My father in law told me 50 years ago to eat that lambs quarters, don't pull and throw away. It took 50 years but now I realize how important this info might become. Thanks to you, my lady !
There's a good reason lambs quarter has the nick name of spinach tree. I had a single plant come up last year that grew to 8' tall. I let it go to seed and now I have sprouts coming up everwhere! Free spinach! Yum...
What an awesome video. I left my garden untouched this year and most of it was liberated by lambs quarter and dill. I'll be harvesting it all soon to dehydrate for winter. It's amazing how so many maintenance free "weeds" are some of the most valuable sources of food and nutrition.
I moved away from a field of lambs quarter a year before I knew I could have made use of it for the 9 years I lived next to it. I love your videos and your voice! You always cheer me up! Thank you!
I just discovered your channel and now binge-watching :) This is great! I love that you do thorough identification and show weeds in different seasons and also cook with them - thank you so so much!!!
Thanks for your videos! I watched one of your videos for the first time this week, and immediately went to the garden and picked a lovely mess of wild greens: wild lettuce, Dock, Dandelion, Shepherd's Purse, along with the Spinach and Collards that overwintered (In Colorado, at 7000 feet? ?) It made a lovely plate full of greens! Another of your videos took me out to sample Redbud flowers for the first time. Delish! Shortly, the lamb's quarter and pigweed will be ready to eat here, along with the domestic amaranth varieties that decorate the garden (Golden Giant and Love Lies Bleeding). After that, wild Purslane will be ready It is a staple in our salads all summer long. Our earth provides for us, if only we'll make an effort to learn about it!
I'm glad you know how good all those plants are, Ted Preston. It is amazing what good eating is out there. Happy spring and happy foraging! And I'm glad you enjoyed your Redbud flowers!
Hi, new subscriber here. I enjoy watching and learning from your channel. What you call pig weed, we call calaloo in Jamaica my home country. They are my favorite greens, and we eat every part of it .
I am container gardening this year, (due to a spring fire) and I have a really healthy lambs quarter that is making seeds. I always munch on new leaves when I am in the garden and I have dried some for winter greens... I am planning on harvesting the seeds to plant in my new garden next year.. My husband doesn't like most spinach like greens, but he will eat a bit of this so I am going to make it into a crop for us. I have tried amaranth, but we both prefer the lambs quarters.. thanks for this information and cooking tips.
I'm glad you have that lambs quarter - and sharing how you enjoy using it, too. I'm with you -- other greens are good, but nothing beats lambs quarter for sheer deliciousness. Even better than any garden greens! Your husband is just holding out for the best of the greens, lol! Happy gardening - and I hope your recovery from the fire goes smoothly.
Thanks, Erik Fabian! Some plants look so different between when they are older and younger, for sure. It's nice when there's still some good eating as these wild greens mature. That's not the case with some others. I hope you have some good weeds around you, too!
I grew a variety of amaranth including wild this year and collected the seeds to cultivate my own crop again this year. It made a ton of seed! Easy to gather and save.
I eat lambs quarters often but I have not eaten amaranth yet. Question for you, what is in all the jars on your counter ? I love seeing what other foragers keep. Oh, and I've never fermented rosebud flowers before even though I eat them in the spring.
I love amaranth leaves , i normally cook mine with onions , chilles , garlic and a potato cut into cubes and served with rice and dhall on the side. Delicious. Awesome video
Thanks, Priya Rajcoomar! Your dish sounds delicious! Thanks for sharing your love of amaranth. It's such a neglected plant in American cooking. Your experience highlights how amaranth is real food for regular people. And maybe it will encourage others to get to know this plant, too! I would take a plate of your dish right now -- you've got me hungry! :D
Yes I have a huge limbs quarter plant outside my bedroom window I had no idea it was food I'm so proud God provides these things for us even when we don't even know it I also have a big pokeweed plant thanks for all your videos I live in Southwest Missouri
I can eat the buds of Amaranth . Boil or steam and pour salted butter on them , sweet and good smelt , yummy . Or Vietnamese make amaranth soup with shrimps chopped and meat grounded , spring onion , salt, pepper grounded . So yummy . Your omelet is so nice and delicious . Thanks for sharing .
Thanks for sharing how you eat amaranth, too, MrsHeavencitizen! That helps us all appreciate this plant even more! Your soup sounds really, really delicious! Happy spring!
I dont know what I'd do without you, my garden got over run with weeds ,because I had some things happen and my truck broke down and I just didn't have the time or the help to keep it cleaned, but as it turns out they were pig weed amaranth and lambsquarter and some other as yet unidentified stuff and some poison jinsom moon flower, so from now till I die I will be harvesting the amaranth and lambsquarter, thankyou!!
I"m glad my video helped out, Robert Fulmer8475. I've been there myself, not being able to get at the garden and have weeds take over. But when the weeds are as good as Lambs Quarter and Amaranth, I can still get a good harvest! I hope you've been enjoying these plants, too!
That was a really good video. It was really instructive, about how to choose the best leaves and stems. I like lambs quarter, and so does our chicken Felicia. It grows all over Rhode Island.
I've never seen a bad video from haphazard homestead. I'm always sure to learn something new, and so many cool ideas!! Best channel on RUclips!!! Thanks so much and keep up the great work!!!
we also leave a few of both pigweed and lambsquarters to grow during the season, their deep roots bring up minerals from the deep, I then chop them up and sprinkle all over the garden.
I didnt know lambs quarter and pig weed often go hand in hand, thank you! It amazes me how many wild greens there are when we know what we're looking at!
All the wild greens amaze me, too! Both lambs quarter and pig weed like disturbed soil, especially soil with plenty of nutrients. And they germinate at close to the same soil temperature, although in my experience, the amaranth is a little faster in sprouting and growing. That said, I find amaranth in some really tough conditions, too -- even tougher than the lambs quarter can manage. The amaranth can handle such dry conditions -- it just goes to seed super fast, lol. Here's to the wild greens! :D
Thanks for this! I live in Saskatchewan and we have lambs quarter coming up in the community garden. It's small and not as toothed as these, but it's hydrophobic like that and has a similar shape to the leaves. I'm pretty sure it is that. I will check for some videos from our area to make sure! You remind me of my favourite auntie :) Have a great day!
I absolutely love every video you do you are simply so entertaining and knowledgeable and you’re not animated and have an agenda. It’s so refreshing that you just want to share your knowledge I watch everything you post. I have learned so much from you. It’s such a blessing that I came across you a while back, and I just absolutely love how you do these videos. Thank you so very much.
Thank you for the perfect description and direction. I will be going out today and picking my flowering Lamb's Quarters. I am adding them to my breakfast bone broth. I will add my 'Hopi' amaranth too. Looks MORE THAN PRETTY GOOD. Looks delish!!!
That sounds like a great breakfast, especially on a cool morning! Enjoy your fancy amaranth, lol. One of these years I'll have to try some of the fancy ones, like the Love Lies Bleeding or Joseph's Coat. It's amazing how much variety can be brought out of a weedy plant with persistent breeding.
Hi ya Sally! Lambs quarters pop up threw out my yard (as does Polk weed) I let them grow cause they r food, I sooo love perennial food! Mine grow to about 6’. I love it, my neighbors don’t. Pig weed kinda looks familiar, but I’ve never really looked at them, I’ll keep an eye out for them now that for sure, it’s nice to know that the pliable stalks r edible as well, I think I heard that about the end of the stems on lambs quarters. I was going to ask for the redbud ferment video, but read n a comment that it’s coming up, I look forward to it! I believe u said the pig weed root is also edible??? I love when plants have more than one edible part!!! Ur awesome and I thank u for sharing ur knowledge! U may or may not know just how much that means to me! Thank u
HH, I am glad you posted this vid on Lambs Quarter and Amaranth, cause it grows in so many zones throughout the country. I was wondering if you have ever eaten Bamboo stalks? It also grows , it seems like almost everywhere, eh? I have some (Golden Bamboo growing near me and I pick the young shoots in the spring, then take off any leaves or tough areas on the stalk, rinse off and clean the stalks cook. (I cook and rinse them three times before eating and Do Not Drink The Liquid it was cooked in, exactly like Poke Weed.) The thing that is interesting about Bamboo is that, depending on the age of the stalk or maybe the variety of Bamboo, it has distinctly different flavors. One part tastes like Asparagus and another part tastes like Corn on the Cob. It is a very interesting plant that is under utilized. I think you will find this plant a welcome addition to your long list of yummy edible plants. They can be grown in large pots and continually harvested from, cutting the young stalks, that grow with wild abandon. Hoping you can bring some new appreciation to this age old plant. : ) Love Your Vids!
I have never eaten fresh-harvested Bamboo. That sounds so interesting. I will put that on my list of plants to seek out and try -- in all the ways! I see folks growing bamboo around here, so I will definitely track some down. And I'll look for the Golden Bamboo specifically, too. Thanks!
MerAngel12121 Hello! This is interesting, and u caught my attention! Did I understand u correctly, that all variety’s of bamboo r edible??? Could u tell me at what height u stop harvesting the shoots at??? I’ll greatly appreciate ur reply! Thank you
I have my lettuce seed and bocchoy seed gathered and I am collecting the lambs quarters seed now. I will succession seed the mix all winter in my greenhouse. I don't have the patients to prepare the pig weed.
That seems like a great strategy for winter greens, Hans Quistorff! Don't count that amaranth out, though. Pig weed makes great microgreens and baby greens, too. I'll show that in a future video. At that stage, they are tasty from tip to tail, so there's not even any trimming required. They are like baby beet greens, only not so colorful unless you have one of the specialty varieties.
Good to know another name for this plant. Amaranth is a much easier name to pronounce than what we call it in the Eastern Caribbean: weweweree. We cook it in a similar fashion.
ok..I just found your channel today when I searched for lambs quarter recipes. I'm laughing because I commented on your 1st LQ video that they are good with eggs..lol. However. now I've got to go find your video on Red Buds! We have a red bud tree, and I only learned last year that they are edible. I had no idea you could preserve them though (makes total sense though). Can't wait for next year to harvest red buds now! I've subscribed and looking forward to binge watching your channel! Thank you!
Lucky, well-fed chickens! :D I've had some comments in my other Lambs Quarter video from folks that know this plant as Fat Hen. I hope your chickens are fat and happy with their Lambs Quarter, too!
You are delightful and resourceful and very skilled at what you do. thanx for sharing. I am in North Central FL and have been looking for lambs and nettles for quite a while. I bought some organic compost from a local farm and I got way too many amaranth, I did not know you could eat beyond the seeds so now I am hoping I can find a few out there I tried to grow nettles and lambsq but the seeds so fine they did not come up 2 seasons, so I gave up.
Hi, E! Good to see you here! I was so fortunate to have my dad get me started eating wild plants, and his Ozark relatives that relied on so many wild plants as a way of life. I know you have these plants in Missouri, in quantity, lol. When life keeps you from getting into the garden, these weeds can still provide.
Wow! I think of all the times us kid's went to bed hungry & all those "weeds" we had to pull outta the garden!!!! My gosh. But, pigweed? LOL. And that's amaranth, huh? Did you know their seeds pop like popcorn? They get bigger & they say they're very tasty that way. I don't happen to have any in my yard but I am gonna plant some! Lol. Lol. Imagine that!!! I remember harvesting dandelion though. I'm gonna try dandelion bread this Summer. Spurlane I do have. It's even good on sandwiches, tender vine & all. It has an okra like juice. I'm gonna become a forager, for sure.
Thank you for the good info. Since I've only been seriously foraging for about a year this old grandma considers myself a beginner. Been gardening for years and nibbling on sorrel and a few other weeds for years but trying a lot more things now! Many of the new things are really tasty. I've tried red root and lamb's quarters and not too sure about them but time to check them out again. In more detail! Maude
I'm glad you got something useful from my video, Maude! There is more to know about foraging than any one person can learn in a lifetime. I'm still learning all the time, too. There are always more plants and mushrooms to get to know and use in different ways. You have a great start, being a gardener means you are used to looking at plants closely and noticing how they are different from each other, even one variety from another. You appreciate how plants can look different over time - from first sprouting until they are done for the season. And so many other reasons, lol. Hmm, that's a good video topic -- thanks! :D
I must have composted almost a thousand lambs quarters this spring I didn't know what they were. Can't wait for next spring and hopefully some will come back ☺️
@@HaphazardHomestead Thank you! Just yesterday I was wandering around the yard and found a couple patches of lambs quarters and threw them in the veggies I made for dinner. They are absolutely delicious 🤤
Update: I saved the seeds from last year and sowed a few patches. They have been excellent! Thank you so much for passing along your knowledge to me! I feel truly honored and blessed! I pray that all is well ❤️
We have fields full of the Lambs quarter and Redroot Pig Weed. I am interested to try this. Thank you for showing them so clearly and how to cook them.
Today you, my friend are my hero. 🙂 I have so much amaranth & had absolutely no idea what to do with it! Most of mine is now between this stage & the young ones from your other amaranth video. Looks like I've got a ton of harvesting to do! Everyone has been telling me to allow it to go to seed as the seeds are super nutritious & versatile. I'd love to hear your take on that. Youve got a new subscriber today!😁
Hello Chris! I love lambs quarters so much I let them grow wherever they pop up n the yard, though it would be nice if I could figure out how to grow them all n one are would be AWESOME, because when they get around 6’...it becomes a challenge to mow around Lol! QUESTION: hope you’ll answer, do u have a video on how to ferment redbuds, or could u tell me how??? Appreciate u much! Thank u
Lambs quarter are great plants. If you let a plant go to seed, you can harvest those seeds and toss them out where you want them. My next video will be on fermented redbud flowers. I am working on it now. They are so, so good! And easy. The recipe I use has 1/2c wine vinegar or white vinegar, 1/2 c water, and 1 teaspoon of salt. Cover the redbud flowers with that, and cover it to make sure everything stays under the liquid. After a 3 days to a week, or however long you want, they are fermented. They have a more rich, deeper flavor than simply putting redbud flowers in cider vinegar. But even that way, just putting redbud flowers in apple cider vinegar is good, too.
I'm just learning about all of this. I had a neighbor till a large piece of my yard. My plan was to plant oats. The weeds grew before the oats did now I have a huge patch of lambs quarter and amerith and I'm thrilled 😊
Thank you for showing them side by side. This is the first time I've seen the definitive differences between pigweed and lambs quarter. I usually get a few of the latter in my garden every year do I can harvest through the summer. I tried collecting seeds for dispersal, but nothing has ever grown. I'll definitely check out your videos for something on stinging nettles. ♡
I'm glad this was helpful. They are a great pair of common garden weeds that are as good to eat as anything planted on purpose. I have footage to edit for a couple of videos on stinging nettle (Urtica dioica), so stay tuned! :D
It looks like I may have a patch of lambsquarters... it is over 5 feet tall so is it too big and old to eat? Did not notice any seeds, though have not looked at too closely... when do those usually come in? Thanks for posting this... it was very helpful. I just wish I could send pictures of the plants to be absolutely sure they are Lambsquarters.
I cannot attest to the flavor of that omlet but I will say it was as pretty as any I have seen. The redbud flowers on top of the greens and the golden brown of the outer part of the omlet is really perfect.
Is it OK to say that I'm glad you have more weeds around you now? ; ) I'm interested to know whether you will like them this time of year. I don't think they taste any different, just stronger. Here's to plenty of weeds in your new location -- and some tasty wild mushrooms, too!
Cooked a bunch of lambs quarters the other day, leaves, upper stems and flowers but the dish turned out quite bitter, unpleasantly bitter . Tried to add a few more ingredients to get rid of the bitterness but it wouldn't go away . May have to blanch and discard the water next time even if that means losing some of the nutritients but at least would end up with a palatable dish .
I'm glad you're enjoying my channel! You'll see more about those redbud flowers before long! They are really good -- and redbud trees are easy to identify right when the flowers are ready to harvest. I do have other videos already about picking and eating redbud flowers. I'll put the playlist here, in case anyone else is interested, too -- ruclips.net/p/PLEGN8kE_KnjBkw17z9Y_PiBoLE-mwuROF
I don't use the stems, only the real thin ones the leaves are on, but I don't plant spinach any more, it always bolts way too fast here, I just have lambsquarter pretty much all season. The seeds I tend to leave for the birds and new plants next year.
Thanks for sharing how you are using lambsquarter, kleineroteHex! That's helpful for everyone here. I plant spinach for the autumn, when it doesn't bolt. But I'm with you on preferring lambs quarter for ease of growing through the spring and summer! Even when I harvest seeds, there seems to be plenty that self-seed, lol. They make a lot of seeds! But not as many as those Amaranth. There are more seeds in my soil than stars in the sky, I think.
@@HaphazardHomestead I just see I never answered how I use lambsquarter. I mostly steam/stir fry like I would spinach, sometimes mixed with stinging nettle and chickweed. Comes out just like spinach with salt, pepper, nutmeg, oion and garlic and all blended I to a smooth green paste. My son in law could not believe there wasn't a single leaf of actual spinach in it.
I found your video and pulled out my lambs quarter last year. Kinda thought it was weed 😅 but it regrew this year and decided to look into it. Glad it's as stubborn as i am. Thank you for the information. Btw, I'm in California.
You're welcome, Russell Ballestrini! This is such a common weed in so many places. And if you don't have this one nearby, there are a lot of other Amaranth weeds that are good, too. I hope you can find some around you.
Great tips here. Now I know better how to prepare my amaranth. They are huge now and in full flower. The chickens love them and they are so high in protein! We need to eat theM more now though. New subscriber from Oz 🙂
Thank you HH! Beautiful omelette. I'm going to try lambsquarter with Egyptian spinach and purslane tonight.Can you eat the seeds when they ripen? Would you dehydrate the leaves for winter storage?
I was so close to burning that omelette, lol. Lambs quarter and amaranth are just fine, dried for the winter. The amaranth, especially, is high in protein, so it makes a good addition to smoothies, even dehydrated and ground into a powder. I do eat the seeds of both these plants. I'll be showing more about that, for sure. I am so looking forward to getting the RUclips community tab, because then I could show you my Whiskey-Raisin Pie with a crust of Lambs Quarter seeds, before I get my video done. I think they both taste a lot better when they are popped in a skillet first, like popcorn.
I've always just picked the younger Stinging Nettle (Urtica dioica). Now you have me thinking. I'll have to do some research -- I'll put that on my list of future videos.
I've just learn the name of my vegetable "Amaranth" that my family and my people been eating for thousand of years. Didn't know you guys would consider that wild. However i have a few different variety. And the one variety that you have i also found it around my area and have always wonder if it was Amaranth because it 99% identical to my amaranth. Only different was the leave shape. Our is more wide around the bottom but the wild one is more slime. Anyway i have save some in my yard just incase and now after watching so many video on amaranth i can safely say it is in fact safe.
We overate mature lamb's quarters and found we are sensitive to the oxalic acid in the plant. Next spring will harvest & dry younger plants to see if we can tolerate them. I love the plant but it doesn't love me, lol.
That's too bad - and your experience raises an interesting point about eating too much of some wild plants. I've overdid it with Japanese Knot Weed (Fallopia japonica) long ago. Now I have a couple different strategies that help. One is to eat such a wide mix that no plant makes up much of the total. That might be hard in your area because you are so far north with fewer kinds of plants, I think. But that's what I do in the spring since there are so many great wild plants in perfect condition at that time of year. My other strategy is to rotate among different greens from completely different plant families. For me, that's rotating among dandelion greens, wild field mustard, amaranth, and lambs quarter as my primary wild greens. Then I can add in others, like sowthistle, garden greens, or the 'minor' wild greens. That's my strategy for freezing big harvests and then using them throughout the year. Thanks for bringing up this topic!
My apologies for bringing oxalic acid up, it took awhile to decide whether to post or not since it seemed like a negative point to mention. But discovering it was oxalic acid that caused the issues has changed our wild edibles eating and kind of thrown us for a loop. We relied on LQ greens for 3 years. Almost every day we enjoyed it in winter in place of spinach from the grocery store. Have since learned we ate it in too large a portion due to the acid. It is such an abundant/easy plant to harvest here.. The one option was to boil it twice and throw away the water that has a lot of nutrients in it. This seems counter productive to me so like your suggestion of mixing a small amount of LQ with other wild/garden greens makes more sense, and will change gears to collect them next spring (snow has arrived awful early this year). Will also start paying attention to what families the plants belong to as you are correct, this region lacks plant diversity compared to most zones. Much appreciate your understanding of my bold statement, cheers!
No apologies needed, Tall Cedars! Thanks for the extra details, too. Even with non-wild plants, there can be issues like this. It's a good topic for a future video. And I hope you can get some other kinds of greens up in your area, too.
Lambs Quarter is in the same genus as Quinoa. The seeds of both need some processing to wash away specific compounds. With quinoa, somebody may have already done it, but with Lambs Quarter, we have to do it ourselves, lol. I have never eaten ragweed (Ambrosia spp.) at all, and never even thought about eating it. Even though I grew up in the thick of ragweed country! Here in Oregon's Willamette Valley, it's not a common weed at all. That's a great thing about foraging -- there is more to know than any of us can learn in a lifetime. I'm always happy to learn about a new plant! After a quick check, I'm excited and will be doing some more research. Thanks!
@@HaphazardHomestead thanks, limited info on it but they believe it may be a lost "grain". It was known to be eaten 1,000+ years ago. Ragweed Ambrosia artemisiifolia 47% crude protein and 38% crude fat yielding ~19% edible oil which is 81.60% linoleic acid and 14.73% oleic acid.
Yeah, from a cursory look, that's what got me intrigued. And some folks talking about other parts on specific ragweed species, too. I"m not going to start spreading ragweed in my garden and across the Willamette Valley, lol, but I'm definitely going to bone up and be ready for some opportunities. : )
I really think you should open a small restaurant. I’m getting hungry! :). I have always enjoyed your unique foods! Yummy, the cattail pancakes were super!
Hey, Josh, what a surprise to see you here! You know how good all those wild greens are -- and mushrooms and all the other wild harvests, too. I'm glad you remember those cattail pancakes! Lately, I've been eating pine pollen pancakes with wild huckleberries. I think you would like those, too! :D
My father in law told me 50 years ago to eat that lambs quarters, don't pull and throw away. It took 50 years but now I realize how important this info might become. Thanks to you, my lady !
There's a good reason lambs quarter has the nick name of spinach tree. I had a single plant come up last year that grew to 8' tall. I let it go to seed and now I have sprouts coming up everwhere! Free spinach! Yum...
What an awesome video. I left my garden untouched this year and most of it was liberated by lambs quarter and dill.
I'll be harvesting it all soon to dehydrate for winter.
It's amazing how so many maintenance free "weeds" are some of the most valuable sources of food and nutrition.
I moved away from a field of lambs quarter a year before I knew I could have made use of it for the 9 years I lived next to it. I love your videos and your voice! You always cheer me up! Thank you!
If you like fermenting, try dandelion buds. I did this spring and am sure to repeat next year.
I just discovered your channel and now binge-watching :) This is great! I love that you do thorough identification and show weeds in different seasons and also cook with them - thank you so so much!!!
Hey step away from that tablet so I can see. LoL
Thanks for your videos! I watched one of your videos for the first time this week, and immediately went to the garden and picked a lovely mess of wild greens: wild lettuce, Dock, Dandelion, Shepherd's Purse, along with the Spinach and Collards that overwintered (In Colorado, at 7000 feet? ?) It made a lovely plate full of greens! Another of your videos took me out to sample Redbud flowers for the first time. Delish!
Shortly, the lamb's quarter and pigweed will be ready to eat here, along with the domestic amaranth varieties that decorate the garden (Golden Giant and Love Lies Bleeding). After that, wild Purslane will be ready It is a staple in our salads all summer long. Our earth provides for us, if only we'll make an effort to learn about it!
I'm glad you know how good all those plants are, Ted Preston. It is amazing what good eating is out there. Happy spring and happy foraging! And I'm glad you enjoyed your Redbud flowers!
Hi, new subscriber here. I enjoy watching and learning from your channel. What you call pig weed, we call calaloo in Jamaica my home country. They are my favorite greens, and we eat every part of it .
I can't believe almost every "weed" I've been fighting for yrs and yrs is food /medicine. I don't have 1/2 the variety I used have. I know better now
Lol same here now i look for weeds and hunt it like treasure. Learning more about it everyday.
The control system has dumbed us down in so many ways. Thank you for your videos.
I am container gardening this year, (due to a spring fire) and I have a really healthy lambs quarter that is making seeds. I always munch on new leaves when I am in the garden and I have dried some for winter greens... I am planning on harvesting the seeds to plant in my new garden next year.. My husband doesn't like most spinach like greens, but he will eat a bit of this so I am going to make it into a crop for us. I have tried amaranth, but we both prefer the lambs quarters.. thanks for this information and cooking tips.
I'm glad you have that lambs quarter - and sharing how you enjoy using it, too. I'm with you -- other greens are good, but nothing beats lambs quarter for sheer deliciousness. Even better than any garden greens! Your husband is just holding out for the best of the greens, lol! Happy gardening - and I hope your recovery from the fire goes smoothly.
Nice one. I enjoy seeing the plants at different stages and your cooking style.
Thanks, Erik Fabian! Some plants look so different between when they are older and younger, for sure. It's nice when there's still some good eating as these wild greens mature. That's not the case with some others. I hope you have some good weeds around you, too!
I grew a variety of amaranth including wild this year and collected the seeds to cultivate my own crop again this year. It made a ton of seed! Easy to gather and save.
I eat lambs quarters often but I have not eaten amaranth yet. Question for you, what is in all the jars on your counter ? I love seeing what other foragers keep. Oh, and I've never fermented rosebud flowers before even though I eat them in the spring.
I love amaranth leaves , i normally cook mine with onions , chilles , garlic and a potato cut into cubes and served with rice and dhall on the side. Delicious. Awesome video
Thanks, Priya Rajcoomar! Your dish sounds delicious! Thanks for sharing your love of amaranth. It's such a neglected plant in American cooking. Your experience highlights how amaranth is real food for regular people. And maybe it will encourage others to get to know this plant, too! I would take a plate of your dish right now -- you've got me hungry! :D
Haphazard Homestead if you ever visit South Africa , you're invited to my home for supper :)
i am going to try that look so good
Yes I have a huge limbs quarter plant outside my bedroom window I had no idea it was food I'm so proud God provides these things for us even when we don't even know it I also have a big pokeweed plant thanks for all your videos I live in Southwest Missouri
I can eat the buds of Amaranth . Boil or steam and pour salted butter on them , sweet and good smelt , yummy . Or Vietnamese make amaranth soup with shrimps chopped and meat grounded , spring onion , salt, pepper grounded . So yummy . Your omelet is so nice and delicious . Thanks for sharing .
Thanks for sharing how you eat amaranth, too, MrsHeavencitizen! That helps us all appreciate this plant even more! Your soup sounds really, really delicious! Happy spring!
I dont know what I'd do without you, my garden got over run with weeds ,because I had some things happen and my truck broke down and I just didn't have the time or the help to keep it cleaned, but as it turns out they were pig weed amaranth and lambsquarter and some other as yet unidentified stuff and some poison jinsom moon flower, so from now till I die I will be harvesting the amaranth and lambsquarter, thankyou!!
I"m glad my video helped out, Robert Fulmer8475. I've been there myself, not being able to get at the garden and have weeds take over. But when the weeds are as good as Lambs Quarter and Amaranth, I can still get a good harvest! I hope you've been enjoying these plants, too!
Yours are by far the best videos on the net! Thank you for sharing!
You're welcome -- and thanks for your appreciation, T Justmetmc! I hope you get to enjoy some weeds, too! : )
That was a really good video. It was really instructive, about how to choose the best leaves and stems. I like lambs quarter, and so does our chicken Felicia. It grows all over Rhode Island.
I've never seen a bad video from haphazard homestead. I'm always sure to learn something new, and so many cool ideas!! Best channel on RUclips!!! Thanks so much and keep up the great work!!!
we also leave a few of both pigweed and lambsquarters to grow during the season, their deep roots bring up minerals from the deep, I then chop them up and sprinkle all over the garden.
I didnt know lambs quarter and pig weed often go hand in hand, thank you! It amazes me how many wild greens there are when we know what we're looking at!
All the wild greens amaze me, too! Both lambs quarter and pig weed like disturbed soil, especially soil with plenty of nutrients. And they germinate at close to the same soil temperature, although in my experience, the amaranth is a little faster in sprouting and growing. That said, I find amaranth in some really tough conditions, too -- even tougher than the lambs quarter can manage. The amaranth can handle such dry conditions -- it just goes to seed super fast, lol. Here's to the wild greens! :D
Thanks for this! I live in Saskatchewan and we have lambs quarter coming up in the community garden. It's small and not as toothed as these, but it's hydrophobic like that and has a similar shape to the leaves. I'm pretty sure it is that. I will check for some videos from our area to make sure! You remind me of my favourite auntie :) Have a great day!
Hi I'm in saskatchewan near meadow lake, there's tons here. I eat a huge pan wilted down with eggs in the morning
I am throughly enjoying your extensive plant identification and simple recipes! Thank you so much for your knowledge on these foods.
I absolutely love every video you do you are simply so entertaining and knowledgeable and you’re not animated and have an agenda. It’s so refreshing that you just want to share your knowledge I watch everything you post. I have learned so much from you. It’s such a blessing that I came across you a while back, and I just absolutely love how you do these videos. Thank you so very much.
Thanks for your kind words, Paula Hulse. I hope you are enjoying some wild plants around your area this season!
Thank you for the perfect description and direction. I will be going out today and picking my flowering Lamb's Quarters. I am adding them to my breakfast bone broth. I will add my 'Hopi' amaranth too. Looks MORE THAN PRETTY GOOD. Looks delish!!!
That sounds like a great breakfast, especially on a cool morning! Enjoy your fancy amaranth, lol. One of these years I'll have to try some of the fancy ones, like the Love Lies Bleeding or Joseph's Coat. It's amazing how much variety can be brought out of a weedy plant with persistent breeding.
Amaranth and Lamb's quarters grew in my yard last and I love Amaranth. I winnowed alot of seeds last year so I can grow it this year.
Hi ya Sally! Lambs quarters pop up threw out my yard (as does Polk weed) I let them grow cause they r food, I sooo love perennial food! Mine grow to about 6’. I love it, my neighbors don’t. Pig weed kinda looks familiar, but I’ve never really looked at them, I’ll keep an eye out for them now that for sure, it’s nice to know that the pliable stalks r edible as well, I think I heard that about the end of the stems on lambs quarters. I was going to ask for the redbud ferment video, but read n a comment that it’s coming up, I look forward to it! I believe u said the pig weed root is also edible??? I love when plants have more than one edible part!!! Ur awesome and I thank u for sharing ur knowledge! U may or may not know just how much that means to me! Thank u
HH, I am glad you posted this vid on Lambs Quarter and Amaranth, cause it grows in so many zones throughout the country.
I was wondering if you have ever eaten Bamboo stalks? It also grows , it seems like almost everywhere, eh? I have some (Golden Bamboo growing near me and I pick the young shoots in the spring, then take off any leaves or tough areas on the stalk, rinse off and clean the stalks cook. (I cook and rinse them three times before eating and Do Not Drink The Liquid it was cooked in, exactly like Poke Weed.) The thing that is interesting about Bamboo is that, depending on the age of the stalk or maybe the variety of Bamboo, it has distinctly different flavors. One part tastes like Asparagus and another part tastes like Corn on the Cob. It is a very interesting plant that is under utilized. I think you will find this plant a welcome addition to your long list of yummy edible plants. They can be grown in large pots and continually harvested from, cutting the young stalks, that grow with wild abandon. Hoping you can bring some new appreciation to this age old plant. : ) Love Your Vids!
I have never eaten fresh-harvested Bamboo. That sounds so interesting. I will put that on my list of plants to seek out and try -- in all the ways! I see folks growing bamboo around here, so I will definitely track some down. And I'll look for the Golden Bamboo specifically, too. Thanks!
MerAngel12121 Hello! This is interesting, and u caught my attention! Did I understand u correctly, that all variety’s of bamboo r edible??? Could u tell me at what height u stop harvesting the shoots at??? I’ll greatly appreciate ur reply! Thank you
I have my lettuce seed and bocchoy seed gathered and I am collecting the lambs quarters seed now. I will succession seed the mix all winter in my greenhouse. I don't have the patients to prepare the pig weed.
That seems like a great strategy for winter greens, Hans Quistorff! Don't count that amaranth out, though. Pig weed makes great microgreens and baby greens, too. I'll show that in a future video. At that stage, they are tasty from tip to tail, so there's not even any trimming required. They are like baby beet greens, only not so colorful unless you have one of the specialty varieties.
Good to know another name for this plant. Amaranth is a much easier name to pronounce than what we call it in the Eastern Caribbean: weweweree. We cook it in a similar fashion.
I’m México 🇲🇽 we call it quentonil or quelite
Wow got to pickle some red bud flowers, we use the younger plants for salad or lightly cooked, older ones in pies or omelette or soup.
ok..I just found your channel today when I searched for lambs quarter recipes. I'm laughing because I commented on your 1st LQ video that they are good with eggs..lol. However. now I've got to go find your video on Red Buds! We have a red bud tree, and I only learned last year that they are edible. I had no idea you could preserve them though (makes total sense though). Can't wait for next year to harvest red buds now! I've subscribed and looking forward to binge watching your channel! Thank you!
Amaranth are delicious. The red variety especially.
i thought you didn't answer someone so i googled to get an answer for her.
you have lots of knowledge to share and help yourself and us.
I was just wondering about this exact question. Thanks!
Yay! I'm glad this was helpful. If you try eating your lambs quarter or amaranth, I'm always interested in your own taste review!
I have not tried either, but when I do I'll let you know. :D
I hope you enjoy them. If you do, you've got a lifetime of good, free eating ahead! : )
Amaranth was a staple for the Aztecs. Its called “quelite “ in spanish and is still used a lot in south and central america.
Love love your videos.
My chickens have been enjoying the Lamb's Quarter flowers.
Lucky, well-fed chickens! :D I've had some comments in my other Lambs Quarter video from folks that know this plant as Fat Hen. I hope your chickens are fat and happy with their Lambs Quarter, too!
You are delightful and resourceful and very skilled at what you do. thanx for sharing. I am in North Central FL and have been looking for lambs and nettles for quite a while. I bought some organic compost from a local farm and I got way too many amaranth, I did not know you could eat beyond the seeds so now I am hoping I can find a few out there I tried to grow nettles and lambsq but the seeds so fine they did not come up 2 seasons, so I gave up.
Hi I just found your channel in this video. And it is great information. I'm subscribing.
I’ve just discovered lambs quarter. I love it. Eat that now instead of spinach❤❤
Thank you. That was really interesting. My grandparents cooked things like this. But, I was not raised with them after age 4. So, I missed out.
Hi, E! Good to see you here! I was so fortunate to have my dad get me started eating wild plants, and his Ozark relatives that relied on so many wild plants as a way of life. I know you have these plants in Missouri, in quantity, lol. When life keeps you from getting into the garden, these weeds can still provide.
Wow! I think of all the times us kid's went to bed hungry & all those "weeds" we had to pull outta the garden!!!! My gosh. But, pigweed? LOL. And that's amaranth, huh? Did you know their seeds pop like popcorn? They get bigger & they say they're very tasty that way. I don't happen to have any in my yard but I am gonna plant some! Lol. Lol. Imagine that!!!
I remember harvesting dandelion though. I'm gonna try dandelion bread this Summer.
Spurlane I do have. It's even good on sandwiches, tender vine & all. It has an okra like juice.
I'm gonna become a forager, for sure.
Thank you for the good info. Since I've only been seriously foraging for about a year this old grandma considers myself a beginner. Been gardening for years and nibbling on sorrel and a few other weeds for years but trying a lot more things now! Many of the new things are really tasty. I've tried red root and lamb's quarters and not too sure about them but time to check them out again. In more detail! Maude
I'm glad you got something useful from my video, Maude! There is more to know about foraging than any one person can learn in a lifetime. I'm still learning all the time, too. There are always more plants and mushrooms to get to know and use in different ways. You have a great start, being a gardener means you are used to looking at plants closely and noticing how they are different from each other, even one variety from another. You appreciate how plants can look different over time - from first sprouting until they are done for the season. And so many other reasons, lol. Hmm, that's a good video topic -- thanks! :D
Ever tried sprouting the seeds for sandwich toppers. I hear the nutrition is amped up in the sprouts!
I must have composted almost a thousand lambs quarters this spring
I didn't know what they were. Can't wait for next spring and hopefully some will come back ☺️
I hope you can try some Lambs Quarters next spring, Kimberly La Mantia. Maybe then you will look forward to seeing it in your garden, lol. ; )
@@HaphazardHomestead Thank you! Just yesterday I was wandering around the yard and found a couple patches of lambs quarters and threw them in the veggies I made for dinner. They are absolutely delicious 🤤
Update: I saved the seeds from last year and sowed a few patches. They have been excellent! Thank you so much for passing along your knowledge to me! I feel truly honored and blessed! I pray that all is well ❤️
We have fields full of the Lambs quarter and Redroot Pig Weed. I am interested to try this. Thank you for showing them so clearly and how to cook them.
Me too cannot believe the plants i have been getting rid off all those years are edibles and healthy thank you so much for your information 😁👍
I would like to attend your class , I want to learn how identify the plants , I love your video and the way you shows people how to find organics food
I really enjoyed your video. I have Lambs Quarter in my yard. I'm going to try this tomorrow morning.
Today you, my friend are my hero. 🙂 I have so much amaranth & had absolutely no idea what to do with it! Most of mine is now between this stage & the young ones from your other amaranth video. Looks like I've got a ton of harvesting to do! Everyone has been telling me to allow it to go to seed as the seeds are super nutritious & versatile. I'd love to hear your take on that. Youve got a new subscriber today!😁
Thanks for sharing! I just learned that these plants I always pulled in my garden before are edible. I like to try your omelet, looks delicious.
Hello Chris! I love lambs quarters so much I let them grow wherever they pop up n the yard, though it would be nice if I could figure out how to grow them all n one are would be AWESOME, because when they get around 6’...it becomes a challenge to mow around Lol! QUESTION: hope you’ll answer, do u have a video on how to ferment redbuds, or could u tell me how??? Appreciate u much! Thank u
Lambs quarter are great plants. If you let a plant go to seed, you can harvest those seeds and toss them out where you want them. My next video will be on fermented redbud flowers. I am working on it now. They are so, so good! And easy. The recipe I use has 1/2c wine vinegar or white vinegar, 1/2 c water, and 1 teaspoon of salt. Cover the redbud flowers with that, and cover it to make sure everything stays under the liquid. After a 3 days to a week, or however long you want, they are fermented. They have a more rich, deeper flavor than simply putting redbud flowers in cider vinegar. But even that way, just putting redbud flowers in apple cider vinegar is good, too.
I'm just learning about all of this. I had a neighbor till a large piece of my yard. My plan was to plant oats. The weeds grew before the oats did now I have a huge patch of lambs quarter and amerith and I'm thrilled 😊
Hands down she is the best at wild edibles
Thank you for showing them side by side. This is the first time I've seen the definitive differences between pigweed and lambs quarter. I usually get a few of the latter in my garden every year do I can harvest through the summer. I tried collecting seeds for dispersal, but nothing has ever grown. I'll definitely check out your videos for something on stinging nettles. ♡
I'm glad this was helpful. They are a great pair of common garden weeds that are as good to eat as anything planted on purpose. I have footage to edit for a couple of videos on stinging nettle (Urtica dioica), so stay tuned! :D
It looks like I may have a patch of lambsquarters... it is over 5 feet tall so is it too big and old to eat? Did not notice any seeds, though have not looked at too closely... when do those usually come in? Thanks for posting this... it was very helpful. I just wish I could send pictures of the plants to be absolutely sure they are Lambsquarters.
I cannot attest to the flavor of that omlet but I will say it was as pretty as any I have seen. The redbud flowers on top of the greens and the golden brown of the outer part of the omlet is really perfect.
I love you! Such great info, you are so fun to listen to. I wish we were neighbors.
That looks so good. It makes me hungry. I foraged a bunch of things today as I also gather the medicinal weeds.
This was so wholesome and lovely. Thanks for sharing
Thank you for being so thorough in your explanations. Great content!
Thanks, ConroyBurke. I hope you are able to enjoy some Lambs Quarter and Amaranth, too!
This was a great video! I liked all the detail most edit that out but the education is refreshing..thank you.
That's great. We just moved and have tons of lambs quarter. I wasn't quitr sure if it would still be tasty.
Is it OK to say that I'm glad you have more weeds around you now? ; ) I'm interested to know whether you will like them this time of year. I don't think they taste any different, just stronger. Here's to plenty of weeds in your new location -- and some tasty wild mushrooms, too!
Cooked a bunch of lambs quarters the other day, leaves, upper stems and flowers but the dish turned out quite bitter, unpleasantly bitter . Tried to add a few more ingredients to get rid of the bitterness but it wouldn't go away . May have to blanch and discard the water next time even if that means losing some of the nutritients but at least would end up with a palatable dish .
You make me hungry as well. Love your recipes.
Thanks, Elizarobin Robinson! I hope you get a chance to enjoy these greens sometime, too.
Cool vid. I'm glad I subscribed! Tell us more about those fermented red bud flowers
I'm glad you're enjoying my channel! You'll see more about those redbud flowers before long! They are really good -- and redbud trees are easy to identify right when the flowers are ready to harvest. I do have other videos already about picking and eating redbud flowers. I'll put the playlist here, in case anyone else is interested, too -- ruclips.net/p/PLEGN8kE_KnjBkw17z9Y_PiBoLE-mwuROF
so grateful to have found your channel..A wealth of information
Wonderful voice, lovely.
I don't use the stems, only the real thin ones the leaves are on, but I don't plant spinach any more, it always bolts way too fast here, I just have lambsquarter pretty much all season. The seeds I tend to leave for the birds and new plants next year.
Thanks for sharing how you are using lambsquarter, kleineroteHex! That's helpful for everyone here. I plant spinach for the autumn, when it doesn't bolt. But I'm with you on preferring lambs quarter for ease of growing through the spring and summer! Even when I harvest seeds, there seems to be plenty that self-seed, lol. They make a lot of seeds! But not as many as those Amaranth. There are more seeds in my soil than stars in the sky, I think.
@@HaphazardHomestead I don't think I have amaranth.
@@HaphazardHomestead I just see I never answered how I use lambsquarter. I mostly steam/stir fry like I would spinach, sometimes mixed with stinging nettle and chickweed. Comes out just like spinach with salt, pepper, nutmeg, oion and garlic and all blended I to a smooth green paste. My son in law could not believe there wasn't a single leaf of actual spinach in it.
that looked absolutely delicious,,,,,,,,have a great day
Thanks, Myste Pedals -- glad you enjoyed all that. It is a great day, when wild plants are involved! : )
Very useful information, thank you for sharing your knowledge.
Thank you for another extremely helpful video!!!
Wow, so yummy i can feel your happiness in eating your omelette
I found your video and pulled out my lambs quarter last year. Kinda thought it was weed 😅 but it regrew this year and decided to look into it. Glad it's as stubborn as i am. Thank you for the information. Btw, I'm in California.
I love it, thank you for teaching me a new plant (red root wild amaranth)
You're welcome, Russell Ballestrini! This is such a common weed in so many places. And if you don't have this one nearby, there are a lot of other Amaranth weeds that are good, too. I hope you can find some around you.
You should juice the leaves it’s pure gold
I always preferred the name goosefoot. Helps people who don't know to identify it accurately
Amazing videos!! Keep up the great work!
Great tips here. Now I know better how to prepare my amaranth. They are huge now and in full flower. The chickens love them and they are so high in protein! We need to eat theM more now though. New subscriber from Oz 🙂
Can you do a video about milk thistle?
Thank you HH! Beautiful omelette. I'm going to try lambsquarter with Egyptian spinach and purslane tonight.Can you eat the seeds when they ripen? Would you dehydrate the leaves for winter storage?
I was so close to burning that omelette, lol. Lambs quarter and amaranth are just fine, dried for the winter. The amaranth, especially, is high in protein, so it makes a good addition to smoothies, even dehydrated and ground into a powder.
I do eat the seeds of both these plants. I'll be showing more about that, for sure. I am so looking forward to getting the RUclips community tab, because then I could show you my Whiskey-Raisin Pie with a crust of Lambs Quarter seeds, before I get my video done. I think they both taste a lot better when they are popped in a skillet first, like popcorn.
I froze some lambsquarter and purslane this spring to use o er witer. Don't see why you couldn't dehydrate as well.
Haphazard Homestead sounds great. Looking forward to seeing that.
Love your videos! Now I'm wondering about Stinging nettle, when is it too old?
I've always just picked the younger Stinging Nettle (Urtica dioica). Now you have me thinking. I'll have to do some research -- I'll put that on my list of future videos.
Thnx for info. My favorite wild edibles
I'm happy that you know lambs quarter and amaranth, Teresa Pimentel! You are eating well with these two great plants! :D
Thanks so much for the great info. Looks delicious!! 😋
I really enjoy your videos. I believe we are coming to a time soon when this knowledge will be the difference between life and death.
Yay, well done. I never identified an amaranth before. Now I know how. Thank you
I love these videos!
Thanks, Red Yumi! These weeds are some of my favorites. I hope you can enjoy some, too!
I am looking to see what is growing. I have tons of comfrey. Besides smoothies with leaves, what else can I do??
Thanks for the info on lambs quarter. It grows in my backyard and I wasn't sure what to do with it.
I love how you did this video - thank you for sharing and teaching.
I eat like spinach.... Very testy.... Very healthy
I love eating purslane in an omelette. I will have to taste lamb’s quarters since I like spinach.
I've just learn the name of my vegetable "Amaranth" that my family and my people been eating for thousand of years. Didn't know you guys would consider that wild. However i have a few different variety.
And the one variety that you have i also found it around my area and have always wonder if it was Amaranth because it 99% identical to my amaranth. Only different was the leave shape. Our is more wide around the bottom but the wild one is more slime. Anyway i have save some in my yard just incase and now after watching so many video on amaranth i can safely say it is in fact safe.
im eating old pigweed with egg fried rice right now. its so good, a bit chewy though
We overate mature lamb's quarters and found we are sensitive to the oxalic acid in the plant. Next spring will harvest & dry younger plants to see if we can tolerate them. I love the plant but it doesn't love me, lol.
That's too bad - and your experience raises an interesting point about eating too much of some wild plants. I've overdid it with Japanese Knot Weed (Fallopia japonica) long ago. Now I have a couple different strategies that help. One is to eat such a wide mix that no plant makes up much of the total. That might be hard in your area because you are so far north with fewer kinds of plants, I think. But that's what I do in the spring since there are so many great wild plants in perfect condition at that time of year.
My other strategy is to rotate among different greens from completely different plant families. For me, that's rotating among dandelion greens, wild field mustard, amaranth, and lambs quarter as my primary wild greens. Then I can add in others, like sowthistle, garden greens, or the 'minor' wild greens. That's my strategy for freezing big harvests and then using them throughout the year.
Thanks for bringing up this topic!
My apologies for bringing oxalic acid up, it took awhile to decide whether to post or not since it seemed like a negative point to mention.
But discovering it was oxalic acid that caused the issues has changed our wild edibles eating and kind of thrown us for a loop. We relied on LQ greens for 3 years. Almost every day we enjoyed it in winter in place of spinach from the grocery store. Have since learned we ate it in too large a portion due to the acid. It is such an abundant/easy plant to harvest here.. The one option was to boil it twice and throw away the water that has a lot of nutrients in it. This seems counter productive to me so like your suggestion of mixing a small amount of LQ with other wild/garden greens makes more sense, and will change gears to collect them next spring (snow has arrived awful early this year). Will also start paying attention to what families the plants belong to as you are correct, this region lacks plant diversity compared to most zones.
Much appreciate your understanding of my bold statement, cheers!
No apologies needed, Tall Cedars! Thanks for the extra details, too. Even with non-wild plants, there can be issues like this. It's a good topic for a future video. And I hope you can get some other kinds of greens up in your area, too.
Can you go into deal if you know how to make bread / quinoa using the amaranth and goosefoot!!?
I've found the seeds quite strong, astringent. They taste similar to ragweed seeds. Wondered if you gathered ragweed in the fall?
Lambs Quarter is in the same genus as Quinoa. The seeds of both need some processing to wash away specific compounds. With quinoa, somebody may have already done it, but with Lambs Quarter, we have to do it ourselves, lol.
I have never eaten ragweed (Ambrosia spp.) at all, and never even thought about eating it. Even though I grew up in the thick of ragweed country! Here in Oregon's Willamette Valley, it's not a common weed at all. That's a great thing about foraging -- there is more to know than any of us can learn in a lifetime. I'm always happy to learn about a new plant! After a quick check, I'm excited and will be doing some more research. Thanks!
@@HaphazardHomestead thanks, limited info on it but they believe it may be a lost "grain". It was known to be eaten 1,000+ years ago.
Ragweed Ambrosia artemisiifolia
47% crude protein and 38% crude fat yielding ~19% edible oil which is 81.60% linoleic acid and 14.73% oleic acid.
Yeah, from a cursory look, that's what got me intrigued. And some folks talking about other parts on specific ragweed species, too. I"m not going to start spreading ragweed in my garden and across the Willamette Valley, lol, but I'm definitely going to bone up and be ready for some opportunities. : )
I really think you should open a small restaurant. I’m getting hungry! :). I have always enjoyed your unique foods! Yummy, the cattail pancakes were super!
Hey, Josh, what a surprise to see you here! You know how good all those wild greens are -- and mushrooms and all the other wild harvests, too. I'm glad you remember those cattail pancakes! Lately, I've been eating pine pollen pancakes with wild huckleberries. I think you would like those, too! :D
Can you recommend a good reference on fermenting?