Fine dining in the California foothills!

Michelle

@infatuatedbby (94909)

• United States

20 Feb 16

@fishtiger58 Good one!

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@TheHorse (238306)

• Walnut Creek, California

19 Feb 16

We've joked about that! One of our goals is to harvest enough for a real salad and bring it home "to mom."

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fishtiger58

@fishtiger58 (29819)

• Momence, Illinois

19 Feb 16

@TheHorse I would do that as well. Very cool hope you guys can find enough.

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Jabo

@jaboUK (64346)

• United Kingdom

19 Feb 16

I remember roaming the countryside when I was a child, scavenging for eatables. We found quite a lot.

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Jabo

@jaboUK (64346)

• United Kingdom

19 Feb 16

@TheHorse Yes - blackberries, but also wild strawberries, watercress from the brook, sweet chestnuts, and even corn from the stalks when it was ripe.

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@TheHorse (238306)

• Walnut Creek, California

19 Feb 16

What were some of your favorites? We do have lots of yummy blackberries here. But, like the miner's lettuce, they're seasonal.

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paigea

@paigea (36143)

• Canada

20 Feb 16

@jaboUK my husband too. Mostly berries though and this area isn't the same as the area he grew up.

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Patsie Hatley is Deceased

@Hatley (163772)

• Garden Grove, California

20 Feb 16

omyh gosh we grew that wild and mymom made salads out of it I do no remembed what she c alled it but was he same plant.

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@TheHorse (238306)

• Walnut Creek, California

20 Feb 16

Ah, where were you at the time? I'm told this grows in many mountainous areas of California. I didn't see any in Marin when I hiked there the other day, but it's all over the foothills of Mt. Diablo, here in the East Bay.

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Valerie J. Routhieaux

@just4him (323168)

• Green Bay, Wisconsin

20 Feb 16

Very interesting photo. I agree, man cannot live on miner's lettuce alone.

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@TheHorse (238306)

• Walnut Creek, California

20 Feb 16

@just4him A little sparkling water, with a hint of grape juice, would work just fine.

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Valerie J. Routhieaux

@just4him (323168)

• Green Bay, Wisconsin

21 Feb 16

@TheHorse Yeah, that would work.

Judy Evans

@JudyEv (382107)

• Rockingham, Australia

19 Feb 16

That certainly looks good enough to eat. I sometimes come across a lush patch of clover and wish I were a cow.

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@TheHorse (238306)

• Walnut Creek, California

20 Feb 16

Can people eat clover too?

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Judy Evans

@JudyEv (382107)

• Rockingham, Australia

20 Feb 16

@TheHorse Not that I know of but it looks good enough to eat.

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@TheHorse (238306)

• Walnut Creek, California

21 Feb 16

@JudyEv I've sucked the nectar out of what I believe was clover.

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paigea

@paigea (36143)

• Canada

19 Feb 16

I bought a book to learn what I can eat from the land but have never been brave enough to try anything just from using the book to identify the plants. My husband does eat rose petals so I tried them, (Alberta's wild rose). My great nephew thought that was pretty cool when I showed him.

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Patsie Hatley is Deceased

@Hatley (163772)

• Garden Grove, California

20 Feb 16

@paigea we used o ea dandelion reens evry summer and I still like them too

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@TheHorse (238306)

• Walnut Creek, California

19 Feb 16

I'm going to try and earn about other edibles up there. The Indians ate acorns, but they prepared them in a special way. I gather that they contain toxins if you don't prepare them right. I'll have to read up on that.

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paigea

@paigea (36143)

• Canada

19 Feb 16

@TheHorse Well, you can eat dandelions.

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freak369

@freak369 (5112)

• United States

20 Feb 16

I can't tell from the photo but it looks like these have a dip to them - do you think they would collect rain water? They look like they would but you'd need a ton of them to tip them into a glass or cup.

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@TheHorse (238306)

• Walnut Creek, California

20 Feb 16

Good observation. Maybe that helps them collect light rain. Oh, I see! Yeah. I doubt they collect enough water for humans to harvest water from them--except my eating them.

Shellyann36

@Shellyann36 (11383)

• United States

20 Feb 16

Perhaps a few rabbits to go with it?

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@TheHorse (238306)

• Walnut Creek, California

21 Feb 16

That's what we were thinking.

divalounger

@divalounger (6182)

• United States

20 Feb 16

Ah--I see this all the time and had no idea that it was edible!

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@TheHorse (238306)

• Walnut Creek, California

21 Feb 16

Bon appetit!

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Jekca

@Jessicalynnt (50523)

• Centralia, Missouri

20 Feb 16

I would have never guessed that to be edible

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Jekca

@Jessicalynnt (50523)

• Centralia, Missouri

20 Feb 16

@TheHorse lol, I was like tastes like spring, wonder what that tastes like, but I would image fresh young greens lol

@TheHorse (238306)

• Walnut Creek, California

20 Feb 16

There are actually tiny little flowers in the middle. It's a very "Springy" looking plant. To me it tastes Springy too.

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pgn

@pgntwo (22405)

• Derry, Northern Ireland

19 Feb 16

Never heard of this, looks interesting!

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Wild Plants of Malta & Gozo - Plant: Lotus edulis (Edible Birdsfoot Trefoil)

@TheHorse (238306)

• Walnut Creek, California

19 Feb 16

It's fun knowing you can munch miner's lettuce. Like most lettuce, it's mostly water, so you'd have to eat a lot if it were the only thing available.

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pgn

@pgntwo (22405)

• Derry, Northern Ireland

19 Feb 16

@TheHorse The edible Birdsfoot trefoil was my favourit nibble when rambling through the countryside:

www.maltawildplants.com

MaltaWildPlants.com is an internet online database of the wild plants growing on the islands of Malta and Gozo. . This is the profile for the plant - Lotus edulis / Edible Birdsfoot Trefoil / Qrempu&#267. Each plant profile in the database contains nomencl

James Higgins

@JamesHxstatic (29410)

• Eugene, Oregon

20 Feb 16

I am not sure I have heard of that. Does it taste like other lettuces?

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@TheHorse (238306)

• Walnut Creek, California

20 Feb 16

It has a distinctive but mild flavor. Sometimes they young ones are a bit bitter.

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@nottoooldtowrite (2715)

• Philippines

20 Feb 16

I have not encountered that kind of lettuce. What would it be good with?

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@TheHorse (238306)

• Walnut Creek, California

20 Feb 16

We just munch it was we go. But I'd use it anywhere I'd use butter lettuce.

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O'Kennedy

@OKennedy (1130)

• United States

21 Feb 16

I like finding fresh berries and eating them fresh off a tree. I like any fresh fruit there is something about picking it yourself that makes it that much more special for me no middle man I know what I am getting.

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