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RE: Wild Food Foraging | Incorporating It Into the “Everyday”
Elder is such an awesome and useful plant... we have quite a bit of it around here; always brings back memories of my childhood in Denmark-- harvesting both flowers and later the berries to make various foods and drinks... and the eternal warning to never eat the berries without proper preparation. I think one of my aunts also dried the flowers to make teas.
One of my favorites around here is salmonberries. Pretty short-lived season and the birds love them so we don't often get many, but they are a marvelous treat while they last.
OH salmonberries! those are on par with thimbleberries in my book which are basically mythical foods as i've only ever found a few during travels to the pacific coast! makes each one all the more special.
cool to hear your aunt dried the flowers for teas- i was just wondering about that today as they smell sooo good. i'll look further into that. i imagine the tea is really nice. i love how plants, like elder, are known around the world and make it into so many memories for humans of all cultures. that makes me happy! :)