Foraging...

[DitchPanda]

So in the spring of the year I always hunt down some asparagus and morels...then I often times pick mulberries when they come in season. I was curious who out there likes to forage some of natures goodies? Also is there anything you find in fall?

[TnRiver46]

In fall you can find Muscadines, chanterelles, black walnuts, and of course fish 

[Bankbeater]

Persimmons.  Walnuts too if I can find some the squirrels haven't found first.

[Darth-Baiter]

Wild asparagus?   Wow.  Pics please, next spring. 

[TnRiver46]

On 9/25/2022 at 5:37 PM, Bankbeater said:

Persimmons.  Walnuts too if I can find some the squirrels haven't found first.

There have been three or four places along my recent daily work route where I have to drive through a stretch where persimmons have landed all over the street

 

also, I forgot about pawpaws 

[VolFan]

That is the mother lode of pawpaws! Ain’t nothing better - you find them recently?

[TnRiver46]

2 hours ago, VolFan said:

That is the mother lode of pawpaws! Ain’t nothing better - you find them recently?

That picture was from 2016. I don’t think I’ve eaten any of them this year but this is the time to find them. 

[DitchPanda]

3 hours ago, TnRiver46 said:

That picture was from 2016. I don’t think I’ve eaten any of them this year but this is the time to find them. 

What do they taste like?

[VolFan]

Banana, mango, and vanilla ice cream all mixed together. It’s like a tropical fruit but in a southern hardwood forest.

[TnRiver46]

1 hour ago, VolFan said:

Banana, mango, and vanilla ice cream all mixed together. It’s like a tropical fruit but in a southern hardwood forest.

Sounds about right. I will say sometimes it’s almost like you are eating nothing but it’s cool and refreshing nonetheless.  My wife hates them. She even sorted all the seeds out and made a pie, thinking it would taste like something else. That took her about 3 hours. She took one bite of the pie and said ewww, so I ate the whole thing 

[TOXIC]

Wild blackberries, blueberries, raspberries and Quince.  Morels when I can find them, I don’t trust my identification skills with any other mushrooms.  When I lived in Florida, between my landlord’s property and my property (we lived side by side) he had planted 6 actors of citrus and enough varieties that there was something in season year round.  Multiple varieties of oranges, 6 if I remember correctly, grapefruit (pink, red and yellow), figs, pecans, walnuts and a few more I am probably forgetting.  When I lived in Iowa I had an orchard on my property with asparagus as a ground cover. I had a 2 acre garden that supplied all of our vegetables.  We only went to the store for meat and dairy. There’s something very rewarding about eating what you have grown or foraged. 

[scaleface]

Oyster and hen of the woods mushrooms .