Turkeygirl Posted April 10, 2007 Report Share Posted April 10, 2007 And I'm not talking fish and meat either. I'm talking like plants. For instance Wild Onions or Leeks can be eaten ,raw or cooked, but are best when they are very young, just popping out of the ground. Once they get mature with their big green leaves, they are alot stronger tasting. We like to put the young shoots in a pan with butter, yum. Well not yum right now because I had some Friday and that's when my flu started so theysound kinda yucky to me,lol Anyone else have some tasty edible plant tidbits to share? I know there's alot out there...I have some books with wild edible plants in it and what you can use them for. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M00N Posted April 11, 2007 Report Share Posted April 11, 2007 Re: Wild edibles I like eating wild raspberries and the nectar from some varieties of wild honeysuckles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turkeygirl Posted April 11, 2007 Author Report Share Posted April 11, 2007 Re: Wild edibles [ QUOTE ] I like eating wild raspberries and the nectar from some varieties of wild honeysuckles. [/ QUOTE ] Really? I didn't know about the nectar from honeysuckles...that's cool! what's it taste like? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Andrea Posted April 11, 2007 Report Share Posted April 11, 2007 Re: Wild edibles Nectar from honeysuckles has a very light, sweet taste to it. But you'd have to pull the the stems off about 500 of them to get a teaspoon. was fun to do as a kid. I'd rather pick them to smell them anyway. Favorite "wild" things to eat are blueberries, blackberries and strawberries. Oh yeah, when we were little we also used to pick what we called "Indian weed" and chew on it. Has a tangy flavor to it. But you don't eat it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M00N Posted April 11, 2007 Report Share Posted April 11, 2007 Re: Wild edibles Yeah takes a lot of honeysuckles to enjoy the nectar they're good just to taste when out on a hike though, for a little pick me up of sweetness. Just don't eat the flowers, only suck the nectar out of them. Some of the honeysuckle bushes have flowers and berries on them that are poisionous to humans. I think there's only one, or possibly two, species that you can safely eat the flowers and not become sick from it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HuntnMa Posted April 11, 2007 Report Share Posted April 11, 2007 Re: Wild edibles i eat blackberries and we also have wild orange and wild tangerine trees growing on the property....i have never have gotten a sour tangerine, but Lord have mercy if you get a sour orange, some trees the oranges are great, others , down right nasty.....i remember sucking on honeysuckles when i was a kid too... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest MrsRandy Posted April 13, 2007 Report Share Posted April 13, 2007 Re: Wild edibles Raspberries, Blackberries, and Strawberries... YUM! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wyohunter Posted April 21, 2007 Report Share Posted April 21, 2007 dont forget the morel mushroom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
birdhunter39 Posted April 21, 2007 Report Share Posted April 21, 2007 i've ate wild strawberries , aspagus , drank sasafrass tea , and made rock candy from sasafrass , dandilion leaves ( when i was younger ) my father would fry them , onions , mulberries , morels that i got from a friend . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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