A delicious find that goes great with red meat and red wine.
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Wild Edible Mushroom – Chanterelle (Cantharellus cibarius)
Little edible, yellow-golden treasures that litter the forest floor.
Spiny Puffball Mushroom (A Wolf Fart) – Wild Edibles
This past fall, I was walking to one of my favorite deer stands in North Louisiana with longbow in hand, and a quiver bristling with arrows. In my mind, I planned a meal of fresh venison back at the camp… Read More ›
Wild Onion/Garlic Update
In my article Wild Edibles – Wild Onion or Wild Garlic (Allium), I showed some pictures of the plant that my three kids & I found while we were out and about during the cooler part of the Spring. At… Read More ›
Wild Lettuce (Lactuca canadensis) – Wild Edible Plants
Wild Lettuce is not what you think! This ain’t your grandmammy’s salad lettuce. Wild Lettuce is also known as Yellow Lettuce, or Lettuce Opium! The latter is a reference to this plant’s ability to produce a milky substance from a… Read More ›
Curly Dock (Rumex crispus) – Wild Edible
A relative of buckwheat (the plant not the rascal), Curly Dock (Rumex crispus) is an easy to identify wild edible that occurs across most of the United States. I see it here in South Louisiana often in the late winter… Read More ›
Foraging for Wild Edible Plants
So why would someone want to eat something that they found growing in the wild?
Sauteed Greenbriar (Catbriar, Bullbriar) – Smilax
This is a chance to get back at a plant that most of the time, gets the better of us. Greenbriar (Smilax)! If you’ve spent any time outdoors, then you’ve had this plant tangle you up, and tear at your… Read More ›
Greenbriar (Smilax) – Wild Edible Plants
I was heading to a favorite spot in search of river cane to cut to use as arrows for next year’s hunting season. In order to get to my favorite patch of river cane, I have to endure an area… Read More ›
Cattails (Typha) – Wild Edibles Plants
If you come across this plant, then you can have shelter, fire, and food.
Wood Sorrel (Oxalis) – Wild Edible Plants
It looks similar to clover, but as you’ll see they are quite different. These tart little darlings are known as Wood Sorrel (a.k.a woodsorrel, wood-sorrel, sourgrass, shamrock, and many more), scientific name, Oxalis. It gets its name from the oxalic… Read More ›
Dandelion (Taraxacum) – Wild Edible Plants
If you’ve spent any time outside, then you can identify this wild edible. Dandelion is the Godfather of wild edibles.
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