How To Forage For Wild Edible Plants
- November 12, 2008
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Writer
William_Kim
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Director
Kevin Veselka
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Voice Over Artist
Peter Coleman
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Music
Jonathan Roberts
- Actor ("Forager"), Production Asst. Warren Bohlin
- Actor ("Fellow Forager"), Production Asst. Mike Emerson
- Production Asst. Chris Bohlin
- Production Asst. Zach Lawhead
There are probably wild plants growing in your own backyard—or at least in a nearby public park—just waiting to become a free, tasty meal. Just make sure they’re actually edible.
You Will Need
- Patience
- A plant reference book
- Daring
Ingesting unknown vegetation is always dangerous. If you have any doubt about something, don’t eat it.
Step 1: Educate yourself
Learn about the plants that grow wild in your area and are edible. Your local Horticultural Society or librarian can help you.
Step 2: Locate foraging areas
Locate areas with natural plant life. Even large cities often have parks where edible wild plants can be foraged.
To avoid pesticides, don’t forage near railroad tracks or power line rights-of-way.
Step 3: Bring a book
Bring an illustrated plant reference book with you to help identify plants and determine whether they are safe to eat.
Step 4: Know the edible parts
Make sure you know which part of a plant is edible. Sometimes the roots are edible but the leaves are not, and vice versa.
Step 5: Know what to avoid
Do not eat unknown plants that have a milky sap or a sap that turns black when exposed to air; are mushroom-like; resemble onions, garlic, parsley, parsnip, or dill; or have carrot-like leaves, roots, or tubers.
Follow this rule when foraging for mushrooms: If it ain’t hollow, don’t swallow; if it’s wavy, don’t make gravy; if it’s reddish, you could be deadish.
Step 6: Wash before eating
Wash foraged food before eating it, especially anything picked lower than waist high.
Step 7: Don’t be greedy
Don’t be greedy: Don’t pick every single berry, nut, or plant from an area—leave some for your fellow foragers!
Out of 85,556 questionable mushroom ingestions reported to the American Association of Poison Control Centers in an 11-year period, only 14 resulted in fatalities.
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Comments (6)
A very well done video!
over 3 years ago by theprohouse
One of the most cinematic-looking EFP spots I've ever seen!
over 3 years ago by fembot3000
Thanks!
over 3 years ago by kevinveselka
It's so pretty there...makes me want to go on a hike right now!
over 3 years ago by HeatherMenicucci
Useful for my next camping trip!
over 3 years ago by sanjay_122
People that ";hunt"; for mushrooms can be pretty, hmmm, dedicated from what I understand!
over 2 years ago by ekarff
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