Well come on lets go,,, you gotta keep up now! This is Sigrunds last night here, they all leave tomorrow and she wanted to go out tonight and just watch the midnight sun. Well we ended up taking pics, and tasting and see what will be ripe soon... Here we go, ohh don't forget the sunglasses,, its a requirement for midnight foraging. Viking cabbage Norwegian Gold,,,the Cloudberry flower soon to be the berry Meadowsweet or what is called Mjødrot,, makes a very sweet tea some buttercups, but its the other plant i want you to see,, the long one, if you eat the stem between the flower and leaves,, its tastes like sweet and sour candy Angelica has stalled,, it will take off real soon then more candy is in store,,, also the leaves make a good cabbage tasting side dish Danish Cherval,, tastes like anis but a little sweeter,, we munch on the stems to the leaves,, tastes like licorice kind of. And the blueberries are getting there. I had pics of chickweed and tyttebær, like a cranberry, that is in flower now, but they didn't take so i have to retake those pics,,,, but ohhh there is so much more out there to show,,,,, and eat!!
Great pics, and so many interesting things to much on in your hedgerows. I love food for free and always take advantage when I can. As for your midnight sun, well that is wonderful - it is just passed midnight here, and dark as dark can be!
Well ...take another forage then! heh heh heh. We want to see and learn MORE. These fotos and explanations were really good. You guys eat things that I've never heard of....but it's really fun to learn. Thanks for your worthy posting.
Thanks all,, its after 1 in the morning here so the foraging will have to wait for tomorrow,,lol. I'm tired. And Sjoerd, i haven't even begun yet with whats out there,,,lol... I never go hungry!
I enjoyed that forage even if I had to go back to the house for my sunglasses. You're a great teacher Biita and I enjoyed nibbling on everything and finding new flavours to savour. I look forward to our next forage and learning more about the plants that you find.
Wow the things that we learn from you. It's better than a history class. That midnight sun is beautiful. Waiting to learn more about foraging. And some of the things you eat seem so strange to me/us, but that probably goes both ways!
Thanks for the forage tour as you have so much edible plants .I'm sure we have lots here too.I just don't know all of them.We have what my mom called sour dock and pepper dock.I know she cooked pepper dock and we chewed on both.Wish I knew more besides dandelions and polk weed.I will be waiting for the next forage.I sure enjoyed this midnight one.
Thanks all, infact i was going to go out today and start looking for nettles, but it looks like we are having a wind storm. I just had to move any plants that were in pots and up high to the ground..everything is being tossed around. Maybe it will die down sometime today, and i can go out, with out ending up on the next island!
Mmm, I need to go nibble something. The cherval is growing wild near the stables, and I often pinch a leaf off and chew as I go. The same with the sour "grass".
I wouldn't dare start eating off the land around here, way too many chemicals used. I would love to go on a forage with you to learn about all these plants. These plants that you nibble on for taste, especially the sweet ones, that would be like having a candy but without the calories wouldn't it?
ooohhh how pretty...ya flowers are are pretty ! i like the 2nd photo and thats ediable ? never seen those .
The midnight sun is so wonderful Biita. And I have to agree about the history lessions. I always learn something from your posts. I wish we had as much to eat in our wild, and maybe we do, but I'd never know what was good and what was poison. Thanks for sharing. Looking forward to the next forage.
Well with the internet now, you can find out what is ediable in your area and what is not. Also what is poisonous. Alot of what i have learned about up here is from the old folks,, they are a fountain of knowledge the internet can't compete with. when they show me or tell me of some plants that are around,, i always ask, can you eat it? they tell me yes, but no taste,, or no, its bird food, or yes and tastes good... so i try. then i always ask does it do anything for the body,,,they tell me, then i use the internet to do my own research. draw my own conclusions, and decide if its worth it or not to hunt it down.
