Finding Free Food
@Jackalyn (7559)
Oxford, England
October 2, 2018 12:42am CST
Around the village, I can find apple trees where I can pick windfalls, blackberries on bushes and elderberries. I do not do this after my ex mother in law did and ended up in hospital as she picked the wrong mushroom, but I used to look for ink caps (a variety of mushroom) and cook those, I know where I could find pear windfalls and at one time, I used to collect nettles to cook and make tea. As a child, we went chestnut gathering. What free food can you find or do you use?
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@Jackalyn (7559)
• Oxford, England
2 Oct 18
I have never heard of a so I had to look it up. Do not think they grow in the UK.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to navigation Jump to search Santalum acuminatum Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae Clade: Angiosperms Clade: Eudicots Order: Santalales Family: Santalaceae Genus: Santalum Species: S. acuminatum Binomial
@Poppylicious (11133)
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2 Oct 18
I walk by a wild blackberry bush every morning, but never think to pick them.
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@Jackalyn (7559)
• Oxford, England
6 Oct 18
You definitely should if they are not near the main road! Jam, pies, on their own with ice cream..They freeze well.
@Jackalyn (7559)
• Oxford, England
4 Oct 18
The laugh is on me. I have lost my bank card and live too far from any bank to get money out of the bank. If I run out of food before the new one arrives, I will be very glad of a blackberry and apple and possibly elderberry crumble made with free food from the countryside.
@Jackalyn (7559)
• Oxford, England
6 Oct 18
@just4him That sounds so cool. I used to have an asparagus patch on an allotment and it was so very useful. I doubt it grows wild here. I am planning on planting rhubarb when I get round to it. Again, never seen it wild here and blueberries are cultivated. I forgot to mention sloes. I know of a bush near here, but I would never drink the gin if I made it.
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@just4him (306269)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
4 Oct 18
@Jackalyn When I was a kid, my parents would take car rides looking for wild asparagus. We also had apple trees in our yard. Then there were the numerous times I picked someones rhubarb on my way home from somewhere. When we went camping, we picked wild blueberries. In one of the homes I lived in we had two apple trees and one pear, and my husband made applesauce from the apples and we ate the pears as is. So, it's always good to find free food wherever you can.
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