Foraging & Anti-Foraging

Ronin_Jedi said:
I would hazard a guess that the western seaboard from California on up would have some, though I don't know of a specific vendor. If you venture to Vancouver, they would likely have it given the Asian (Chinese in particular) population.

FYI: In Asian/Chinese cuisine, it is considered a "warm" food, meaning it causes the blood vessels to dilate and causing a warming sensation. Like Schnapps! This, as opposed to foods, say watermelon, which cool you down.

ETA: Would love to read some of your source material if you have any references. And best of luck on this project. Such projects should be required IM not-very-Humble O.

Best

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Maybe I'll find it if I ever make my way to the left coast :) So far here I can only find chips, table mats with various Durian images, and refrigerator magnets...

Thanks for the info.

Source material?
 
From what I am reading different people taste it differently, which I find odd and curious...
 
mistwalker said:
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My bad. Meant materials concerning edible/medicinal plants and such. Thousands of books and other references out there; Euell Gibbons being one of them. Just curious which one's you've used.

As for durian, do a query. Just did and found several sources online. Maybe one near-ish you. Like the fruit you showed, though much smaller, durian is very thorny with a very thick outter casing. You must wear suitable gloves if you order the whole fruit when cutting it open.

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Ronin_Jedi said:
My bad. Meant materials concerning edible/medicinal plants and such. Thousands of books and other references out there; Euell Gibbons being one of them. Just curious which one's you've used.

As for durian, do a query. Just did and found several sources online. Maybe one near-ish you. Like the fruit you showed, though much smaller, durian is very thorny with a very thick outter casing. You must wear suitable gloves if you order the whole fruit when cutting it open.

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There are a lot of resources out there, lots of books and lots of information on the net. I have used so many over the years, an really don't remember any by name The single most helpful resources for plant identification, for me personally anyway, was when I joined the UBC Botanical Gardens Forums, that is administrated by botany professors and moderated by masters degree students from the University of British Columbia. A friend suggested it to me when I started my flora database about nine years ago, because most plant identification books frustrate me and aren't very helpful for positive identification. They have a Plant Identification section where I can post photos of and questions about plants I have found and would like to identify. Since then I have been putting together a pretty extensive database on the edible and toxic plants of this region and I use it for a slide show in my wilderness skills lectures.
 
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Thanks for feedback.

Database: I share your frustration. I've **tried** to use LSU's (Louisiana State Univ), among others, but it's horrible. (I have found most online databases to be that way.) Was a impossible to get any meaningful data and no way to "drill down" into the data.

BTW: Is your database openly available online or strictly for use in your courses? If it's that good, you may consider developing an app around it. Just a thought. (No, I don't code.)

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Ronin_Jedi said:
Thanks for feedback.

Database: I share your frustration. I've **tried** to use LSU's (Louisiana State Univ), among others, but it's horrible. (I have found most online databases to be that way.) Was a impossible to get any meaningful data and no way to "drill down" into the data.

BTW: Is your database openly available online or strictly for use in your courses? If it's that good, you may consider developing an app around it. Just a thought. (No, I don't code.)

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Thanks. It wasn't so much their database that help me, as their being willing to take the time personally to answer questions and help me positively identify plants.

I haven't done anything with it other than use it as a slide show in lectures so far. I have been working on it for nearly a decade, and have spent thousands of hours in the endeavor to catch as many new and better shots (now that I have better equipment for that) of each plant as I can. The goal is to have them all in images from the time they start breaking through the leaves as sprouts till their withering away in winter. So far I only have a few in the breaking through the leaves phase, and I work on that more each spring, but so far I have thousands of images from slightly above ground till winter in high resolution. I don't know that it will ever be what I consider "completed" but it is getting pretty extensive.
 
mistwalker said:
Thanks. It wasn't so much their database that help me, as their being willing to take the time personally to answer questions and help me positively identify plants.

I haven't done anything with it other than use it as a slide show in lectures so far. I have been working on it for nearly a decade, and have spent thousands of hours in the endeavor to catch as many new and better shots (now that I have better equipment for that) of each plant as I can. The goal is to have them all in images from the time they start breaking through the leaves as sprouts till their withering away in winter. So far I only have a few in the breaking through the leaves phase, and I work on that more each spring, but so far I have thousands of images from slightly above ground till winter in high resolution. I don't know that it will ever be what I consider "completed" but it is getting pretty extensive.
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Fab👍 Good luck with it!

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Ronin_Jedi said:
Thanks for feedback.

Database: I share your frustration. I've **tried** to use LSU's (Louisiana State Univ), among others, but it's horrible. (I have found most online databases to be that way.) Was a impossible to get any meaningful data and no way to "drill down" into the data.

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One thing about the UBC Forum, do not expect their answers in layman's terms...
 
mistwalker said:
One thing about the UBC Forum, do not expect their answers in layman's terms...
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I wouldn't of most academic sites or people. They are, after all, a strange specie!🤔

Best to ya up there.

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More amazing photography from you Brian. A visual feast of subjects, backgrounds, colors, light & shadows. Thanks for giving us a peek into what interests you.

Phil
 
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