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Title: eating wild food
Post by: tjshorty on July 20, 2019, 10:47:25 am: I find it so amazing the things that are edible. Like roses and flowers. More recently I have learned to identify a few wild plants. Look just like weeds to me. Been pulling and throwing them away. So knowing that dandelions are edible I thought well why not the others stuff. Sure enough lambs quarter. (Wild Spinach) except better for you. Wow I have been trying to get rid of it. I tried it. I like it. It has a home in my yard now. Do you know whats in your yard?
Title: Re: eating wild food
Post by: pectacon on July 20, 2019, 11:11:39 am: I keep meaning to try some of the dandelions that are in my yard, my grandfather loved them. Once I was about to pick some and saw the dog weeing nearby... decided to pass, lol
Title: Re: eating wild food
Post by: aflyingmonkey on July 20, 2019, 02:18:55 pm: Interesting.

I don't think I have any edibles in my yard, although, I do have mint growing like a weed that occasionally goes in iced tea.

I have a turtle that loves dandelions & eats them as soon as he finds them. Perhaps some day I'll try a leaf.
Title: Re: eating wild food
Post by: Se1998 on July 20, 2019, 04:18:36 pm: Well i used to live at my grandmothers on the reservation we had a lot of plants we had two plants up front that were good to get rid of stomach pain i forgot what they were called but i know you just boil them then drink it but since i moved in live in town there isnt much around.
Title: Re: eating wild food
Post by: oldbuddy on July 20, 2019, 04:28:00 pm: I don't know about plants, but I have been enjoying some wild Sockeye Salmon I brought home from Alaska. It's great that we can freeze it and put it in a cooler to check like any other luggage to fly home. 8 hours later it was still hard as a rock and ready to go in my home freezer.
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Post by: sdenimandlace1 on July 21, 2019, 06:30:58 am: We have to much wild live in the yard to eat many thing from the yard. Good to know the salmon will stay frozen that long.
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Post by: darkxtsuna on July 22, 2019, 02:08:32 pm: I see berry I eat a berry but facts are I just ate a dam Poison berry Lol Joking but yeah, I have no idea whats to eat in the wild.
Title: Re: eating wild food
Post by: alice44 on July 23, 2019, 09:05:20 am: My yard is some grass with a lot of weeds that I don't know anything about. So I wouldn't eat them. :P
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Post by: BATISTAGIRL663 on July 23, 2019, 05:08:09 pm: No I haven’t tried any dandelions are any weeds that grow in my yard. I guess I’m just not that brave
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Post by: bremer51 on July 23, 2019, 06:48:14 pm: I had dandelion wine once that my aunts made. It wasn't too bad.
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Post by: ktheodos on July 23, 2019, 08:58:35 pm: I would love to know more about wild foods that I could eat!
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Post by: singletonb on July 24, 2019, 12:55:30 pm: I will try some of that stuff in our yard. First I have to identify them. I love to experience different things.
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Post by: dsawan on July 24, 2019, 02:20:44 pm: no planst for meljust turtles and catfish
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Post by: Bessmisla on July 25, 2019, 01:43:52 am: For me no matter what to eat,just try to eat more healthy food
Title: Re: eating wild food
Post by: oldbuddy on July 25, 2019, 09:55:27 am: Quote from: singletonb on July 24, 2019, 12:55:30 pm
I will try some of that stuff in our yard. First I have to identify them. I love to experience different things.
We live with our son and he has a big dog that uses our yard as a waste depository, so I think I will pass on eating anything from there.
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Post by: Raku on July 25, 2019, 10:24:57 pm: I'd be hesitant to try, especially with all the chemicals we put out in our lawns and fields.
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Post by: tnshpalmer85 on July 27, 2019, 10:28:01 am: I don't have anything growing in my yard right now, but I would like to know more about wild plants you can eat. It sounds very interesting and I am sure healthier than many of the processed foods we eat.
Title: Re: eating wild food
Post by: tantricia44 on July 31, 2019, 10:26:12 am: I love to go all natural nature but I can't trust that wild plants could be poisonous or bacteria infested. There was some wild rasberry in our yard, it taste sour but good but we got yelled at by my dad when he saw us eating them. I can't trust myself to knowing which is poisonous & which is not. I've seen episodes where, a friend/cook visit this family, he cooked a delicious meal of wild mushrooms over steak & gravy; he found them in the family's back yard. The entire family & the friend/cook died from poisonous mushrooms! Literally, it was their Last MEAL!
Title: Re: eating wild food
Post by: alaskah on July 31, 2019, 03:33:12 pm: Huh. That's kind of interesting. Guess I may have to look and see what's in my yard soon!

I never knew that you could eat dandelions - we have TONS.
Title: Re: eating wild food
Post by: clickers on July 31, 2019, 04:17:12 pm: Eating of the land is very healthy. I would :heart: to have my own garden :rose:
Title: Re: eating wild food
Post by: clickers on July 31, 2019, 04:44:52 pm: Quote from: oldbuddy on July 20, 2019, 04:28:00 pm
I don't know about plants, but I have been enjoying some wild Sockeye Salmon I brought home from Alaska. It's great that we can freeze it and put it in a cooler to check like any other luggage to fly home. 8 hours later it was still hard as a rock and ready to go in my home freezer.

I would love to have some of the Sockeye Salmon
Title: Re: eating wild food
Post by: mrsmere on August 03, 2019, 07:17:06 pm: You really have to know what your're doing when trying wild food. I visited a reservation last week and was impressed with how informed they are regarding plant life in many area.