Foraged Food Thread

[JShane]

the Chickasaw(sand) plum Jelly. I sampled this one...GLAWD HAB MERCY

 

[Gellar]

View attachment 231497View attachment 231498the Chickasaw(sand) plum Jelly. I sampled this one...GLAWD HAB MERCY

If you sampled from the jar the jar has been contaminated. You will need to send it to me.

 

[JShane]

Bottom of the pot unfortunately

 

[kansasdad]

@JShane Four thumbs up from our house.

 

[Mallardsx2]

We picked 5 - 5 gallon buckets of blackberrys on my property this year.

 

[JShane]

I appreciate it @kansasdad. I enjoyed doing this and question why I waited so long to start. Next years berry season is gonna be a busy one. Question for you does freezing fruit to make jelly later in the year affect its flavor?

 

[kansasdad]

For our sandplums, we boil and pulp the fruit within 2 days of harvest, with the fruit being stored on ice or in the frig to retard mold growth on the super ripe fruits. Mrs kansasdad then freezes the pulp in gallon sized ziplock bags for future canning days. She has gone more than a year in this frozen state before canning with no apparent problems.

She does the same for peach jam, and chokecherry jam as well. I sure wish we had chokecherry in Kansas. That is my favorite syrup for pancakes and waffles.

 

[JShane]

I appreciate that heads up. There are still muscadines to be had. I'm gonna pick as many as I can and freeze em for later

 

[JShane]

found some large muscadine grapes today. The ones on the left are what I'd consider normal size grapes. It's feesable the one on the right is an old cultivated variety that grew away from an old homestead but I have no way of proving it.

 

[JShane]

this is what 10 pounds of grapes will get ya. 12 pint jars and 10 half pint jars, with one 4 oz jar.

 

[DouglasR]

2023

 

[Wild Bill]

Looks like its Ramp:30!

 

[DouglasR]

Looks like its Ramp:30!

There’s full fields of them growing out there right now.
I need to find some time of little shovel, spoon or little garden claw thing to carry on my bike to help dig them up.

 

[DouglasR]

Ramp city
Ramp ramp city

 

[BAKPAKR]

Ramps - Forest to Table.

@Hilljackoutlaw and @Hunting Wife, these are for you.

 

[Hunting Wife]

Ramps - Forest to Table.

@Hilljackoutlaw and @Hunting Wife, these are for you.

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So do you slice them up leaves and white parts like green onions, or ? I’m ignorant as to their appropriate usage!

 

[BAKPAKR]

So do you slice them up leaves and white parts like green onions, or ? I’m ignorant as to their appropriate usage!

Fresh or frozen, I use the bulbs and leaves. If I am going to dry them and grind them up for a seasoning, I have started using just the bulbs.

 

[Beignet]

I changed the title of the thread to be non-year specific.

Anyone seeing morels in MT yet? Figure they might be happening with the warm temps we’ve been having.

 

[JShane]

chickasaw plumbs are starting to ripen. Wont be long. Going to pick some of the early ripening fruit tomorrow.

 

[JShane]

had my helper and we went for the really ripe ones.