Posted on 02/24/2022 1:53:15 PM PST by nickcarraway
My two youngest kids (12 and 10) are going to Wilderness Survival Day Camp in May.
City dwellers could feast on squab if they dare do so. You just need a park bench, some bread and an umbrella to stun that pigeon before you twist its neck. Oh, so yummy. lol
Don’t forget the urban rabbit!
Or go to a golf course and tackle a goose. A lot more meat on one of those. I've eaten both goose and pigeon, and there's a LONG list of foods I'd rather have than either of them.
Don't forget limes and lemons.
As long as the fruit is on the street and not damaged, it's ready to eat.
There’s always a few fries left on plates at the diner, in the room service trays in hotel hallways, etc.
Like a lot of different fruits - they just can’t be commercialized.
Some pears near my grandmother’s house were like this - if you were there on the right week... heaven.
Most of the oranges along the streets, at least in Tucson, are sour oranges. They’re good for marmalade, but that’s about it.
LOL! Good one...
“Had a few paw paw trees here in Ohio. They are definitely banana tasting. Problem is they are like a slimy smooshed banana full of big seeds. They also have to be perfectly ripe and that lasts about 2 days.”
We were going to try and grow Paw Paws. But a good friend who lives in Paw Paw country said it isn’t worth it. The main reason was flies, it takes lots of flies to pollinate them. And you have to hang bags of nasty stuff to bring the flies. Between that and the shelf life he said it just isn’t worth the trouble.
Foraging is for those who know what they are doing.
Read the book wicked plants.
‘Shades of Euell Gibbons.’
stalking the wild asparugus...
I thought pawpaws were out of season in February, but I guess it could depend on your location.
Ours grew along a creek far from the house so I don’t know about the flies. I have heard of making jelly of them but the sliminess factor is very off putting. They also are more seed than fruit.
Prepper ping.
Foraging is great, but it’s also very labor, land, and knowledge-intensive.
Even most of the “foraging experts” would probably starve to death if they had to live off the land.
Cool post. Even here in the desert we have pretty good foraging. Mesquite beans, Cat’s Claw Mesquite, Juniper, Pinion Pine, Yucca fruit and roots, Palo Verde beans, Prickly Pear cactus Leaves and fruit, Manzanita berries, Juniper Berries, And tons of wild weeds and greens and grains like Mustard and such.
Lucky dogs, you two are!
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