| There are a number of reasons you might
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| | simply eaten as is.Be sure of what it is
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| want to use wild plants as food.Wild
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| | that you are going to eat and be sure
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| plants have some unique flavors that can
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| | that it is edible. Consult a good
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| be among your enjoyed favorites.
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| | reference book. If possible have someone
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| Watercress with something sweet such as
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| | who is familiar with a particular plant
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| pancake syrup in a peanut butter sandwich
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| | point it out to you. Most photographs are
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| is one I particularly enjoy. Dandelion
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| | not of high enough quality to be relied
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| greens pesto mixed with spaghetti sauce
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| | upon to positively identify a wild
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| is another.Since the taste of many wild
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| | plant.Some edible plants have poisonous
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| edible plants is so different from the
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| | look-alikes. Some plants have edible
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| usual cultivated vegetables, you likely
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| | parts and have poisonous parts. Some
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| will at first not accept some of them as
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| | plant parts are edible only after being
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| a delicious flavorful food. Just about
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| | prepared in a particular way. It is
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| any food flavor other than sweet, salty,
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| | common that a small quantity of a plant
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| starchy, and fat are, I suppose, acquired
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| | can be eaten without problems but if you
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| tastes. It takes time for your mind to
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| | eat too much your digestive system will
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| recognize an unfamiliar flavor as a
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| | protest forcefully.There's about 6 or 8
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| 'tried and true' favorite. Introduce a
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| | disaster scenarios that I can think of
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| wild food into your diet by eating a
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| | that seem likely to happen at some time.
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| small amount when you are most hungry.
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| | Most of them seem unlikely to happen in
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| Repeatedly doing so can make the new food
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| | my lifetime. But you never know. Isn't it
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| one that you especially enjoy.The amount
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| | prudent to be prepared, at least to some
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| of vitamins, minerals and other nutrients
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| | extent, in the event the normal food
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| in wild food, according to many sources,
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| | supply is interrupted. Examples of
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| is on the average, greater in wild foods.
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| | disasters that seem likely to happen are
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| Domesticated vegetables have been
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| | an asteroid hitting the earth, a massive
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| selectively bred for looks, production
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| | nuclear war, a global epidemic, and the
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| quantity, taste, length of storage and
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| | failure of one or two major crops such as
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| other qualities other than nutrition.The
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| | corn and wheat due to a widespread
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| fruits and vegetables sold in the
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| | disease or climate change.The gathering
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| supermarket have been chemically
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| | of wild foods is interesting and
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| fertilized; exposed to herbicides,
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| | enjoyable. Foraging for a favorite or new
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| pesticides, fungicides, and a variety of
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| | addition to your menu may take you
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| other chemicals; and they may have been
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| | through woods, through open fields and
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| genetically modified and/or irradiated.
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| | meadows and other places of beauty. It is
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| The safety of eating such produce is of
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| | a great way to get out into the natural
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| concern to many people. Wild foods for
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| | world and enjoy its complexity and
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| the most part, avoid those concerns. If
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| | majesty. It adds to the perception that
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| you do gather wild foods avoid taking
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| | the world is a good place that is to be
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| them from along roadsides, lawns that
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| | enjoyed. It is emotionally pleasing to
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| have been treated with chemicals or any
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| | find something that seems free and of
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| other areas that may have been
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| | exceptional value.Making use of natural
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| treated.There is the possibility that
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| | foods gives you greater awareness of the
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| supermarket food can be contaminated with
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| | inter-relatedness of living things to
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| pathogens. Dozens of diseases can be
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| | each other and to the environment. That
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| spread by an infected person handling
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| | greater awareness helps us more
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| food anywhere from the time it is
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| | appreciate the weather and climate, the
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| harvested until it is put into your
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| | abundance of nature, agriculture and the
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| grocery bag. Plants growing in the wild
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| | food supply, and the importance of
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| are untouched by human hands.Wild plants
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| | protecting those things.If you are
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| can be prepared in many ways. Greens can
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| | interested in a few detailed recipes and
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| be put through a food processor or
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| | a couple of other general preparation
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| blender to make pesto. Add just enough
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| | methods see more information on wild
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| oil and/or water to let the mixture
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| | edible plants and recipes see Foraging
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| process well. The pesto can then be
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| | the Edible Wild, a list of links to more
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| easily mixed with other ingredients such
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| | informaion see
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| as peanut butter, tomato sauce, or syrup
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| | dmoz.org/Recreation/Outdoors/Wildlife
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| for flavoring. Some greens such as
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| | Plants/Edible/For a few books on wild
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| lambsquarters, chickweed and purslane can
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| | edible plants see theforagerpress.com
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| be used anyway spinach is prepared.
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| | bookstore/plantguides.htmAlan Detwiler
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| Strong or bitter tasting greens can be
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| | started the web site Leisureideas.
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| boiled changing the water once or twice
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| | Visitors to the site are encouraged to
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| to reduce bitterness. This is sometimes
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| | use imagination and whatever happens to
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| done with dandelion leaves. Then other
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| | be available to discover new ways to
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| ingredients can be added for flavoring
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| | enjoy themselves.Alan writes books on how
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| and texture.Wild fruit can simply be
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| | to pursue playfulness and a sense of
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| mixed with nuts or seeds such as
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| | wonder. His books are available in
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| sunflower seeds or almonds.Some plants
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| | digital format and can be purchased and
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| such as cattail tuber shoots and burdock
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| | downloaded on the eBookMall web site. Go
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| root can be boiled to increase tenderness
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| | to Then do a search for Detwiler.
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| or to reduce strong flavors and then
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