5 Wild Northern Fruits That Taste Tropical
You don’t need bananas, mangoes, or pineapples to find tropical flavours in the North–these 5 wild fruits have surprisingly exotic flavours and can be found north of 40º!
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Harvesting Nature’s Top Wild Mushroom Recipes
Discover 21 delicious wild mushroom recipes featuring morels, chanterelles, oyster mushrooms, lobster mushrooms, chicken of the woods, hen of the woods, and more. From simple preparations to creative meals, these recipes will help you make the most of your next wild mushroom harvest.
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How to Make Chanterelle Toasts
The first thing Field Staff Writer Brandon Kimmet makes when the chanterelles start popping up in July are these delectable, golden mushroom appetizers. Enjoy with a glass of crisp, white wine!
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From Salted Mushrooms to Biltong: 10 Fascinating Wild Food Traditions from Around the World
We’ve rounded up 10 fascinating wild food traditions from every corner of the world. How many would you try?
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Summer Salad: Cucumbers in a Wild Goutweed Dressing
This quick, easy, and tasty summer salad consists of cucumbers dressed in a vinaigrette flavored by goutweed, an invasive wild edible that Adam harvests and enjoys every spring!
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The Great Mushroom Debate Is Missing the Point
Cut or pull? Mushroom foragers have been arguing about it for decades.
In this essay, Adam Berkelmans digs into the science—and discovers the real answer may not be what either side wants to hear.
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Creamed Stinging Nettles
Like many other hunters and anglers Chris Jodlowski found stinging nettle by noticing an increasing burn and itch on his exposed shins. The best revenge? Cook it into something delicious!
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Easy Japanese Knotweed Fruit Chaat
A quick, easy, and refreshing South Asian snack by Adam Berkelmans incorporating wild knotweed shoots that’s simultaneously crunchy, soft, sweet, funky, sour, savory, tangy, and most importantly, delicious!
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One Plant a Week: Sunchokes
Are you looking for a wild food that’s seriously hearty and filling rather than just a trailside nibble? Sunchokes are the answer! This prolific sunflower relative provides delicious and nutritious tubers, just waiting to be dug up.
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One Plant a Week: Cattails
Cattails are among the most iconic and useful wild plants in North America, often referred to as the “supermarket of the swamp” due to the fact that the entire plant is edible at different times of year!
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