Southern Forager

“I have made a satisfactory dinner of a dish of purslane which I gathered and boiled. Yet, men have come to such a pass that they starve, not for want of necessities, but for want of luxuries.” -Henry David Thoreau

Sunday, January 10, 2016

Roasted Garlic Jerusalem Artichokes

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Jerusalem Artichoke can be grown domestically or found in the wild. The plant grows very tall (several feet above me) and produces a flowe...

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Sunday, December 27, 2015

Bradford Pear Wine!

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You should be well acquainted with Bradford Pear trees. They are everywhere, and they smell awful in the spring. They are some of the mos...

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Monday, December 14, 2015

Hedge Apples (Osage Orange) as Medicine

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Lately I have seen numerous references to the use of Hedge Apples as an effective treatment for cancer. I began to wonder, what would you ...

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Sunday, December 6, 2015

Crockpot Mustard Greens

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Mustard greens, both wild and domestic, love cold weather. They are the last to die out in winter and some of the first to show up in spr...

Monday, November 16, 2015

Acorn "Meat" Balls!

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No meat! My fourteen year old son said they taste nearly like meatballs and my twelve year old son said he would not know the difference ...

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Sunday, October 25, 2015

Honey Locust Coffee

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I love coffee. A lot . In the world of foraging there is a constant search for a coffee like substitute. It appears I am not the only one wi...

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Saturday, October 17, 2015

Spiced Pickled Cantaloupe

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This week our local grocery store had their cantaloupes for .25 each! So how do you preserve an abundance of cantaloupe? You can cube and ...

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Dr. Mom: Franklin, Tennessee, United States; Doctor in the education field, mom, teacher, robot builder, coupon-clipper, baker, gardener, forager and in general, a woman in pursuit of lost domestic arts.

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