Food from the forest .

[jersey]

only a few ramps in the back yard.

 

[ticndig]

Morels are all that I feel confident in picking for my consumption. A few more weeks here, and they’ll be popping. A lady friend picks oyster mushrooms. They are delicious, but I can’t identify them well enough.

lions mane is a safe one , nothing else looks like it . these get huge too , I picked one a couple of years ago the size of a soccer ball .

 

[ticndig]

this little guy was laying next to my garden gate , still very wobbly on his feet , this is part of my forest food bank

and the rabbits are everywhere.

 

[tamrock]

As I ride my bike around, I see gooseberries, choke cherries, wild asparagus, wild raspberries and such. There are some edible mushrooms in the state, which I've eaten and living in the mountains I would harvest the piñon nuts, which if I didn't bring some to work underground in the mine to munch on somebody seemed to have some to share. We have many of these Eurasian doves around now which is an ever increasing evasive species with no bag limit. I've checked out some recipes online on how to cook those squabby buggers up.

Must-Try Dove Recipes - Colorado Outdoors Online

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I think when I retire I'm gonna be a hunter-gather, as one of my hobbies.

 

[tamrock]

this little guy was laying next to my garden gate , still very wobbly on his feet , this is part of my forest food bank View attachment 2086037 and the rabbits are everywhere. View attachment 2086038

I got a lot of cottontails around here.

 

[Blackfoot58]

We have mulberries, black raspberries, morels, yellow sorrel, black walnuts, deer, rabbits and squirrels. Pretty hard to starve.

 

[ticndig]

Chicken of the woods is popping in central Va . I found one at the base of an oak stump on Sunday and fried it up . it was the best tasting thing I had all week. ate a few blackberries today and scouting out the paw paws.

 

[scruggs]

I love the wild muscadines, blackberries, hickory nuts and walnuts!

 

[ticndig]

today while in the forest I found a mushroom called Black Staining Polypore . very good eating deep fried .

 

[Blackfoot58]

today while in the forest I found a mushroom called Black Staining Polypore . very good eating deep fried . View attachment 2093225

The name certainly isn’t appetizing. It must be like Smucker’s jam: “with a name like that, it has to be good.”

 

[pepperj]

Love the free, clean, foods that nature provides.

 

[ticndig]

today's forest harvest was a pint of chokecherries and this very nice chicken of the woods.

 

[Blackfoot58]

today's forest harvest was a pint of chokecherries and this View attachment 2097542 very nice chicken of the woods.

That is a nice one! 🌳🌳🌳🐓🌳🌳🌳

 

[ticndig]

thanks , they're popping in central Va .

 

[cajundetector]

With all the rain we've had this summer the mushrooms are doing very well in my forest.
I went out today and picked some Black Trumpets ,many small ones to be picked in the days to come. View attachment 1859071
way better than bland store bought Mushrooms.

Do any of you forage for wild edibles ? it's a great hobby to go along with relic hunting frim

in south La, however I can tell you

With all the rain we've had this summer the mushrooms are doing very well in my forest.
I went out today and picked some Black Trumpets ,many small ones to be picked in the days to come. View attachment 1859071
way better than bland store bought Mushrooms.

Do any of you forage for wild edibles ? it's a great hobby to go along with relic hunting .

Never considered that tic. I know that mushrooms grow like crazy in south La, just don’t know what kind. I know one thing, I cooked in restaurants for a good part of my life, and this one I remember a duck dish that incorporated trumpets. They were not cheap. Thanks for the idea.