• Post Reply Bookmark Topic Watch Topic
  • New Topic
permaculture forums growies critters building homesteading energy monies kitchen purity ungarbage community wilderness fiber arts art permaculture artisans regional education skip experiences global resources cider press projects digital market permies.com pie forums private forums all forums
this forum made possible by our volunteer staff, including ...
master stewards:
  • Nancy Reading
  • Carla Burke
  • r ranson
  • John F Dean
  • paul wheaton
  • Pearl Sutton
stewards:
  • Jay Angler
  • Liv Smith
  • Leigh Tate
master gardeners:
  • Christopher Weeks
  • Timothy Norton
gardeners:
  • thomas rubino
  • Jeremy VanGelder
  • Maieshe Ljin
  • Likes 6
  • Mark post as helpful
  • send pies
    Number of slices to send:
    Optional 'thank-you' note:
  • Quote
  • Report post to moderator
This is a badge bit (BB) that is part of the PEP curriculum.  Completing this BB is part of getting the sand badge in Foraging.

Foraging is like gardening but without all the planting, weeding, nibbler protection or watering.  If you live in the country there are lots of road sides to search.  These must be wild foods - not gleaning or harvesting from an actively cultivated space.

Plant identification is the most important part of foraging.  Get one or two good books on the edibles of your region.  Be sure you know what you're picking!

To complete this BB, the minimum requirements are:
Prepare a dish (soup, salad, entree, side, etc.) that uses at least a cup of one of:
- dandelion (blossoms or leaves)
- wild mushrooms (must be cooked)
- nettles
- miner's lettuce
- lambs quarter
- purslane
- acorns (must be prepared properly)
- burdock root (must be cooked)
- chickweed
- wild sorrel
- red-root amaranth (pigweed)
- watercress
- rose hips

To document your completion of the BB, provide the following:
 - A picture of one of the plants in the wild
 - A picture of obviously more than a cup of foraged ingredients (or pic of the ingredients in a measuring cup)
 - A picture of the finished dish
 - A description of what the dish is

Clarifications:
 - This is "Foraging" so the plants can not be cultivated by you.
COMMENTS:
 
steward
Posts: 10760
Location: South Central Kansas
2988
9
kids purity fungi foraging trees tiny house medical herbs building woodworking wood heat homestead
  • Likes 9
  • Mark post as helpful
  • send pies
    Number of slices to send:
    Optional 'thank-you' note:
  • Quote
  • Report post to moderator
Approved submission
Laetiporus Sulpherous, the delicious Chicken of the Woods.  This time 'round we made a gravy and doused it over fried eggs.  Also delicious in curry.  I pickled some in ACV that are . . . interesting . . . but I haven't figured out how to use them yet.
Chicken-of-the-Woods.png
chicken of the woods
chicken of the woods
chicken-of-the-woods-cut.png
chicken of the woods cut
chicken of the woods cut
chicken-of-the-woods-gravy.png
chicken of the woods gravy
chicken of the woods gravy
Staff note (Mike Haasl) :

I certify this BB complete

 
pollinator
Posts: 161
318
2
fungi books cooking building medical herbs woodworking
  • Likes 8
  • Mark post as helpful
  • send pies
    Number of slices to send:
    Optional 'thank-you' note:
  • Quote
  • Report post to moderator
Approved submission
The PEP event crew went for a stroll to the creek sfter a woodland care sesh and looked around for some food. Mostly on the hunt for Morels but surrounded by a variety of greens. Miner's lettuce, Sorrel, Fire weed, Dandelions and Violets. I harvested Miner's lettuce. This simple dish was made up of Miner's lettuce, Raisins, Sunflower seeds, juice of 1/3 lemon and some pepper. Delecious
miner-s-lettuce.jpg
miner's lettuce
miner's lettuce
20190523_180144.jpg
harvested miner's lettuce
harvested miner's lettuce
20190523_180206.jpg
miner's lettuce
miner's lettuce
20190523_180650.jpg
miner's lettuce salad
miner's lettuce salad
Staff note (Nicole Alderman) :

I hereby certify that this Badge Bit is completed!

 
pollinator
Posts: 590
Location: Near Missoula, MT
388
3
hugelkultur hunting books wofati chicken fiber arts bee building sheep rocket stoves homestead
  • Likes 6
  • Mark post as helpful
  • send pies
    Number of slices to send:
    Optional 'thank-you' note:
  • Quote
  • Report post to moderator
Approved submission
- A picture of one of the plants in the wild

miner's lettuce

- A picture of obviously more than a cup of foraged ingredients (or pic of the ingredients in a measuring cup)


- A picture of the finished dish

A miner's lettuce salad with dandelion flowerand wild violet flower.  
Staff note (Nicole Alderman) :

I hereby certify that this Badge Bit is completed!

 
gardener
Posts: 1230
Location: Zone 9A, 45S 168E, 329m Queenstown, NZ
520
dog fungi foraging chicken food preservation cooking fiber arts
  • Likes 5
  • Mark post as helpful
  • send pies
    Number of slices to send:
    Optional 'thank-you' note:
  • Quote
  • Report post to moderator
Approved submission
Watercress soup with homegrown potatoes and garlic
20190323_143936.jpg
watercress
watercress
20180925_193914.jpg
soup ingredients
soup ingredients
20180925_193919.jpg
potatoes peeled
potatoes peeled
20181002_202212.jpg
washed watercress
washed watercress
20180925_215254.jpg
watercress soup
watercress soup
Staff note (Mike Haasl) :

I certify this BB complete!

 
I don't have to be what you want me to be --Muhammad Ali ... this tiny ad is coming for you:
GAMCOD 2025: 200 square feet; Zero degrees F or colder; calories cheap and easy
https://permies.com/wiki/270034/GAMCOD-square-feet-degrees-colder
reply
    Bookmark Topic Watch Topic
  • New Topic