Shawn Highfield wrote to Dave Drum <=-
Never et fiddleheads. Nor been offered them. I've done ramps a time or
They are available by the basket load for a short time each spring here pretty much anywhere there is forest.
My mushrooming days are over. Except for harvesting the puffballs from
the front lawn. Walking is getting to be more and more of a chore for
We have puffballs at the trailer, but we're not sure if they are good
to eat or not. The neighbour was going to show us last spring but she didn't make it through the first wave of covid.
Quoting Dave Drum to Shawn Highfield <=-
My main "pick your own" are the puffballs [and] morels.
The only ones I 100% can identify are the morels
my spring goodies. (morels, ramps, fiddleheads)
Never et fiddleheads.
I've done ramps a time or two
Quoting Shawn Highfield to Dave Drum <=-
They are available by the basket load for a short time each spring
here pretty much anywhere there is forest.
We have puffballs at the trailer, but we're not sure if they are good
to eat or not.
On 05-01-22 17:26, Jim Weller <=-
spoke to Dave Drum about Foraging <=-
my spring goodies. (morels, ramps, fiddleheads)
You can add asparagus to that list!
Never et fiddleheads.
They are delicious and worth seeking out. Think asparagus
crossed with green beans plus a hint of broccoli but more tender.
Ostrich ferns are considered the tastiest of all of them but there
are ten kinds here, all edible, so I never bothered to learn to differentiate between them. Ferns do have traces of a toxic chemical
in them which dissipates with cooking so they should not be eaten
raw. Bracken fern is the worst offender and has been tentatively
linked to an increased rate of stomach cancer in Japan and Korea
where they are eaten in large quantities. But I doubt very much that
a single helping a year does any harm. (Cattle shouldn't graze in
bracken fields though. If they eat enough of it, it can be
poisonous, raw, in very large quantities; it can even taint their
milk.)
There are no ramps or in fact any alliums at all native to the NWT
but I once found a patch of Welsh bunching onions that had escaped somebody's garden and established itself in the bush inside as city
park some distance away. I used to harvest some every spring and
then one year they had totally disappeared.
Dale Shipp wrote to Jim Weller <=-
That is one thing that I can hardily concur with. Our restaurants have recently added asparagus as a side dish to the menus. I get them much
of the time. They have also added corn on the cob, also a favorite of mine. They only serve one half of an ear, sometimes yellow and
sometimes white. At this time of year I'm certain that it is not
locally grown.
Never et fiddleheads.
Nor have I. I've never seen them available on any menu nor at a
store.
bracken fields though. If they eat enough of it, it can be
poisonous, raw, in very large quantities; it can even taint their
milk.)
I recall a TV show in which a cattle rancher had a number of his cattle killed by grazing on clover that a competitor had put into the field.
I would never have thought that would be a problem, but I think they
said that the cows got bloated and died.
JIM WELLER wrote to DAVE DRUM <=-
my spring goodies. (morels, ramps, fiddleheads)
You can add asparagus to that list!
Very young dandelions can be tasty too but turn bitter just as soon
as the flowers begin to blossom. Second cuttings are excessively
bitter too.
On 05-03-22 05:44, Dave Drum <=-
spoke to Dale Shipp about Re: Foraging <=-
I recall a TV show in which a cattle rancher had a number of his cattle killed by grazing on clover that a competitor had put into the field.
I would never have thought that would be a problem, but I think they
said that the cows got bloated and died.
I don't know of *ANY* clover that's poisonous to cattle as a "graze".
But, baled clover that has gone mouldy contains a substance
(dicoumarin) which causes bloat .... and yes, that'a a quite painful
way to go. When I waa on the farm we used mouldy baled hay as erosion deterrent if/when found (not often).
Dale Shipp wrote to Dave Drum <=-
I recall a TV show in which a cattle rancher had a number of his cattle killed by grazing on clover that a competitor had put into the field.
I would never have thought that would be a problem, but I think they
said that the cows got bloated and died.
I don't know of *ANY* clover that's poisonous to cattle as a "graze".
But, baled clover that has gone mouldy contains a substance
(dicoumarin) which causes bloat .... and yes, that'a a quite painful
way to go. When I waa on the farm we used mouldy baled hay as erosion deterrent if/when found (not often).
In the particular story line, it was baled clover dropped from an
airplane that killed the cattle. Nothing was said about it being
mouldy or not. The rancher had the field burned. The next season he
took special inspections to make sure that there was no clover growing.
In any case, it sounds like the writers were taking some degree of liberty with the facts.
JIM WELLER wrote to SHAWN HIGHFIELD <=-
Nobody is harvesting them commercially for sale around here. And my
legs are getting creaky; I don't really want to get my own any
more.
I just posted a lengthy explanation on how to tell if they are really puffballs.
Dave Drum wrote to JIM WELLER <=-
Have you ever seen a wild/foragible asparagus bed? I certanly haven't.
Quoting Dale Shipp to Jim Weller <=-
asparagus
That is one thing that I can hardily concur with. Our restaurants
have recently added asparagus as a side dish to the menus.
corn on the cob ... At this time of year I'm certain that it is
not locally grown.
Never et fiddleheads.
Nor have I. I've never seen them available
I recall a TV show in which a cattle rancher had a number of his
cattle killed by grazing on clover that a competitor had put into the field. I would never have thought that would be a problem, but I think they said that the cows got bloated and died.
There are no ramps or in fact any alliums at all native to the NWT
but I once found a patch of Welsh bunching onions that had escaped somebody's garden and established itself in the bush ...
one year they had totally disappeared.
Perhaps someone did not follow your practice and picked the area
clean?
Quoting Dave Drum to Jim Weller <=-
my spring goodies. (morels, ramps, fiddleheads)
You can add asparagus to that list!
Have you ever seen a wild/foragible asparagus bed? I certanly haven't.
JIM WELLER wrote to DAVE DRUM <=-
Quoting Dave Drum to Jim Weller <=-
my spring goodies. (morels, ramps, fiddleheads)
You can add asparagus to that list!
Have you ever seen a wild/foragible asparagus bed? I certanly haven't.
Yes I have. Two places spring to mind immediately: the ditch across
the road from my parent's house and Florence Thompson's bush lot
near Montreal.
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