Foraged Food Thread

[JShane]

not exactly foraged but some products if the garden.

 

[Straight Arrow]

Morels have been neither large nor plentiful along the river this May, but I found a few in an area where dried grass had been burned off.

 

[buckbull]

I found 53 on the last weekend in April.

 

[Beignet]

We found a few small ones yesterday on south facing slopes in the pouring rain. Probably just a little too early and a little too high. Might check another spot tomorrow to see what the sun can eke out of the weekend’s moisture.

 

[brymoore]

Picked about three dozen morels today. It’s a little early yet.

 

[Big Sky Guy]

We ended up with about 45-50 gallons between 4 of us over the long weekend. Not as good of a year as last year but still worth the trek. Found a couple burned sheds too.

 

[Big Sky Guy]

Been picking quite a bit of asparagus along the canal that runs through our place.

 

[Gerald Martin]

I found a nice batch of oyster mushrooms while bear hunting this past weekend. A nice angel hair pasta with the mushrooms, bacon, red bell pepper, garlic and Alfredo sauce was delicious.

 

[kansasdad]

Sandplums!!

Perhaps 80% of the area bushes were devoid of fruit. Next week there will be more ripe fruit for the picking. We did well today


Just the first few buckets into the cooler.





Some of the bounty drying after rinsing.

The bigger/lighter colored ones on the left came off of one clump we found roadside. Noticeably larger and less red when ripe. It was important that we find some roadside as Mrs kansasdad is in a walking boot with a Joél Embid style fifth metatarsal bone fracture.

 

[JShane]

Sandplums!!

Perhaps 80% of the area bushes were devoid of fruit. Next week there will be more ripe fruit for the picking. We did well today
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Just the first few buckets into the cooler.

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Some of the bounty drying after rinsing.

The bigger/lighter colored ones on the left came off of one clump we found roadside. Noticeably larger and less red when ripe. It was important that we find some roadside as Mrs kansasdad is in a walking boot with a Joél Embid style fifth metatarsal bone fracture.

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Jelly forth coming

 

[JShane]

found this.did this. made these. Time for some biscuits.

 

[Hunting Wife]

Chicken of the woods, bolete, and lobster mushrooms from this week. Also managed to find a few elderberries and huckleberries.

 

[mevertsen]

Elderberry. Picked yesterday while taking a break deer hunting. Jelly today.

 

[buckbull]

Chicken of the woods

 

[RobG]

Yesterday’s king bolete

 

[Pucky Freak]

No luck on ramps or grey morels, but there’s more henbit that I could pick in a lifetime.

 

[Gellar]

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No luck on ramps or grey morels, but there’s more henbit that I could pick in a lifetime.

Never heard of it. How do you prepare it?

 

[Pucky Freak]

You probably already know it and just call it by another name.

You can add the leaves to salad, or substitute for half of the basil in pesto. It’s very mild. The stems are bitter. The tiny flowers are sweet like honeysuckle. My kids just pick and eat the flowers.

It’s a non-native early spring ephemeral that can cover entire row crop fields. It will be up your way in about a week. Once the corn shoots start popping up it has already withered away.

 

[buckbull]

Didnt find many morels this spring. Found these three last weekend, found 4 this weekend.

 

[Dave N]

You probably already know it and just call it by another name.

You can add the leaves to salad, or substitute for half of the basil in pesto. It’s very mild. The stems are bitter. The tiny flowers are sweet like honeysuckle. My kids just pick and eat the flowers.

It’s a non-native early spring ephemeral that can cover entire row crop fields. It will be up your way in about a week. Once the corn shoots start popping up it has already withered away.
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It's all over around here. Never knew about eating it.