| T O P I C R E V I E W |
| GaiasRose |
Posted - Mar 20 2007 : 5:51:34 PM
We have so many things that grow abundantly right here in our 12 acres that there is really no reason to go outside of it, though occassionally we do for things like rose hips and filberts and bee balm (though I do grow bee balm as well.)
I was talking with Georgann on the phone today and I was telling her about the wild raspberries and blueberries and leeks and beach peas...however, there is so much more that I have yet to discover around here.
One of my favorite things to forage are dandelions and their roots. they are so good for you!! They are particularly tasty in a salad with the greens and heads!
We get the mother load of Mullein and plantain around here too (also particularly healthy for you inside and outside!) Anyone care for a shipment of Mullein stalks to seed your area come mid Summertime?
So what do you like to forage for? What is a dominate weed in your area that you tend to use? |
| 16 L A T E S T R E P L I E S (Newest First) |
| Mountain Girl |
Posted - Jun 03 2007 : 7:19:19 PM
Elizaray, yes morals are worth getting over their strange appearance. Just chop them up. Of course I love them stuffed but they are equally good chopped up. Scrambled eggs and morels, yummy. Pasta with a morel cream sauce, wonderful. We took my garden club on a morel hunt and you never saw such enthusastic hunters. One of the members likened it to an adult Easter egg hunt. When someone found some they were yelling and shouting like little kids and the others would come running. JoAnn |
| Ellen |
Posted - Jun 02 2007 : 3:13:34 PM
Guess it depends on weather you like different texture foods... you can chop up the crater and not notice it    |
| Elizaray |
Posted - Jun 02 2007 : 2:49:18 PM
I have never hunted for morels before... honestly they look a little creepy to me with that cratered top thing. It kindof looks like a sponge to me. Do they taste good enought to get past the creepy outside?
Elizaray |
| Ellen |
Posted - Jun 02 2007 : 09:53:07 AM
have you ever seen this
http://www.morelmania.com
I've went hunting once up in KY...never seen any down here, too hot at night I suspect.
I forage the saws palmetto berries... would be a kind of foraging raking up seaweeds for the garden mulch?? |
| Jen |
Posted - May 31 2007 : 1:38:14 PM
Might not translate out west, Joelle, but the old-timers in southwestern MO swear by "slip-bark elms" - elm trees that have died & are sloughing off bark - and it's true! We found a bunch when we lived there by targeting elms. Cottonwoods are also good (found morels in cottonwood groves in WA). Talked to my brother-in-law last month who went turkey hunting in northeast MO & found so many 9-INCH morels that he & his buddies STOPPED COLLECTING THEM. Unbelievable, yes? As a youngster, I once in a while found enough morels to fill a grocery bag or two, and some were even 6-7 inches tall, but I never gave up hunting with more in sight!
The View From My Boots: www.bovesboots.blogspot.com
|
| Joelle |
Posted - May 29 2007 : 1:35:25 PM
Chantrelles and miners lettuce are close to home here. I would LOVE to learn where to find morels! I took up mushroom hunting as a fun past time to try to I.D. them, but I only have found chantrelles and oysters that i feel confident to eat. I hear you can go to recently burned areas, but I don't really know any details other than that. Does anyone have a few tips? I can't wait to try one too... yes, I have never had morels but am looking forward to it! |
| Jen |
Posted - Apr 14 2007 : 4:52:00 PM
Excellent! I'm wondering if our nasty cold weather has put a damper on the morels along with everything else.
The View From My Boots: www.bovesboots.blogspot.com
|
| Mountain Girl |
Posted - Apr 14 2007 : 10:05:49 AM
Jim found three new patches of morels--one has over twenty morels in it. It's raining gently and Jim said he can hear those morels growing! These are all within walking distance of our house. Start looking. JoAnn |
| Jen |
Posted - Apr 13 2007 : 10:48:44 AM
Hmmmm.....I really can't relate it to anything! Doesn't taste like chicken (;)] Okay, maybe something like a mild, squishy, sweet apricotish kind of taste. I'll see if I can find some later in the summer & give a better report!
The View From My Boots: www.bovesboots.blogspot.com
|
| Elizaray |
Posted - Apr 12 2007 : 3:44:15 PM
Jen-
What did the persimmon taste like?
Elizaray |
| Jen |
Posted - Apr 12 2007 : 08:30:07 AM
Lucky you, JoAnn!!! My girls and I searched our property yesterday - lots of may apples but no morels. I think we'll set out for the Nat'l Forest this weekend. I know they're here somewhere!
One of the native fruits that the MO Wild Edibles book raves about is the persimmon. Anybody tried them? I did a few years ago & I guess it tasted pretty good, but the ratio of fruit to seeds isn't all that great. The book says, though, that you can dry & grind the seeds for caffeine-free coffee. Would like to try that. Obviously, the wild critters love persimmons, because you can find poop piles full of persimmon seeds in the fall!
The View From My Boots: www.bovesboots.blogspot.com
|
| Mountain Girl |
Posted - Apr 11 2007 : 4:30:09 PM
Yippee! First morels of the season have been found on the property behind us. Still small so we'll give then another week. Start looking JoAnn |
| Elizaray |
Posted - Apr 10 2007 : 10:29:44 PM
Thanks for the information :)
Elizaray |
| Mountain Girl |
Posted - Apr 10 2007 : 4:20:36 PM
Elizaray, Note that it is not a grape but a berry that looks like a grape. It's only found wild in the west. Here's a link to check out http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oregon-grape. JoAnn |
| Elizaray |
Posted - Apr 10 2007 : 3:44:37 PM
What type of areas are good to look for the grapes?
Elizaray |
| Mountain Girl |
Posted - Apr 10 2007 : 3:14:25 PM
Clare, Not sure where you are but in Washinton it's the "wild" Oregon grape. Scientific name Mahonia some books still list it as Berberis. Natives used the inner bark and roots to make a yellow dye. The berries are very sour. It's a evergreen shrub with holly-like, spine tipped leaves. They are shiny green which turn to deep red in the autumn. It has clusters of bright yellow flowers that by late summer develop into dark blue berries(easy to pick unlike huckleberries) JoAnn |
