So you are finally geared for getting ready to pick some of the good stuff of the earth. Book and field manual in check, guide ready, family hungry and excited for some frontier cuisine, and stomachs growling in excitement. It's a fine day,and no one is complaining about tired feet and being bored out of their minds. But how do you go cooking it?
The general consensus when dealing with wild greens for most people is to either (a) boil them to death with salt and pepper or (b) cut them and put them in a salad. Trust me, there are other and more delicious ways to prepare greens than just your usual fair. Get yourself a good book and study on it. I'll at least provide some insights for as to what cooking techniques can be used with which vegetables.
Boiling and eating raw in salads wasn't a farce. Most of the wild greens are usually prepared just like that. But wild greens are versatile, just as how many greens there are out there. Depending on their toughness, tenderness, flair, flavor, nutritional value or structure would determine what cooking technique best suits the vegetable.
Take dandelion for example. You wouldn't think that this common 'weed' is actually a very good source of iron and Vitamin A. Dandelions are best eaten during the raw months of March and April. Nope, you don't eat the flowers or seeds (unless you like fluff in your mouth). Dandelion greens are best used in salads.
Dandelion may or may not be a weed, depending on how we use these prolific little plants. Just be careful and ask around first before gathering dandelions. Most homeowners might have sprayed chemicals or herbicides in attempts to eradicate dandelions, and you might ingest it in the process.
The general consensus when dealing with wild greens for most people is to either (a) boil them to death with salt and pepper or (b) cut them and put them in a salad. Trust me, there are other and more delicious ways to prepare greens than just your usual fair. Get yourself a good book and study on it. I'll at least provide some insights for as to what cooking techniques can be used with which vegetables.
Boiling and eating raw in salads wasn't a farce. Most of the wild greens are usually prepared just like that. But wild greens are versatile, just as how many greens there are out there. Depending on their toughness, tenderness, flair, flavor, nutritional value or structure would determine what cooking technique best suits the vegetable.
Take dandelion for example. You wouldn't think that this common 'weed' is actually a very good source of iron and Vitamin A. Dandelions are best eaten during the raw months of March and April. Nope, you don't eat the flowers or seeds (unless you like fluff in your mouth). Dandelion greens are best used in salads.
Dandelion may or may not be a weed, depending on how we use these prolific little plants. Just be careful and ask around first before gathering dandelions. Most homeowners might have sprayed chemicals or herbicides in attempts to eradicate dandelions, and you might ingest it in the process.
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Going for a trip to West Virginia? Why not make it worth the trip? West Virginia craft shows. Visit West Virginia craft fairs, that's what I use to check up on mine.
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