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Mungeclimber
Trad climber
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Topic Author's Original Post - Sep 26, 2008 - 02:20am PT
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WARNING - INFORMATION IN THIS THREAD MAY BE WRONG AND COULD KILL YOU. DO YOUR OWN RESEARCH FROM A PROPER GUIDE. THERE ARE NO WARRANTIES IMPLIED OR EXPRESS.
Information in italics from ... http://www.backcountryrangers.com/plants_index.html
What has been your experience with edible plants in the Sierra Nevada?
I learned recently the Chinquapin nut is edible. The autumn ripening nuts can be eaten raw or roasted.
Also that Eldberries are edible... The blue or black berries are edible fresh on in pies, jams or wine. Cooking the berries will stop any nausea related to eating raw berries. The red berries are poisonous! The flowers are steeped as tea of relieve fever symptoms. The inner bark, leaves and roots of all species are strong purgatives.
Gooseberry... edible raw, cooked or dried.
and of course strawberry... The enlarged receptacle or berry is edible. The green leaves may also be used to make tea.
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rwedgee
Ice climber
canyon country,CA
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Sep 26, 2008 - 02:43am PT
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I've found this one to be of great use, although not as plentiful as I'd hope to find it.
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Dr. Rock
Ice climber
http://tinyurl.com/4oa5br
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Sep 26, 2008 - 02:49am PT
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That stock keeps rising, economy or no.
Trade it for steaks and merill mushrooms.
Miner's Lettuce is a good,
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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Sep 26, 2008 - 02:55am PT
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hey there mungeclimber... say.... as to the elderberry... we also fried the blossoms in egg....
thanks for the share...
NOT IN THE WOODLANDS, but still, in some areas, a GREAT outdoor foodsource:
and of course, if you are in texas, you can eat both the pad and the fruit of the "prickly pear" cactus...
not only texas, but--wherever else it is found
NOTE:
dandilions do grow in some woodlands, and are always good, too, but some folks think they are bitter (do NOT eat them where folks SPRAY to kill them off!)
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Mungeclimber
Trad climber
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Topic Author's Reply - Sep 26, 2008 - 03:03am PT
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primarily looking for edible, rather than medicinal...
:)
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Mungeclimber
Trad climber
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Topic Author's Reply - Sep 26, 2008 - 01:36pm PT
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damn 500 bones? tough sell.
trippy stuff, Into the Wild
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snakefoot
climber
cali
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Sep 26, 2008 - 01:41pm PT
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after pullin down near the public san wall years ago, ate a bunch of raw eldberries and was horizontal the rest of day near my car in the C4 lot, feeling near death, nausea and all, funny now
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Dr. Rock
Ice climber
http://tinyurl.com/4oa5br
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Sep 26, 2008 - 03:50pm PT
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Grasshoppers and crickets, do they count?
This way old classic book is cool:
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grover
Social climber
Canada
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Sep 26, 2008 - 07:45pm PT
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False Solomon Seal
Eaten raw, steamed and pickled.
This image is when they are prime fer pickin ya'll.
This is what they look like after.
Beware of similar looking shoots, the pinkish/red covering is the key sign to look for.
Grows up to 8000 feet in the Sierras!
http://www.californiagardens.com/Plant_Pages/smilacina_racemosa.htm
Edit: Taste is similar to asparagus yet way more tender.
Comes out in the spring.
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Dr. Rock
Ice climber
http://tinyurl.com/4oa5br
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Sep 26, 2008 - 09:21pm PT
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Good to know all your Hemlocks, also.
Water Hemlock, this and that, poison like the dickens.
Ruptured.
Geddy Lee.
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nutjob
Stoked OW climber
San Jose, CA
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Sep 26, 2008 - 09:23pm PT
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When a bear ate all my food except a can of tomato paste and half a pack of spaghetti (night 1 of a 4 night trip to Black Kaweah), I picked lichen off the rocks to season it up.
I'm still alive, and we made the summit.
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originalpmac
Trad climber
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Sep 26, 2008 - 11:01pm PT
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dandelion roots are awesome cooked up. threw some in with a large bass I caught years ago in VA. Been eating lots of pinon pine nuts recently in Santa Fe, they are all in season.
Recently heard something from one of our clients at a landscaping job when a few of us were eye balling a funny looking mushroom... "they are all edible once"
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Captain...or Skully
Big Wall climber
Nunya, America
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Sep 26, 2008 - 11:07pm PT
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NutJob, you are the king of foraging, so far, in the skull book.
Make good stuff last. A good strategy.
Oh, BTW, MANY things are actually edible, & if you mix them with things you Know are good, Become main courses.
Dude, you're SO fat.
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Mungeclimber
Trad climber
sorry, just posting out loud.
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Topic Author's Reply - Sep 27, 2008 - 01:31am PT
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LOL!!! oh sh#t, that's too funny Tami.
Personally I use a forest made pulp that is then dried and made into something called a "sheet," the scientific name is Squeezemus Charminicus.
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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Sep 27, 2008 - 03:00am PT
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hey there ... say... puffball season just about finished in michigan... they are very good... and some are very large, some arent--depends when you pick them, or not.. if they are over ripe, though, they get mushy...
(when these are past eating stage, you can step-on or pop them, and then black smoke seems to puff out---it is the old spores being set free...
they are similar to mushroom texture, though more like a sponge-cake feel to them....
very hard to explain taste... but not strong... fun to eat and cook with ....
http://www.wildmanstevebrill.com/Mushrooms.Folder/Giant%20Puffball.html
*great to see the cactus pads and tuna up there in that picutre!, you can not only cut up the pad for NOPALES (eat plain, or mix into beans).. but you can also slice them open and stuff them with cheese and fry them... the tuna-fruit is great with lime juice... :)
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Karl Baba
Trad climber
Yosemite, Ca
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Sep 27, 2008 - 04:12am PT
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Great thread. Thanks
There are a lot of Wild Onions around Yosemite that can go in your backpacking dinners (but sorry, don't have images)
Peace
Karl
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cliffhanger
Trad climber
California
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Sep 27, 2008 - 02:05pm PT
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The tender shoots of grass sprouting up after the snow melts are packed with excellent nutrition. Chew the grass, suck out the juice and spit out the fiber. Sample the different grasses to find the best flavor.
Norman Weeden's book on the sierra flora is good. My copy is titled A Survival Handbook to the Sierra Flora but the new edition is called A Sierra Nevada Flora.
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Dr. Rock
Ice climber
http://tinyurl.com/4oa5br
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Sep 27, 2008 - 09:19pm PT
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Cool on the book.
Not for eating, but if you forget your insect spray, you can use Bay Leaves if you can find them.
Put them in your socks for ticks.
Put them in your shirt collar for mosquitos.
Make an organic flea collar for your pet.
Camping Happiness:
Bug Control
Food.
If I can have a steak in a lawn chair without being bit to death, the rest is moot.
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Michelle
Trad climber
El Frickin' Paso
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Sep 28, 2008 - 04:59am PT
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I used to go berserk in humboldt mushroom hunting, especially chantrelles and last season I found a couple of prime morel spots around the pinecrest elevation (nope, not gonna say where either!). Don't forget about blackberries which are crazy abundant on the way to Cherry Lake.
Not edible and super poisonous is that really pretty white flower, jimsonweed (datura stramonium).
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