Igmuwatogla's ferment kit Part 3 Water Kefir
Well this has recieved much attention in the big water kefir post and rightfully so, Gary truly has Super Kefir. I dont know how many times mine has doubled. I have some dried and in the fridge as...
View ArticleIgmuwatogla's ferment kit Part 4 Milk Kefir
The milk kefir has been a lot of fun but the biggest hurdle for me. I have a dislike of soured milk. This has a sweet yeasty smell which helps get past that. My wife really enjoys it, she started...
View ArticleGhee
Does anybody else make ghee out of butter? I make it from fresh butter from my same province. Churned butter
View Articlemaking wine
I saw when making wine, you skim off the scum. I was wondering if you could cover it with a towel with whatever method you use to make wine in an open container. Just cover it with a towel. Then...
View ArticleWhat's good for calcium?
Just looking for things that are good for bones & teeth. I just heard about boiling, drying, then roasting eggshells to grind them into a powder & add that to your food- does anyone do this?...
View ArticleProbiotics in Fermented Vegetables
http://nourishingplot.com/2014/06/21/sauerkraut-test-divulges-shocking-probiotic-count/there was another thread on this subject ...but I could not find it quick so I started a new one .... Quills
View ArticleSouthwestern rat
Just curious if anybody in the southwest on this forum has tried trapping and eating packrat. I know a lot of native people down here used this food source and I'm interested to try it. I'm not...
View ArticleDutch Oven cooking
hubby and i were just at the pennsylvania trappers convention last month sponsored by FTA, 'fur takers of america'...every year an older couple does a class on cooking with dutch ovens...i know, not...
View ArticleCherry Bounce
I collected my first round of Rum Cherries (Prunus serotina), an American native fruit which got its common name from it's early Colonial Era purpose of 'adjusting' the rough, coarse flavor of rum...
View ArticleElderberry Capers
Besides producing a fragrant flower for tea and fritters, and ripe fruit for juice, preserves, pie and pastry, medicinal tincture and recreational cordial, another product may be culled from Sambucus....
View ArticleChokecherries...What all to do with them?
So, being from SW Missouri I am used to alot of fruits available to me,(apples, blackberries, raspberries,peaches, paw paw,persimmon,.... on and on..) here in the nw part of nebraska where we now...
View ArticleAnyone ever see or eat a cashew apple?
That is the cashew growing out of the bottom of it. Apparently they are too delicate to transport. The apples make part of a nice fruit salad. Kevin
View ArticleChokecherry-Elderberry Jelly
I had the good fortune this year of discovering a good source of Chokecherries and another location for Elderberries. Both of these wild fruits have always been challenging for me to gather in...
View ArticleAronia melanocarpa
Has anyone found or used these berries? I have pictures on my cell phone that I will try to post when I get my new computer tomorrow. The fruits grow abundantly in clusters that will fill your hand....
View ArticlePurslane pickle
Forager, I seem to recall that you have pickled purslane. My garden is producing an abundance of it right now and I'd like to give it a try. Can you provide any information on the plant parts used...
View Articleprickly pear fruit and cholla buds, and their seeds
Hi, folks.I just harvested some prickly pear fruits and cholla buds. The prickly pear don't have much flesh to them, mostly seed. I'd be curious about how I can use the fruit. Chop and boil, then...
View ArticleQuestion on bones
How long would the bone marrow be safe to eat , if left outside, will freezing the bones keep the marrow safe?? Are tyere any good books on Native ways of salvaging animal parts for food etc. I don't...
View ArticlePreventing rendered oil from spoiling?
How do you prevent rendered animal fats from spoiling? Such as a skunk. Almost all meat chunks from the back fats were removed, but i couldnt get out every little vein. The skunk oil will be used for...
View ArticlePre-colonization Resturants Menu
http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2014/09/30/revitalizing-food-oglala-lakota-chef-serves-pre-colonization-menu-157108This looks very interesting ....Forager ...reminds me of you . I used to...
View ArticleRokchipr's Apple-Pear Vinegar
Weekend before last, I saw rokchipr at Washington's Crossing annual Experimental Archaeology Weekend, and among other delightful things was treated to a gift of his home-made apple-pear vinegar. I...
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