Edible Wild Plants

I've never run into thistles, but I have seen them. Very Happy

I'll have to go find some. Cool

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> POKEWEED <

- Description: Large leaves; reddish, coarse stems, greenish white flowers in clusters, purple black berries on stalk.
Pokeweed, or poke, found growing on waste ground almost anywhere in US. Very young leaves, as they first emerge, are edible after cooking in at least 2 changes of water. Root, stems, & berries of plant are poisonous.

- WARNING: DAONT EAT POKE UNLESS FORAGING WITH BOTANIST !.

- Pharmaceutical Uses: Slightly narcotic, emetic & putgative. Berries used as poltice on wounds & sores. Seeds & fruits steeped in water, used to treat arthritis.

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yeah I have that one in my back yard, I knew what it was, and that part of it was edible, just wasn't sure what part. As a result, I have never touched it.

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> BURDOCK < found in yards & meadows

- Description: Large leaf, looks like elephant ear; large taproot. Common garden nuisance. In June or July, dig first year roots of this biennial.

- Cooking tips: Peel roots & cut into thin strips. Boil strips in water ... If bitter, use two changes of water. Serve hot under a pat of butter & dollop of soure cream. Mock celery soup may be made with the young leaf steams of burdock. Add burdock, wild carrots & wild onions to chicken stock, cook, season & serve.

- Pharmaceutical Uses: 18th century treatment for gonorrhea & syphilis. Americans used for scury, sores, rheumatism.
Chinese use for tonsillitis, flu, as poultice on boils & abscesses.

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Yup that is a great plant, and grows everywhere around here. Thanks for the insight Very Happy

oh p.s. Like the new signature pic and wish I was there right about now

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> CHICORY <

- Discription: Leaves lance shaped, deeply cut, dissected margins, stiff mid-vein spine; blue flower. Common along the shoulders of rural roads.

- Cooking Tips: Down New Orleans way dried root of chicory is ground & blended with coffee. Young leaves are edible, although bitter.

- Pharmaceutical Uses: Occasionally used as a nerve tonic.

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Basically, treat chickory just like dandelion for food use. Burdock is good, although hard to dig without a shovel. Definetly use a change of water before eating or using in something else (for survival, all bets are off here). They have this sharp overpoweringly earthy taste. Two small roots overpowered just about everything in a whole big pot of stew I made.

> STINGING NETTLE <

- Description: Hairy stem & leaves; hairs sting, leaves lance-like, sharply toothed. Common resident along roadsides, fields & wooded areas. Fine stinging hairs contain skin irritant. Irritant is destroyed when plant is cooked.

- Cooking Tips : Cook with wild carrot, wild leeks, dandelion greens & soy sauce. Boil older plants, throw away the plants & use nettle stock for soups or as refreshing vitamin-rich drink.

- Caution: DON'T CONFUSE THE HAIRY STINGING CELLS OF NETTLE WITH THE THORNY, POISONOUS HORSE NETTLE.

- Pharmaceutical Uses: Tea may combat diarrhea. Diuretic in decoction. Herbalist rubbed whole plant over arthritic joints & muscles as counter-irritant.

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> WOOD SORREL <

- Description:Shamrock like leaf, deeply dissected into round lobes; yellow flower. Wood sorrel & related species: garden sorrel leaves, flowers & seeds have a sour taste.

- Cooking Tips: Add yellow flowers, seeds & leaves to salad ... Or brew them into a beverage.

- Caution: USE THIS PLANT SPARINGLY. EXCESSIVE CONSUMPTION MAY INHABIT ABSORPTION OF CALCIUM IN THE BODY.

- Pharmaceutical Uses: Chinese use Oxalis species to clear fevers, resolves clots, & reduce swelling. Also, used as a snake bite treatment.

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Les ate some of that in the Boreal Forest episode. Very Happy

He said it had a lemon-y taste. Cool

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> GOATS BEARD <

- Description: Goats beard looks like a large dandelion. It has a yellow flower. Large, deeply, sharply serrated leaves like dandelion.

- Cooking Tips: Root edible; boiled, then fried.

- Pharmaceutical Uses: Apply cooled infusion of plants to boils... also, gargled for sore throat treatment.

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> RED CLOVER <

- Description: Often three leaflets showing pale chevron; flower head, rose purple flower petals that may be eaten raw in salads or batter fried.

- Pharmaceutical Uses: Skilled herbalists used this plant to treat cuts, burns, & treat liver ailments.

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The nettles my grandfather uses regularly for his arthritis and he says it works better than any drug he ever tried. Wood sorrel is good stuff too, tastes bitter, but good. Great stuff, keep posting Very Happy

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I really like wood sorrel. We sold a pink variety at a garden center I worked at and when nobody was looking I'd eat it. Sheep sorrel is another very tangy one that you need to go light on, but is delicious.

> SPIDERWORT <

- Description: Flower violet, 3 round petals, long golden stamens; long lanced leaves, common along roadsides.
Young shoots & leaves may be eaten, but are mucilaginous ... Or as most may say, " There Slimy "

- Cooking Tips: Floral salad, strong tasting.

- Pharmaceutical Uses: Poulticed root rubbed on skin cancer. Tea for stomach ache.

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Spruce Trees:

younger shoots can be eaten like vegetables
the needles can be boiled to make a tea and the tea actually has more vitamin C than freshly sqeezed orange juice Very Happy

also the tea can treat mouth sores. crushed needles can be used to treat skin rashes

lol after i found this out i tried the tea cuz i had a sore in the back of my mouth and it worked after a day Very Happy

so try it out Very Happy

also you can eat many different parts of any pine tree no matter what species of pine it is

the book i learned this in along with alot of other plants that you can eat and treat colds and stuff in was the "Tom Brown's Field Guide" Wilderness survival
its a good book check it out if you havent yet Very Happy

{{ Good stuff Northern, good old spruce tea Cool

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> YARROW< - milfoil

- Description: Aromatic; creeping or erect herb, leaves feather-like, slightly hairy, divided into fine leaflets, white or pinkish flower. Found in open sun or partial shade.

- Pharmaceutical Uses: Was used as poultice over wounds. Tea used to treat colds.

- Warning: YARROW LOOKS SIMILAR TO POISONOUS HEMLOCK. GET EXPERT INDENTIFICATION.

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> JACK-IN-PULPIT <

- Description:Leaves compound, three leaflets, oval, smooth lighter underside; distinctive primitive flower, spadix in pulpit-like spathe. Indian Turnip is found in rich soils, generaly a woods, or shady lowland. Like skunk cabbage, this plant contains calcium oxalate & is not edible raw.

- Cooking Tips: Amerindians sliced roots & dried them, deactivating calcium oxalate. Dried root was cooked, and eaten like potato chips.

- Pharmaceutical Uses: Plant parts used in treatment of cough, sorethroat & ringworm. Also, as a poultice for boils & abscesses.

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> FIDDLE HEAD FERNS <

-Description: Early growth of fern, tightly wound like a fiddlehead. Fiddleheads are the unfurled leaves of ferns.

- Cooking Tips: They may be eaten raw, or steamed, or sauteed or deep fried.

- Caution: SOME FERNS SUCH AS BRACKEN FERN MAY CAUSE STOMACH CANCER. FIDDLEHEADS MAY ALSO LEAD TO THIAMINE PROBLAMS. SO DONT PIG OUT ON THEM Cool

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Les ate those in Alaska. Very Happy

Hey Dave, aren't honeysuckles edible? Smile

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