Useful plants edible/poisonous/otherwise of Northeast merged with HD's thread here

Here's another good munchie. I spotted these during deer season. Oyster Mushrooms. Usually you can find them growing at a low level but I had to put the knife on a stick and cut them out. I didn't have any paracord to tie it on there so I could only push so hard on the blade:eek:

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Marinated in tamari, ginger and garlic and then in a stir fry with broccoli mustard and rice:thumbup:

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Just got back from a hike. Nothing too much to take pics of but here's another unusual plant. I don't think it is edible but it had a primitive use. Anyone know it?

Coldwood said:
Yup. We call it horse grass, grows in bottom lands. Not edible at all, IMHO, it's got silica in it, tie it up in a bundle and it's good for scouring your pots and pans. :)
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pitdog said:
If it is another name for the Giant Horsetail then certain parts are edible !
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Right We always call them horsetails around here. Have a patch of them in they hayfield near the creek.
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Coldwood said:
Cranberries? I'm grasping at straws :D but not strawberries :)
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You got it. That is in Dolly Sods North in Dobbin Grade bog. DS is the highest plateau in the eastern US and sets right on the Allegheny Front so you have plants and animals that you'd normally not see in WV:thumbup:

Right there is sort of a little dam in the creek and you can get in there and cool off in the water and pick cranberries:thumbup:;)
 
So Pit? You ever try those lillies? I never realized they were edible till I viewed those plant vids we are passing around. They grow all down my creek I'm gonna have to try to eat them this summer:D:thumbup:
 
hollowdweller said:
Just got back from a hike. Nothing too much to take pics of but here's another unusual plant. I don't think it is edible but it had a primitive use. Anyone know it?

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Yup. We call it horse grass, grows in bottom lands. Not edible at all, IMHO, it's got silica in it, tie it up in a bundle and it's good for scouring your pots and pans. :)
 
hollowdweller said:
Here's another good munchie. I spotted these during deer season. Oyster Mushrooms. Usually you can find them growing at a low level but I had to put the knife on a stick and cut them out. I didn't have any paracord to tie it on there so I could only push so hard on the blade:eek:

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I never thought of these being edible, I always thought they were too fibrous and "woody". But you seemed to have cooked up a good casserole with them. Yum! :)
 
hollowdweller said:
So Pit? You ever try those lillies? I never realized they were edible till I viewed those plant vids we are passing around. They grow all down my creek I'm gonna have to try to eat them this summer:D:thumbup:
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You can eat the buds raw, but you know what I want to do now? Steam them like green beans or asparagus. My wife gets PO'd when I eat them, because she wants to see the blossoms later :D
Sorry, I know you were talking to Pit, didn't mean to jump in out of turn, I just get enthusiastic about some things like this :)
 
Coldwood said:
Yup. We call it horse grass, grows in bottom lands. Not edible at all, IMHO, it's got silica in it, tie it up in a bundle and it's good for scouring your pots and pans. :)
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If it is another name for the Giant Horsetail then certain parts are edible !
 
hollowdweller said:
Coldwood. You are right about the blueberries. But the other are not crab apples or chokecherries. For the red berries think low growing bog plant.
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Sumac, and the first one was/is hazelnut or filberts if I'm not mistaken by the picture HD.

One caution about eating anything that grows within 20 ft of either side of a roadway is that, lead and other pollutants from vehicle exhaust; can contaminate plants and berries making them less than ideal for consumption.
 
Coldwood said:
You can eat the buds raw, but you know what I want to do now? Steam them like green beans or asparagus. My wife gets PO'd when I eat them, because she wants to see the blossoms later :D
Sorry, I know you were talking to Pit, didn't mean to jump in out of turn, I just get enthusiastic about some things like this :)
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By all means jump in:thumbup: Glad to know how to fix them:D
 
hollowdweller said:
This one would be more considered a medicinal. The root. Bitters.

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Hollow this is just a guess, but foxglove AKA digitalus, my spelling isn' to good, but if it is it is a heart medicine

About the yucca, try using a stem from it for a fire drill and board, makes a good ember quick. Pat
 
How is kudzu edible? Can you just eat the leaves or stem raw? Or is there a preparation method to make it safe?
 
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