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good time for wild gathering
in my neck of the woods these days. finding ramps, solomon's seal shoots, nettles, the most lush patch of almost-flowering chickweed I've ever seen, dandelions that aren't yet bitter at all...lots of good wild edibles out there; you can feel yourself getting smarter, eating them (:D). within the next couple weeks, should be morels popping up at my elevation, too.
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My chickweed and dandelions are done. Thistles and dock, too. Eh, not really true, the thistles have reseeded, so I'm getting a few of them. Still getting smilax shoots and some fiddleheads, but it's already late in my season for them. Oxalis is already fungus laden, done for this year unless I want to dig for the tubers on some.
Have not gone mucking about for cattail yet this year.
Have not gone mucking about for cattail yet this year.
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Common milkweed (A.syriaca) are starting to produce seedpods!
I've always wanted to try the milkweed silk "cheese" so I picked a few of the bigger ones, took out the silk and put them on last night's hamburger. A quick broil and the silks melted as "advertised" Yum!
Now I'm eating the smaller pods sliced whole in a risotto. . They are kind of okra-like. I was thinking of stuffing jalapeño peppers with salted silks for stuffed jalapeño substitute, but I wonder if they could be battered and fried on their own...? Do they have to be water-prepped as in soups and stews?
I've always wanted to try the milkweed silk "cheese" so I picked a few of the bigger ones, took out the silk and put them on last night's hamburger. A quick broil and the silks melted as "advertised" Yum!
Now I'm eating the smaller pods sliced whole in a risotto. . They are kind of okra-like. I was thinking of stuffing jalapeño peppers with salted silks for stuffed jalapeño substitute, but I wonder if they could be battered and fried on their own...? Do they have to be water-prepped as in soups and stews?
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