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Edible plants

Started by nightowl1, October 10, 2009, 11:10:00 AM

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nightowl1

I'm really getting into survival learning. I know there are a number of you who have some great information.
What are some of your go to edible plants?
To keep this from getting overwhelming, list your top 3, region and season harvested.

Thanks guys! looking forward to the info
Combo Hunter 46@28

I came from nothing and I brought it with me.

ishiwannabe

Fiddleheads, may apples, and wild grapes.
Spring, spring, and early to late fall. Im in the Northeast.
"I lost arrows and didnt even shoot at a rabbit" Charlie after the Island of Trees.
                        -Jamie

3blades

Fiddle heads-blackberrys-pawpaw
spring summer fall
60's Bear Cub    45#@28"
Samick Stingray  50#@28"
Hickory self bow 55#@28"
HH Big 5 Longbow 65#@28"
Bears paw T/D LB 75#@28"

mwmwmb

I like greenbrair shoots. I guess mushrooms arent plants so i wont go there.

bretto

Stinging Nettles!! Common Thistle, Dandelions.

Early spring thru the hottest part of Summer

Pat B

Cat tails; all seasons all parts.
Make the most of all that comes and the least of all that goes!
TGMM Family of the Bow

Mudd

I'm not familiar with Fiddle heads. Please enlighten me. Thanks!
Trying to make a difference
Psalm 37:4
Roy L "Mudd" Williams
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Archery isn't something I do, it's who I am!
The road to "Sherwood" makes for an awesome journey.


tradtusker

whilst your on the survival learning

check out

http://www.bushcraftuk.com/forum/index.php  
some very good information on there

and have a look at Ray Mears on youtube and get some of his dvd's on amazon or his site

he is in my book one of the most skilled/knowledgeable survival experts today! by far
There is more to the Hunt.. then the Horns

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Andy Ivy

Steve H.

Fiddleheads are ferns Muddy Water!  I eat a  few some years when they are young and tender in early may here in AK.  I pick and eat gallons of berries most years, mostly in preserves thou.  I also pick gallons of shrooms up here but you gotta know what the heck you are doing!

I occasionally eat some twisted stalk leaves, usually for show when some outsider is up.  Screws with them.  I usually make them east some too.  Kind of spinach-like.  Fireweed leaves too.

Oh yeah, Labrador tea, I routinely am sucking on a tea leaf when I am out and about.

2fletch

Some of what I like are sorrell, violet, plaintan, rose petals (and hips), may pops, mayapples, blackberry, pawpaws and hazelnuts. Most of these are already on my 1.75 acres, along with rose of sharon, daylilies, blueberries, gooseberries, etc.

My goal is to have something fresh from the yard to munch on every day of the year. I'm about 3/4ths of the way there.

Pat, teach me about fiddleheads. Can you domesticate it? When do you harvest? and how do you prepare it? Also, what part of cattails do you use? and how is it prepared?

bretto

Don, I know You can dry and grind cattail roots  into flour not sure how to eat the rest though.

Steve H.

For fiddlehead ferns, you pick the little fern head right when it pops out of the ground before it unrolls or it will be bitter.  You steam it about like you would brussel sprouts.  Domesticate, I dunno about that one!

buckeye_hunter

At first glance, I thought the title of this thread was "edible pants"!    :scared:

bowmofo

Ramps~Morels  Ohio in spring Ramp bulbs and nettles in summer Spice berry in fall along with the obvious common  berrys nuts and greens
KEEP IT SIMPLE!

2fletch

Oh yes, and chickweed. Just noticed that it is starting to reseed now. It makes a good cold weather substitute for lettuce.

Staghorn Sumac makes great tea, along with sasafras root.

I made a bread of white oak acorns once and it was a good nutritous bread. It's a fair amount of trouble though. Also, I wouldn't make it now because I've heard so much about Acorn Corruption.
 :)

jonsimoneau

Hey man...you're a bowhunter.  Stop worrying about eating plants....and just eat the animals that eat the plants.  Just kidding.  It is very interesting.  Although I was hunting in Texas once with uncle Gene and Barry, and a bunch of other cool guys. The javelina were really into eating cactus.  I tried it and let me tell you it hurts alot more coming out than it did going in!


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