Getting to know Wild Edibles.....

[Bushman452]

Sassafras, fern sprouts, spare mint, and hickory nuts where the four different edibles my friend Brandon showed me this morning while on a spring gobbler hunt.

[JustAim]

Its good that your learning about wild edibles! There are plenty out there.....you just gotta know what your looking for.
Who needs packaged store bought food when theres so much FREE food out there that you can get just in your yard alone!

[jamie]

check out your lawn and learn the different edibles there. its a great place to start and its right outside your door. it also carries some of the most nutritious plants you can find. dandelion, plantain, burdock and many others. also look for cattails and phragmites near the ponds and lakes. . should always be careful about pesticides and fertilisers, and other pollutants. but i figure even with that garbage most of the wild foods are still healthier than the store bought garbage. peace

[huntertrapper]

you aint getting cancer eating that stuff thats fer sure! im startin to think were all geting sick off of this processed crap!

[Outbackbob48]

Had me some mint tea this evening, way better than store bought. Later Bob

[sailordad]

Had me some mint tea this evening, way better than store bought. Later Bob

maybe so,but i dont see no wild coffee plants in my yard

[JustAim]

Had me some mint tea this evening, way better than store bought. Later Bob

maybe so,but i dont see no wild coffee plants in my yard

The Chicory root can be used as a coffee. Roast it, Grind it, brew it, Drink it.

[JackCrafty]

Bob, what's your recipe for the mint tea?  I've got a bunch of it in my yard.  Last time I tried making some it had a real heavy "earthy" taste, with just a hint of mint.  Maybe I used too many leaves?

[jamie]

pat the taste of mint will change depending on the soil. the best mints are peppermint and spearmint for teas. one of the best teas out there is sassafrass with maple syrup. or better yet maple sap boiled down 50 %. now thats got my mouth watering

[JackCrafty]

Thanks Jamie....but why did you have to mention maple sap?  Now I'm missing NH.  There was a place in Westmoreland (?) that distilled the best syrup I've ever tasted.

[david w.]

check out your lawn and learn the different edibles there. its a great place to start and its right outside your door. it also carries some of the most nutritious plants you can find. dandelion, plantain, burdock and many others. also look for cattails and phragmites near the ponds and lakes. . should always be careful about pesticides and fertilisers, and other pollutants. but i figure even with that garbage most of the wild foods are still healthier than the store bought garbage. peace

What are the edible parts on a phragmite?

[jamie]

roots of phragmites can be used for flour. young shoots can be boiled and eaten. seeds if ya can get em. flour from the shoots. mash em and sift the flour out. very young shoots can be eaten steamed or raw. steamed is better just to kill off organisms

[jamie]

pat if i boil next year ill keep ya in mind

[Hillbilly]

My favorite wild tea is spicebush (Lindera benzoin.) Just break off a handful of twigs, boil them a few minutes, then let it steep a few more minutes and add some honey.

[Outbackbob48]

Patrick, I just took a big hand full of leaves an stems an put them in a  tea pot  an heated water an let steep for a while, I kind of mint growing here is in wet seeps clay ground. Had a very menthol taste to it. Refreshing. Maybe differnt soils make it differnt as posted before, never drank any from other parts of the country. Later Bob