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TexanInBavaria

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Eat the Weeds
« on: August 08, 2019, 03:32:18 AM »
Plants and fungi humans can eat from the wild as-is, what we cannot safely eat under any condition, how to prepare the stuff in between, and how to tell the differences: http://www.eattheweeds.com


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Re: Eat the Weeds
« Reply #1 on: August 08, 2019, 07:59:07 PM »
Cool, thanks!

In the same vein: http://eattheinvaders.org/

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Re: Eat the Weeds
« Reply #2 on: August 09, 2019, 04:58:51 AM »
Plants and fungi humans can eat from the wild as-is, what we cannot safely eat under any condition, how to prepare the stuff in between, and how to tell the differences: http://www.eattheweeds.com

Purslane is a treat!

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Re: Eat the Weeds
« Reply #3 on: August 19, 2019, 01:50:51 AM »
Similar site for Germany (Kostbare Natur - "Valuable Nature"): https://www.kostbarenatur.net

Persistent weed I've been fighting the past three years that turns out to be delicious sauteed with onion and butter: https://www.kostbarenatur.net/anwendung-und-inhaltsstoffe/giersch/

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Re: Eat the Weeds
« Reply #4 on: August 19, 2019, 08:56:28 AM »
A traditional Greek lenten dish is "horta" or wild greens. My yiayia used to go out and come back with greens (mostly dandelion) greens she had cut from her walking about the neighborhood and make a pot of it. She preferred abandoned lots because less likely to be sprayed.  You cook it with some oil and lemon.

https://www.dianekochilas.com/glossary-of-edible-wild-greens-2/
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Re: Eat the Weeds
« Reply #5 on: November 10, 2019, 11:13:20 AM »
Highly recommend The Forager's Harvest, especially for people in the eastern half of the US.  Really detailed, explains where and when to find the plants, and how best to prepare them.  The author lives on mostly wild, foraged food himself. 
www.foragersharvest.com
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