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Carrie
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 Posted: Sun Jun 18, 2006 2:44 pm Post subject: Re: Today I Found and Ate: |
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| pstarr wrote: | | we were poking around the cliffs in Carpenteria on the Central Coast of Calif. and found what looked like cabbage-family plants--maybe naturalized kale or brussel sprouts? do you know what they are? |
Hmm, I'm not sure what it could be, but I'm certainly not an expert. I flipped through my "Edible and Medicinal Plants of the West" & didn't see anything that resembled what you described.
Here's a description & photo of Miner's Lettuce:
Miner's Lettuce |
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| Posted: Sun Jun 18, 2006 2:49 pm Post subject: Re: Today I Found and Ate: |
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| Surprised about the dandelions...everyone should be eating them, leaves and flower and all...no questions asked. Here it is on the national news that it helps with UTI´s, like crannberries back in the US. Just don´t eat them off the side of the road, you know, exhaust fumes and dog pee. |
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| Posted: Mon Jun 19, 2006 3:55 pm Post subject: Re: Today I Found and Ate: |
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| Curly dock; leaves and seeds-Stinging nettle (pick with gloves--delicious--must be cooked)-Lambsquarters; leaves and seeds (my most important annual food plant)-Hawthorn leaves-Juneberries and Juneberry leaves-Cattail shoots-Dandelion (all parts)-Larch pitch... |
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dissimulo
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| Posted: Mon Jun 19, 2006 5:39 pm Post subject: Re: Today I Found and Ate: |
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Right now I have more salmonberries than I can use. Looks like the salal will soon be fruiting as well.
I really like these two plants because they generally ripen in May and June - well before my domesticated fruits start to ripen in summer and autumn.
Made a salad mostly from wild dandelion, chicory, and steamed salmonberry shoots on Saturday.
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Ludi
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| Posted: Wed Jun 21, 2006 7:11 pm Post subject: Re: Today I Found and Ate: |
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Folks should be aware that western varieties of milkweed are toxic.
There's a hillside about six miles from my place where literally TONS of food grows. They are sotol plants. I dug up a few and put in pots and will be transplanting many more to my place. Natives of this area and to the west used them as a staple food. I haven't tried them yet, but plan to.
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cmlek
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| Posted: Thu Jun 22, 2006 9:37 am Post subject: Re: Today I Found and Ate: |
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| Mulberries, blueberries, stinging nettles, raspberries, purslane, and want to get around to trying dandelions. (Hard to find non-pesticide drenched ones near the new apartment!) ^_^ |
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Brasso
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| Posted: Thu Jun 22, 2006 9:46 am Post subject: Re: Today I Found and Ate: |
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I've tried dandelion leaves - very bitter!
Nettle soup is gorgeous - the Romans actually brought them to Britain for cooking...
Had rabbit road-kill once. The only thing I've ever had to skin and butcher. |
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skyemoor
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| Posted: Thu Jun 22, 2006 10:59 am Post subject: Re: Today I Found and Ate: |
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| Ludi wrote: | Folks should be aware that western varieties of milkweed are toxic.
There's a hillside about six miles from my place where literally TONS of food grows. They are sotol plants. I dug up a few and put in pots and will be transplanting many more to my place. Natives of this area and to the west used them as a staple food. I haven't tried them yet, but plan to. |
Sotol? That nasty saw edged yucca? I would expect you eat the root then? I have tried yucca root before. Soapy unpleasant things. But baked like a potato I guess they _are_ edible.. gag...
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Don35
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| Posted: Fri Jun 23, 2006 7:11 am Post subject: Re: Today I Found and Ate: |
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| Tried fern fiddles. Fern shoots before they open are pretty good. I think it is ostrich ferns that are the edible ones. There are some reports of sickness associated w/ fern fiddles, but I was OK. Even ordered some to plant near the home in the woods. Look nice and will feed me! |
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| Posted: Tue Aug 08, 2006 9:44 pm Post subject: Re: Today I Found and Ate: |
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In NW. Recently tried salal berries. Kinda like a tougher, less sweet blueberry. Apparently were a native staple. I've a book of native trees and shrubs which I presently can't find, but must read more of. Would like to try drying these berries (and other stuff.)
PS They grow everywhere around here, along with blackberries. Now I just need to get my hubby to hunt...
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| Posted: Tue Aug 08, 2006 10:49 pm Post subject: Re: Today I Found and Ate: |
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| mercurygirl wrote: | In NW. Recently tried salal berries. Kinda like a tougher, less sweet blueberry. Apparently were a native staple. I've a book of native trees and shrubs which I presently can't find, but must read more of. Would like to try drying these berries (and other stuff.)
PS They grow everywhere around here, along with blackberries. Now I just need to get my hubby to hunt...
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Sounds like the berries you ate might have been a bit past their "best by" date. You have to get salal berries when they're just right, otherwise they can be a bit dry and tough. But when they're just right, they really are nice.
Saw a bunch of elderberries when I was out on the coast yesterday, but didn't bother to pick any. They usually taste like crap. One of these days I'll try to mix them with blackberries or something and make jam, but I still have tons of blackberry jam from last year. And blackberries are ripe again already--time to go picking! |
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mercurygirl
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| Posted: Wed Aug 09, 2006 9:19 am Post subject: Re: Today I Found and Ate: |
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Oh, too bad on the salal...I tried earlier and they weren't ripe. I really should be out there picking and experimenting more, but I'm a busy mom. 
I must get lots of blackberries! Will they freeze well?
Hey Loki, have you ever seen a blackberry blowout? I have a 19 month old and well, the diaper didn't stand a chance. Pretty funny.
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| Posted: Wed Aug 09, 2006 10:42 am Post subject: Re: Today I Found and Ate: |
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| mercurygirl wrote: | Oh, too bad on the salal...I tried earlier and they weren't ripe. I really should be out there picking and experimenting more, but I'm a busy mom.
I must get lots of blackberries! Will they freeze well?
Hey Loki, have you ever seen a blackberry blowout? I have a 19 month old and well, the diaper didn't stand a chance. Pretty funny.
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Blackberries freeze just fine. Just wash them first and put them in a freezer bag. I was too lazy to make jam right away last year, so I stuck them in the freezer for a few months. My jam still turned out great.
Can't say as I've had a blackberry blowout, but I do sometimes eat them off the vine until I'm a bit sick. They just taste so good when they're fresh. |
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