Comments on: A Guide to Foraging for Food: 20 Tasty Wild Plants

By: KW

KW — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 00:53:47 +0000

My personal favorites are wild violets (blossoms) and purslaine.

By: lynn charlton-blore

lynn charlton-blore — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 07:04:41 +0000

Wild food is fab and I have been doing it for years, but I really think that you must emphasise (more explicitly)possible mistakes- for example the umbelliferae family have so many similar lookalikes, and some -such as the wild carrot are extremly edible whereas the water dropwort root can kill you, so photos of what not to mistakenly eat could be useful!

By: Sara Ost

Sara Ost — Sun, 24 May 2009 04:32:27 +0000

I love miner’s lettuce – abundant in Northern California. I also enjoy nasturtium, which grows wild along a trail near my house.

By: Sarah Supernova

Sarah Supernova — Sat, 23 May 2009 18:00:58 +0000

Prickly pear cactus are abundant in my “backyard” (the canyon trail that extends beyond my neighborhood). I plan to pick a bunch of the fruit when they ripen this summer. Use tongs and gloves, singe the fruit briefly to burn off the tiny, irritating hairs… then I’ll throw them in a juicer and voila, cactus juice.

By: Mike-in-Michigan

Mike-in-Michigan — Sat, 23 May 2009 14:38:11 +0000

Nice post, but for the non-intiated .. don’t tell them to just avoid mushrooms and be sure what ones they are, or that nightshade can be confused with something else. If you are going to picture stuff and warn someone to avoid something, then you should show a picture of that too(ie nightshade).

Unless you are dead sure of what you are eating — you could just be dead (or at the least very sick). I pick many wild mushrooms and learned from my dad what to pick and not pick. I like many kinds of greens and make a trip every year up to the northeast to pick fiddleheads. You need someone to show you if you are not experienced with some of this stuff or you are better off avoiding it entirely.

There is much to be gained from embracing nature and we miss a lot by not doing that, but it’s not better than being dead which someone will be if they eat the wrong thing. I applaud the effort of this post, but question the detail is sufficient.

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altCon eco media minute : The Alternative Consumer — Sat, 23 May 2009 12:40:01 +0000

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By: moonwatcher

moonwatcher — Sat, 23 May 2009 03:34:54 +0000

Your “bulrush” photo is just cattails that have gone to seed–here’s what bulrush looks like: http://www.illinoiswildflowers.....ulrush.htm

By: Get to Know Your Edible Outdoor Greens [Food Hunting] « Coolbeans

Get to Know Your Edible Outdoor Greens [Food Hunting] « Coolbeans — Sat, 23 May 2009 00:06:29 +0000

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By: Cheryl

Cheryl — Fri, 22 May 2009 21:28:33 +0000

I was very happy to find the yard of our recently purchased home came with a back corner full of Miner’s Lettuce — very tasty sauteed with butter but can also be eaten raw.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/t.....537725506/

Cheryl’s last blog post..Some accomplishments

By: Wild Food

Wild Food — Fri, 22 May 2009 08:53:47 +0000

WOW... those are wonderful photos. Thanks for sharing. Wild Food's last blog post..Nettle & Ground Elder Gazpacho Soup Recipe