Posted on 12/01/2021 7:31:21 AM PST by mylife
I grew up in the middle of the city in Copenhagen, but I found peace in nature. From as early as I can remember, I spent time in the woods and ocean, visiting my grandmother and other relatives on the islands of Fyn, in the Southern part of Denmark. I’d pick herbs from her garden or fish with my uncle and grandfather, the sight and scent and sounds showing me the way.
As a kid, I struggled in school; the more traditional side of academia collided with my energetic, restless boyhood. But in the ever-changing forests or the icy waters of Denmark’s archipelago, I found another type of education. Less theoretical, more tactile. I swore that when I became a father, I would bring my kids into nature. I wanted to instill in them the same type of curiosity and reverence for the land that I was fortunate enough to experience.
As a chef, food plays an integral part in my family’s life. The corners and cupboards of our kitchen are usually filled with jars of preserved apple cores or pickled spruce tops. My kids have grown up seeing and tasting a bounty beyond the city’s commotion. Indeed, there’s a delicious thrill foraging for edible ingredients hidden along the forest carpet or beachside jetties. And through countless excursions, my kids have grown to know the taste of the seasons—spring brings sweet spruce, berries come in summer, mushrooms mark the arrival of fall. We see and savor these fleeting flavors.
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I always foraged as a child.
Slightly off topic....
Dump the SAD (standard American diet). Sugar, sugar, and more sugar. And highly processed grains.
Industrialization has done wonders for the world. However, the processing has become too efficient with only one goal in mind — taste and appearance at the expense of food quality.
And I always said, “Son, if you can master the egg, you will never go hungry or be sad”
the US food pyramid was always a sick joke.
Killed millions. All a part of your balanced breakfast /s
Lesson #1: Worms are an acquired taste. One you get past the ick, its all good.
Eat your worms, they are good for you!
Deys starving!!
Hamburger salad types or shroomy type mushrooms?
Foraging is all well and good, but a small, carefully tended garden is far more efficient. Even apartment-dwellers can grow something.
Agreed. Breakfast food is crap.
And many Americans still follow the SAD and even doctors promote the food pyramid.
I’m picking dandelion greens from the backyard lawn to supplement in salads. They only pop up in late Autumn and early Spring. That’s about it for my foraging activities.
And why not? they are free and delicious.
We foraged when I was a kid, too. Mrs. Brown wasn’t really happy about her black cherry tree being picked bare.
How are the apple cores used? I avoid apple seeds because they are very slightly toxic.
put em in the cider
I had a neighbor like that LOL
OK, thanks.
It all goes in the cider.
To dumpsterdiving; roadkill:
You are a buzzkill, now go suck on your poptart.
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