So, yes, this rowan berry coffee came out not bad. As I said in the post about it, I wanted to make something from these things. For the sake of having fun and getting some of their preciousness into the body! Wine?..When I looked into how to make a rowan berry wine, oh my, … [Read more…]
I’m writing this post because recently I came across a tree with impressively sweet rowan berries. While walking my poodle. They were so pleasantly sweat, almost like raisins, I ate all the bunches I could reach, like three or four of them! Very tasty. I was quite astonished – never knew that they could … [Read more…]
Got some cattail roots this weekend. It was a messy business. I forgot a knife and had to do it with my bare hands. A piece of advice – don’t take only your hands (and head) with you, get something sharp as well. I took some pictures of how to get to those roots. … [Read more…]
When I’m eating Saskatoon berries, people passing by either ask or illuminate me with the stare of suspiciousness. What is a Saskatoon berry? I will get to that in a moment. But first, let me tell you about an encounter that I had while grazing on these. As I was all about “oh my, they … [Read more…]
Recently I biked down to a nearby swamp to gather some cattail pollen. The sun was like an organic egg yolk on that day! Loved it. Of rich orange color. Because of the smoke here in Alberta – wind carried it all the way from British Columbia. Forests are on fire there. Animals run for … [Read more…]
No, it’s not a play on words. I chewed a cattail salad a couple days ago. Yeah, a salad from these pre-historic-looking plants. And, no, everything is okay with me. You can eat these swamp things? Aha. Not only you can, you should try eating them at least once in your lifetime. Because they … [Read more…]