Fall Foods

[Mistwalker]

I slice them up and fry them. This year I want to throw some on the grill with butter and garlic. Heard they were good that way.

I like butter and garlic on most mushrooms...a little soy sauce sometimes too.

 

[mrappraisit]

Interesting thread mistwalker! My wife and I are just getting into wild edibles, last weekend we collected a bunch of Gambel Oak (White Oak) acorns, but alas, many of them were bad. We are already planning to get some more next fall on the rim. I wish we had walnuts, but I do know of some parks in the Sedona area that have a number of very large Pecan trees. I'll have to put those on the list as well.

Once you start investigating it's amazing how many things you can eat in nature. We are also taking a wild edibles walking tour/class in a couple of weeks at a local arboretum.

 

[Mistwalker]

Interesting thread mistwalker! My wife and I are just getting into wild edibles, last weekend we collected a bunch of Gambel Oak (White Oak) acorns, but alas, many of them were bad. We are already planning to get some more next fall on the rim. I wish we had walnuts, but I do know of some parks in the Sedona area that have a number of very large Pecan trees. I'll have to put those on the list as well.

Once you start investigating it's amazing how many things you can eat in nature. We are also taking a wild edibles walking tour/class in a couple of weeks at a local arboretum.

Thanks, I'm glad you are enjoying the thread and the study of wild foods in general. I grew up knowing several but it wasn't until years later that I learned that the "broad leaf weeds" in my yard were edible and that got me hooked on the study.

A lot of the acorns I picked up while gathering had worm holes in them. It's always a race with the other creatures in nature to gather anything that grows wild. The more you watch that the more it puts things into a different perspective.

Pecans are my favorite tree nuts with walnuts being my second. We don't have Pecans up here where I am now though...that's one of the things I really miss about living in central Georgia.

 

[dipbait]

Have you ate acorns? What do they taste like?

 

[Mistwalker]

Have you ate acorns? What do they taste like?

As far as i know you don't just eat them. You have to leach the tannin out of them and then dry and crush into flour. I had pancakes a few times made with acorn and wheat flour mix that were really good. I'm just now studying the uses for them though, so the flour is all I know about.