Edible plants and stuff !

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I took a few pics today of some of the local edible stuff near me and thought it might make a good start to a new thread !!!

This is Oregon grape and the berries can be boiled down into a jelly...
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This next one is a Salmon berry, I have seen better pickings than I saw today but these are very tasty...
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And finally is Miners Lettuce , it's leaves and stems can be eaten raw or boiled and the roots can also be cooked and eaten...
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Maybe you have edibles from your neck of the woods that you could show !!!:thumbup:
 
I think this could be a great thread
In a survival situation I really don't have a good idea of what is good or bad.
I need to do some research and hope some real pics come up on this thread.
I hunt in the Adirondacks and never figured out " What food eats " :o

Phil
 
Well Phil , Adirondack means tree eater because the indians ate the inner bark of trees ! Bear steak with a tree bark salad !
 
I like to pick and eat sassafras leaves as I'm hiking. They're very easily identifiable and abundant where I hike. They taste good and do a good job of tricking my stomach into thinking that I'm eating something more substantial if I'm getting hungry before a planned break or camp sight. I think you can also make a yummy tea from the roots but I've never tried it.
 
Back when I was a kid I really got into the whole edible wild plants thing. One plant that I grew accustomed to eating fairly regularly were the leaves of the yucca plant. When you pull them up the tender white part at the base tastes like celery with a bit of flavor. I like them so much that I've planted yucca plants in every garden I've owned and use them in salads or just to munch on when I head out for a walk.

The first time I saw salmonberries I thought they were unripe blackberries! The lake behind my house is choked with Himalayan blackberries and quite a few slamonberries although none of them have fruit yet. The blackberries are a real menace but I do enjoy making use of the huge amount of fruit they produce.
 
Hey Guys..

Pitdog..

Cool pictures....

Heres a couple of some wild onions I found...

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Tasty little guys.. They are Awesome added to some soup....

ttyle

Eric
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Cool! I am currently in the process of learing the edible and medecinal plants of my own region, myself!

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came across this herb few days ago

one of those books i bought lately says it can be used in food, and when i look it up a wikipedia says it might contain something (P.A.) that harms the liver

now what?

make a strong drink from it that SURE harms the liver!? hahaha, lol

lately i have used alot of herbs i picked when hiking in my teas tho, but i haven't got pics of those

i did mention the stinging nettle before haven't i?
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(behind the knife)

can show u eating pics from it again if ye like hehehe
 
nephildevil said:
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came across this herb few days ago

one of those books i bought lately says it can be used in food, and when i look it up a wikipedia says it might contain something (P.A.) that harms the liver now what? make a strong drink from it that SURE harms the liver!? hahaha, lol
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What is it? Viper's Bugloss (Echium vulgare)?



Here's a couple:

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Everybody should learn this plant because it's invasive, but also edible and acts as a mild antiseptic. Garlic Mustard (Allium petiolata)


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Candied Wild Ginger root, anybody? (Asarum canadense)


And since the topic is Wild Edibles and Stuff, for the Stuff category:
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Poison Ivy (Toxicodendron radicans). Not everybody knows it takes this form as well as the shrubby variety (T. rydbergii)


And another for the Stuff category, especially for the primitive archers:
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Viburnum lantana or Wayfaring Tree. You might recognize the name as being the material of the Iceman's (Otzi) arrows. For those of you that don't, Otzi was a 5300 year old man that was found preserved in the Italian Alps back in 1991. Also found with him were various tools and equipment including 14 (I think) arrows in various stages of completion. This is not a native plant here, so must have escaped cultivation with the help of the birds.

Doc
 
Hey Normark,

Is this what you found? If so, I'm pretty sure it's Wild Garlic (Allium canadense).

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Every spring, in a valley I used to frequent, I used to run into an family that would be harvesting them (I think for their family restaurant).

I had to rip out a pile of aforementioned Garlic Mustard, and prop it up with the piece of wood, to get a shot.

Doc
 
I don't have any pictures but I sure like ramps fried up in my potatos, or au natural with some nice crisp fried brookies and hush puppies. I know where there is a big ramp patch that I hit almost every spring.

I also eat poke salat, black berries, especially cobbler, scuppernongs and muskydines too.

I am drinkin a rather tall glass of my homemade peach and apple wine right now, does that count? :p ;) Chris
 
runningboar said:
I don't have any pictures but I sure like ramps fried up in my potatos, or au natural with some nice crisp fried brookies and hush puppies. I know where there is a big ramp patch that I hit almost every spring.

I also eat poke salat, black berries, especially cobbler, scuppernongs and muskydines too.

I am drinkin a rather tall glass of my homemade peach and apple wine right now, does that count? :p ;) Chris
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Hey Chris;

First, a picture for you (compliments of the Internet):
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Do you have any good recipes for Ramp and Potato Soup? Also, they are supposed to be edible year around, but are much stronger later in the season. Have you tried them at other times? Personally, I've only eaten them in the spring, so far.

Doc
 
No doc, only in the spring, like you I have heard that when they get too big they are much too strong.

Stew diced potatos, ramps or onions, diced celery in water with chicken bullion added till all is tender, add cheddar cheese, crumbled bacon and whole milk, salt and pepper to taste, serve with hot cornbread. Sorry I don't have any measurements because I wing it. This is great soup after a cold winters day in the field.

BTW if you try it, thank my grandma because she taught me to make it. Chris
 
Didn't know how to post a pic but here's some
www.wisebread.com/free-food-in-your-yard-edible-weeds
Everyone knows dandelion, but the other day I was walking with one of the Hispanic workers that I work with and he pointed out a weed and told me how good it was with onions and tomatoes. I kind of laughed because it's a weed that we pull it up all the time. Turns out that it's this Purlsane shown on this link. Found quite a bit about it on the net. It would be great if anyone else could post the pic.
 
cucharadedragon said:
Didn't know how to post a pic but here's some
www.wisebread.com/free-food-in-your-yard-edible-weeds
Everyone knows dandelion, but the other day I was walking with one of the Hispanic workers that I work with and he pointed out a weed and told me how good it was with onions and tomatoes. I kind of laughed because it's a weed that we pull it up all the time. Turns out that it's this Purlsane shown on this link. Found quite a bit about it on the net. It would be great if anyone else could post the pic.
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Courtesy of the internet:
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I don't remember the details offhand, but Purslane (Portulaca oleracea) has some goodly amounts of necessary nutrients.

BTW, for access to a multitude of pictures, try Google Image Search found here.

Doc
 
yes echium vulgare, "slangenkruid" is the common name here, which wud directly translate to "snakeherb"
 
Ramps - when I first heard of ramps I checked my cookbook which mentioned it but said they don't recommend it !! I spoke to a friend in WV and he agreed saying if you eat it you'll smell of onion for a week !!....Purslane -it commonly grows in gardens and people treat it as a weed but it's good to add to a salad !......Many wild plants require that you eat it only at certain times of the year [usually spring], eat only certain parts of it , and prepare it in a certain way !! Pokeweed is a good example.
 
We've got a ton of wild carrot here. Dandelion. Willow. Cattail. Poplar.

Thats about all I can recognize and have confidence about. Its a hole in my survival training. I suck.
 
I hear ya Fiddleback. I've trouble ID'ing some plants and especially remembering their proper names. I'm working on it diligently though, except the fact that there are only a handful of edible plants that I can recognize here in FL; whereas back home in IN I can name a LOT of them just from growing up there. It's a good thing I'm getting out of hell...I mean FL. :D
 
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