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[itsasmallfarm]

talking about wild edibles i want to try and eat cat tails. they say there pretty tasty

 

[lazy gardener]

They have a kind of cucumbery taste. Be sure you harvest them from an area where the water is clean. When you prepare them, they are peeled, so there should be no contamination other than chemical. I've done the new shoots. but, am told that the immature seed heads are edible as are the roots.

 

[pennyJo1960]

guess not all seem real edible to me but learn something every day

 

[itsasmallfarm]

They have a kind of cucumbery taste. Be sure you harvest them from an area where the water is clean. When you prepare them, they are peeled, so there should be no contamination other than chemical. I've done the new shoots. but, am told that the immature seed heads are edible as are the roots.

my grandparents have a farm in the middle of now where, and it floods most years into a marsh/swamp, hoping that its a good spot for harvesting cattails, (its in the prairies), but its full of muskrats and ducks when its wet.

 

[pennyJo1960]

Funny about different parts of the country that happens here the
environmentalists scream wetlands and won't let you build or use it

 

[1cock2hens]

I want to try fiddleheads greens this year. if i like them i have more then i could possibly eat. I was thinking it would be fun to pickle them even if i didnt like them as an experiment. might like them pickled.

 

[lazy gardener]

Fiddle heads are absolutely awesome. Truly Manna from heaven.

 

[HoopyFrood]

I want to try fiddleheads greens this year. if i like them i have more then i could possibly eat. I was thinking it would be fun to pickle them even if i didnt like them as an experiment. might like them pickled.

If you like asparagus you'll dig fiddleheads! My favorite way to prepare them (and about 90% of other veggies) is to just toss them with olive oil, fresh cracked black pepper, and a little salt. Put them in a single layer of a baking sheet/dish and roast 'em. Heavenly...

 

[pennyJo1960]

If you like asparagus you'll dig fiddleheads! My favorite way to prepare them (and about 90% of other veggies) is to just toss them with olive oil, fresh cracked black pepper, and a little salt. Put them in a single layer of a baking sheet/dish and roast 'em. Heavenly...

perfect way to keep most the nutrients, I also will lightly steam veggies then pepper and oil

 

[HoopyFrood]

perfect way to keep most the nutrients, I also will lightly steam veggies then pepper and oil

Even healthier! I'm definitely going to be steaming more veggies this season.

A well-know resilience gardener from Maine does exactly like you, but (as a strict vegan) sometimes he'll replace the oil with fresh ground oilseed meal (say from flax or confectionery sunflower seeds) ground in his Corona mill - used as a replacement for butter on steamed veggies. I'm hoping to get a good crop of sunflowers this year - if I do I'm going to try that, too!