Wild Edible Plants

[oosik]

kenmbz - That's humorous. I know from having a garden - deer will try most everything - once.

 

[Torvy]

We harvested a lot of Beauty Berries this year. Just a fraction of what's on the property. Made a small batch of jelly. It has an interesting taste, almost like hibiscus. Froze some for later jelly as well.

We also used some wild blackberries, but we are starting a small stand of domestic ones. Wild ones are too small and don't taste as good.

I'm tempted to try making root beer some time. We have sassafras all around, too.

Lots of different mushrooms grow wild here. I've considered trying to grow my own. Not sure I'd risk wild ones. My plant app doesn't do fungi. My guess is they don't want the liability if they're wrong.

 

[Jstpssng]

My plant app doesn't do fungi. My guess is they don't want the liability if they're wrong

The one I use does, but I still wouldn't trust it. It's fun to ID them but I rely on somebody who knows before I trust it.
There are old mushroom pickers, there are bold mushroom pickers. Yet there are no old, bold mushroom pickers.

 

[garry1p]

There are a lot of plants that are poisonous if not cooked right, I eat poke salad every spring.
l always wondered how someone figured out how to cook it.

 

[ponytug]

There are a lot of plants that are poisonous if not cooked right, I eat poke salad every spring.
l always wondered how someone figured out how to cook it.

I think that about more than a few foods, too. Ferns, cashews, persimmons, acorns, rhubarb, puffer fish...makes me wonder how many more items are out there that our ancestors knew how to harvest and prepare safely. Like who ate, and then bred up from some fairly plant toxic to get a tomato?

All the best,

Peter

 

[kenmbz]

Anyone got a good recipe for sasafras root beer, got plenty of them here?