tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5301855515376548538.post1992127342662885291..comments2023-04-08T09:50:15.676-04:00Comments on MoonRaven's Social Alchemy Blog: Survival Resources 4: ForagingMoonRavenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03010194761440202586noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5301855515376548538.post-26477102435819013312011-01-16T10:49:09.851-05:002011-01-16T10:49:09.851-05:00That's absolutely true--I sure hope it doesn&#...That's absolutely true--I sure hope it doesn't come to that. I suspect that only a few places will have that need at any time. As you say, a continental mass foraging would get very nasty<br /><br />Thanks for the comment, Jerry.MoonRavenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03010194761440202586noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5301855515376548538.post-20183752795261719822011-01-15T21:19:14.735-05:002011-01-15T21:19:14.735-05:00Hear hear on learning from each other.
Glad to se...Hear hear on learning from each other.<br /><br />Glad to see this survival thread, but at the same time...can you imagine 350 million humans all out trying to forage in North America? Gosh that first year would be nasty...Jerryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10354640729644229842noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5301855515376548538.post-32585411200828165992011-01-13T07:57:34.846-05:002011-01-13T07:57:34.846-05:00Absolutely true. We need to learn from each other...Absolutely true. We need to learn from each other.<br /><br />Thanks for the comment.MoonRavenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03010194761440202586noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5301855515376548538.post-76027460441409799762011-01-11T17:05:22.783-05:002011-01-11T17:05:22.783-05:00I do recommend taking nature walks with knowledgab...I do recommend taking nature walks with knowledgable folks, because I never could identify plants from illustrations or pix. It's not easy. When I lived in NYC, I took a nature walk tour thru Central Park with a guide who showed us how to forage and what to beware of. It was so useful. I hope these tours spring up all over, we may need to know and sooner than we think.Austanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05568578637922817033noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5301855515376548538.post-86631337729323266052011-01-11T08:08:54.017-05:002011-01-11T08:08:54.017-05:00Thanks for the comment. It's good to know tha...Thanks for the comment. It's good to know that a weed that is as invasive as knotweed can be used to create delicious foods.MoonRavenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03010194761440202586noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5301855515376548538.post-28827188327660133962011-01-11T05:59:50.978-05:002011-01-11T05:59:50.978-05:00Hi Great post!
It's amazing what you can eat....Hi Great post!<br /><br />It's amazing what you can eat. Japanese knotweed in my experience in delicious. <br /><br />I've made tons of recipes and thought i'd share the one below as its my favourite..<br /><br />Knotweed crumble:<br /><br />500g young knotweed shoots, including leafy “spears”, lower sections peeled, sliced into 8cm pieces<br />50ml water<br />100g caster sugar<br />200g plain flour, sifted<br />100g cold butter, cubed<br />125g brown sugar<br /><br />Place knotweed pieces into a 1.5l oven-proof dish. Pour over the water and sprinkle with the caster sugar.<br /><br />To make the crumble, blend together the cold butter cubes, brown sugar and flour until it makes an evenly granular mixture. Spoon this over the top of the knotweed pieces so that it is completely covered.<br /><br />Place the dish in an oven at 180 Celsius and cook for 30mins.<br /><br />Serve with cream, custard or ice-cream.<br /><br />Although if hunting for suvivial, crumble may be the last thing on your mind!<br /><br />ThanksJapanese knotweedhttp://phlorum.com/japanese-knotweed.htmlnoreply@blogger.com