now that we live in the boonies I'm studying wild edibles, there's so much nature has to offer. Even in towns and cities, you just have to know where to look. I'm going to hunt morrel mushrooms, my first time ever... they are all over our property and I've been doing my homework. If you're making dandelion wine, spring for some champagne yeast. I tried it with regular baking yeast because that's all I had, the wine was ok but could have been better with the right yeast. 5 stars and blessings to you That is awesome, we have mushrooms everywhere but I just have not studied that enough to be safe with it. Spring time is awesome. Went fishing today. Just had catfish samich for supper. Learn something new each day,,,, And love your country!!! FJB |
Wild Edibles (OP) User ID: 79156981 United States 04/13/2021 05:20 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | i million sunflower sprouts coming up... I will freeze some for summer greenies... tiny they are good raw out of the ground... Quoting: ALL IS ONE IS ALL and I also freeze dandelion flowers ... and I like young open ones fresh picked. I munch them when doing yard work.. You lucky one! Must be a wonderful climate you live in. Denver CO.. they are just showing here now... and I have an organic yard...I have a lot of spring wild stuff here at my new place I don't recognize... I need to see is some of it is edible. the fever few is just coming up and some leaves of it when they are a tad bigger will be in my coffee and tea.. its a nice medicine... for an aging sore body. Going to look up some names from a post above and see if any of those are growing in my yard... I really like this site, [link to www.foragingtexas.com (secure)] Learn something new each day,,,, And love your country!!! FJB |
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Wild Edibles (OP) User ID: 79156981 United States 04/13/2021 07:22 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I just looove this thread!!!! I have thousands of violets in my yard am going to have to till the ground for my garden. Can I eat them? Lol Quoting: Fossy and a pin if it isn’t already’ Does the violet look like this ? [link to www.foragingtexas.com (secure)] Be very careful, do lots of research before eating any wild plants. Learn something new each day,,,, And love your country!!! FJB |
Fossy User ID: 79516540 United States 04/14/2021 12:22 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I just looove this thread!!!! I have thousands of violets in my yard am going to have to till the ground for my garden. Can I eat them? Lol Quoting: Fossy and a pin if it isn’t already’ Does the violet look like this ? [link to www.foragingtexas.com (secure)] Be very careful, do lots of research before eating any wild plants. That's it. I thought it was edible or medicinal. I will try to pin this tomorrow if I can find an opening. I have that bitter cress too gotta check the post for that! Making sammiches great again! |
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Fossy User ID: 79516540 United States 04/14/2021 12:49 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | my granny used to make poke salad. it is deadly raw, Quoting: ouachita dweller but has to be cooked right. live on the edge, like when picking wild mushrooms. I usually pick the spring shoots. Spring tonic. lol My grandma had me pick bags of it for her. it's tastier than spinach I think, I bring it to a boil one minute. drain the water boil again one minute and drain. Hasn't killed me yet. :) Poke Salat Making sammiches great again! |
Fossy User ID: 79516540 United States 04/14/2021 12:50 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Hey, Wild Edibles! I love your threads in general, but this one has the potential to be especially awesome. Five stars plus pin request :) Quoting: Wharf Rat Have you ever tried nettles? If not, I probably know what you're thinking: "You mean those stinging nettles which make your skin burn??" And actually, yes, that's exactly what I'm talking about. In fact you do have to take care to wear gloves/long shirts when collecting/preparing nettles for consumption, but if you boil them in boiling water it chemically changes the stinging stuff so they can't hurt you, and the aroma and taste of boiled nettles is remarkably like buttered lobster! I kid you not! And I believe they are relatively nutritious, too. (Vitamin C, antioxidants, phytochemicals.) Boiled nettles look like cooked spinach and tastes like lobster!! (Warning: do NOT eat raw nettles; I'm not sure how bad it would be for you, but probably pretty damn bad. DO NOT eat un-boiled nettles, I'm serious GLP.) My only other contribution is dandelion greens, which is an Italian specialty. Not the head of the weed, which is bitter, but the leaves themselves. They make for a pleasant addition to a summer salad. Again, take note, make sure there haven't been any pesticides/weed-killing chemicals applied to any dandelions you are thinking of using, obviously! Thanks again for this thread. I can't wait to see what kinds of recipes/videos you and other people will contribute! We eat fried Dandelion flowers too. They are soooo good. Making sammiches great again! |
Fossy User ID: 79516540 United States 04/14/2021 12:51 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Hey, Wild Edibles! I love your threads in general, but this one has the potential to be especially awesome. Five stars plus pin request :) Quoting: Wharf Rat Have you ever tried nettles? If not, I probably know what you're thinking: "You mean those stinging nettles which make your skin burn??" And actually, yes, that's exactly what I'm talking about. In fact you do have to take care to wear gloves/long shirts when collecting/preparing nettles for consumption, but if you boil them in boiling water it chemically changes the stinging stuff so they can't hurt you, and the aroma and taste of boiled nettles is remarkably like buttered lobster! I kid you not! And I believe they are relatively nutritious, too. (Vitamin C, antioxidants, phytochemicals.) Boiled nettles look like cooked spinach and tastes like lobster!! (Warning: do NOT eat raw nettles; I'm not sure how bad it would be for you, but probably pretty damn bad. DO NOT eat un-boiled nettles, I'm serious GLP.) My only other contribution is dandelion greens, which is an Italian specialty. Not the head of the weed, which is bitter, but the leaves themselves. They make for a pleasant addition to a summer salad. Again, take note, make sure there haven't been any pesticides/weed-killing chemicals applied to any dandelions you are thinking of using, obviously! Thanks again for this thread. I can't wait to see what kinds of recipes/videos you and other people will contribute! Boiled Nettles do not taste like lobster! I think they're a bit spiky no matter how long you boil them but they don't taste bad. I'd rather eat poke. Making sammiches great again! |
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