[Sca-cooks] edible plants at Pennsic

[Stefan li Rous]

Sharon commented:
> In thinking over the Pennsic site, it seems to me that there
> are dandelions there.  What about blackberries, raspberries, asparagus,
> roses, violets, angelica, carrots, clover, elderberries, cress, garlic,
> dill, onions, daylilies, honeysuckle, mint, ramps, lettuce, oats, 
> mustard,
> turnips, parsnip, dianthus, strawberries, purslane, pokeweed, yarrow,
> sunflowers, sorrel, fruit trees, willows?
You've seen all of these at Pennsic? Or perhaps you see the site other 
than in just August?

Still, Wow. Lots of possibilities in that list. I'm not sure where you 
would use honeysuckle in cooking though. Or the willow (as a food, 
anyway) or the daylilies.

I think I've heard of folks doing "woods walks" at Pennsic before. But 
I had a lot of trouble identifying edible plants in the wild in Boy 
Scouts and I still have that problem. But perhaps I will keep my open 
for such.

Where would you find the blackberries and the raspberries? Down in the 
swamp areas?

I did harvest some horsetail reed at Pennsic several years ago for use 
as a medieval abrasive. But there's less of a hazard for that if you 
pick the wrong stuff since you aren't eating it.

Stefan
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