Food (and medicine)in the Wild

[Katrina]

:pizzaI have attached a list of web sites for learning what foods grow in the wild. Please move this post if there is a better forum for it. Please feel free to grow this list with your own suggestions.


http://www.wildfoodadventures.com/

http://books.google.com/books?hl=en&id=BPAKAAAAIAAJ&dq=edible+native+food+&printsec=frontcover&source=web&ots=fthYTu3F7_&sig=cCkrsh20Vqu4zrh8uQ0zkIJ2XLw (mushrooms and toadstools)[


http://www.nps.gov/archive/hocu/html/plants.html (edible & medicinal)

http://www.nwplants.com/information/edible_medicinal_poison/edible.html (Great site!!)

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[BeNotAfraid]

So cool, thank you Katrina!

[Jubilee21]

Am interested if you are familiar with these sites Katrina..

If you are interested in learning more about wild foods, here is a good link...but it does take a bit of studing and outdoor ID, and no one can really DO that unless you take it upon yourself to learn it..perhaps take a classs.

http://www.wildmanstevebrill.com/...


Rose hips are a very important wild food........loaded with vitamin C and bioflavinoids. They can be made into tea or cooked as a vegetable. Or even dried.

http://www.kstrom.net/isk/food/wildrose.html

[jda303]

http://www.wilderness-survival.net/Appb.php

[Katrina]

[QUOTE=Jubilee21;552168]Am interested if you are familiar with these sites Katrina..

I am not familiar with all of them in depth but have looked at them all. I realize that one of them gets new agey...but, this does not invalidate the information in relation to edible foods.

I think emergency preparation takes a rounded-out-ness and should include the knowledge of 'where to get food when the getting gets tough'

And yes, I'm very interested in this topic. I will look at your suggested web site. Thanks for the heads up.

[Jubilee21]

Thanks for the input Katrina,

Personally my interest is edible non traditional foraging came from my grandmother's experiences and interest in these things going back to the Depression..and never was something I practiced except when it came to nuts, berrie and the occasional attempts at salads, jellies and wine form things like dandylions.

I ran into some pretty complicated interactions and reactions of meds when my health problems advanced so I began exploring herbal alternatives and studying up on them a bit more seriously.

This is an area I sure would suggest folks look into and approach it from an academic direction, research it, learn all about the pro's and con's of herbal usage with caution simply because the same things that can indeed work wonderfully are in fact full of medicinal components and need to be treated with respect as such.

Foraging requires really being familiar with the plants and variables of what season they are viable alternatives or have lost that value..it takes a few minutes to become that skilled and it is one that has to be taught as well as learned to avoid dangers.

I would suggest that if anyone is really interested in this that they find someone who is very familiar with the details and consider taking a class.

Acorns are great for example but the tanic acid that is in the membrane of the nut surrounding the meat has to be dealt with through a process of blanching it away before the meat can be used.

This is a great supplement to add to ones provisions and skill to have in the event it became needed, as in the case of my grandmother and her mother's use of theirs for treating others medically absent access to a doctor or pharmacy, same with supplementing diets to extend food supplies.but it was also something that had been a learned and taught skill over many generations, refined by experience.:)