Stalking the Wild Asparagus

Stalking the Wild Asparagus | John McPhee, Euell Gibbons

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I found this, while full of information, to be dated both in ways of identifying other cultures and in cooking methods. It‘s from 1962 and boiling for hours is his preferred cooking method! I‘m glad I read it, but I think I need photographs and maybe a mentor before I get into foraging. #bookspin @TheAromaofBooks

willaful This is a more recent one, though still 20 years out of date I guess! https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7648502-the-complete-guide-to-edible-wild-pl...
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Lcsmcat @willaful Thanks. Do you forage? 2mo

willaful @Lcsmcat I had both books because I was interested in the idea, but it never really happened. 2mo

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Lcsmcat @willaful Same! I‘ve got some other books and I have some knowledge from childhood (who needs to be told how to recognize blackberries or walnuts?) but haven‘t gone beyond that. 2mo

CSeydel Boiling for hours?!?! 2mo

TheAromaofBooks I quite like this one as it has a lot of color photographs and info. But I definitely recommend trying to find someone in your area who can mentor you a bit, especially on look-alike plants. And like my dad always says, just because it's “edible“ doesn't mean it's “enjoyable“ 😂 But I've wanted to do more foraging ever since I was a kid and read My Side of the Mountain!!

Nature's Garden: A Guide to Identifying, Harvesting, and Preparing Edible Wild Plants

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Lcsmcat @TheAromaofBooks Your father is a wise man. 😀 And I will check out that book. 2mo

TheAromaofBooks The older couple that has helped me a bit with doing some foraging definitely have acquired different tastes than me over the years. But even just the process of it is one of those things that makes you feel connected to generations past. I can remember Grandpa, who grew up very poor in a West Virginian mining town, talking about going out and finding the first “greens“ of the spring - the first fresh produce they had had for months! It's just so⬇ 2mo

TheAromaofBooks (cont'd) interesting to me what we take for granted - like popping into the grocery store and grabbing a head of lettuce any time we want, even in January! 2mo

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