Food Foraging?

[Gigi]

I belong to a foraging group in my area on Facebook. It's wonderful. I've foraged mushrooms, greens, flowers and berries. They will post pictures and descriptions so you can identify the edibles and let you know best locations to find them. I'm hoping to find & join different groups as I travel to find local yummies! I've foraged mushrooms, greens, flowers and berries and even some awesome herbs for teas and medicinal properties. Can't wait to visit my home state of Wyoming where sage is abundant for burning and cleansing! You might want to try facebook groups in your area. Happy foraging!

Gigi

 

[Konaexpress]

If you have that much sage, could you dry and sell it on eBay? Won't get rich but.......

John

 

[Gary68]

foraging through the forest really doesn't work thats why we humans grow gardens/farms,is you stop by a good sized one and ask to barter/work for their garden overflow they are usually more than happy to load you up with all the zucchini,squash and cucumbers you can take and if you mow some grass or wash some windows you might get a dozen or two of eggs

fishing/hunting out of state licenses are usually so high priced it is not worth it

the pacific ocean is a smorgasbord of tasty goodies

 

[Konaexpress]

LOL! Tell that to the animals and the Indians. Good point about gardens though, ill pay someone to pull my weeds! Love the Pacific Ocean!

John

 

[GotSmart]

I need to get back in my natural habitat, a van

Foraging in the fridge is making me gain weigh

Here is a tumbleweed ranch in CA.

 

[SoulRaven]

While out of state fishing licenses are high priced, and possibly don't make good economical sense, my taste buds appreciate fresh caught fish and seafood, so that makes it worth it to me.

 

[Binxie]

I read online about a couple that traveled and ate roadkill. They went into detail about how to identify what was good like if they were hit only in the head, how to feel for residual body heat, blood coagulation, etc. They ate lots of raccoons and squirrels. I didn't see any recipes for German Shepherd Pie or Gopher Puffs, but I would give it a go if I were hungry enough.

I just ate my first roadkill the night before last, a rabbit. I wrapped the meat up in foil with spices, potato, and onions, then baked it in my RoadPro Stove for about 3.5 hours. Pretty good. Tasted somewhere between chicken and turkey.

I've been wanting to forage for more of my food, and roadkill is part of my plan. Logistically, it's one of the easiest parts. Psychologically, it took some time to overcome the taboo in my head.

 

[highdesertranger]

interesting. how hot will that oven get the meat? in some areas of the country it's not wise to eat rabbit during certain times of the year, or so I have been told. one other point any game animal is subject to the game laws, if a rabbit is a game animal in your area and you are caught with one, they better be in season and you better have a hunting license. highdesertranger

 

[VJG1977]

interesting.  how hot will that oven get the meat?  in some areas of the country it's not wise to eat rabbit during certain times of the year,  or so I have been told.  one other point any game animal is subject to the game laws,  if a rabbit is a game animal in your area and you are caught with one,  they better be in season and you better have a hunting license.   highdesertranger

In Tennessee the roadkill law applies.

» ROADKILL LAW

TCA 70-4-115 allows that, except for non-game and federally protected wildlife species, wild game animals accidentally killed by a motor vehicle may be possessed for personal use and consumption. However, possession of a deer killed by a motor vehicle is permitted only if the person notifies the TWRA or any law enforcement officer and supplies his/her name within 48 hours. A bear killed by a motor vehicle may be possessed only upon the issuance of a receipt from the TWRA.

 

[Optimistic Paranoid]

This would be a great time to forage anywhere there was an Easter Egg hunt and see if you can find any eggs the kids missed . . .

Regards
John

 

[ZoNiE]

I read online about a couple that traveled and ate roadkill. They went into detail about how to identify what was good like if they were hit only in the head, how to feel for residual body heat, blood coagulation, etc. They ate lots of raccoons and squirrels. I didn't see any recipes for German Shepherd Pie or Gopher Puffs, but I would give it a go if I were hungry enough.

Gopher Puffs and GSD Pie... Funny.

This would be a great time to forage anywhere there was an Easter Egg hunt and see if you can find any eggs the kids missed . . .

Regards
John

Today that would include money... Yeah. They put cash in the eggs now...

We used to be in a business park that also included one of those expensive fruit and veggi drink distributors (Odwalla?). They would toss crates of the stuff every night most of it was still in the date code but would expire before they returned to the retailer on the route so it was pulled early. We had a fridge full of the stuff. Super Food was one of them. Good stuff. Getting over the stigma of taking it out of the dumpster was the hardest part.

They eventually stopped this when they saw everyone in the complex foraging for the stuff, which is sad, as we would usually take a few crates of it to the homeless shelter down the street. They wouldn't even to that!

 

[billybob200138]

interesting.  how hot will that oven get the meat?  in some areas of the country it's not wise to eat rabbit during certain times of the year,  or so I have been told.  one other point any game animal is subject to the game laws,  if a rabbit is a game animal in your area and you are caught with one,  they better be in season and you better have a hunting license.   highdesertranger

Here in Kentucky if you kill a rabbit out of season before the first frost he might have wolves, a big fat worm in him. As for foraging there's a mushroom here called Dry land fish because the way you prepare it.Dip in cornmeal and fry it. Called Merrill mushooms other places.     HoboJoe

 

[VJG1977]

When I worked in and managed convenience stores, we would write off everything in the deli section at midnight.  It would all get bagged up and thrown away.  When I was working that shift I would take it all home.  Some nights there would be enough to eat on for three days.  Fried chicken, potato wedges, sandwiches, hot dogs…  If a regular customer was in the store I’d split it with them.

 

[GotSmart]

Here in Kentucky if you kill a rabbit out of season before the first frost he might have wolves, a big fat worm in him. As for foraging there's a mushroom here called Dry land fish because the way you prepare it.Dip in cornmeal and fry it. Called Merrill mushooms other places.     HoboJoe

In CA we had death cap mushrooms.  They look kind of like shiitake, but can kill you.

 

[LeeRevell]

Here in Kentucky if you kill a rabbit out of season before the first frost he might have wolves, a big fat worm in him. As for foraging there's a mushroom here called Dry land fish because the way you prepare it.Dip in cornmeal and fry it. Called Merrill mushooms other places.     HoboJoe

Woohoo!  Bonus protein!! 
I have partaken of venison from a fresh 'road kill'.  "Killed and grilled" as we watched.  Auto driver didn't want the meat.

 

[billybob200138]

Reminds me. I was in the Army at Ft Campbell and the 3/4 truck driver hit a deer. Man it was good. Oh, Talking about foraging and mention I g Easter eggs. See in the news where Pez candies was having an Easter Egg hunt and had to stop it because of the parents??????? For gosh sakes children......HoboJoe

 

[Binxie]

interesting.  how hot will that oven get the meat?  in some areas of the country it's not wise to eat rabbit during certain times of the year,  or so I have been told.  one other point any game animal is subject to the game laws,  if a rabbit is a game animal in your area and you are caught with one,  they better be in season and you better have a hunting license.   highdesertranger

The oven gets to 300 F. According to my reading, summer is the time to be careful with rabbits, and it's still winter, more or less, in Colorado, where I am now. The meat was well cooked (and falling off the bone) when I was done.

The roadkill law in Colorado is that you have to call the local game warden and get him/her to come out, see that it's a genuine roadkill, then give you a tag. This only applies to game animals, I believe. I screwed up and butchered the rabbit and started it cooking, THEN called the warden. But he didn't give me a hard time, just asked me some questions and decided I was on the level. I'll do right in future. ... The roadkill laws are similar in most states.