Monday, October 19, 2015

Brooklyn's wild foods


We had a fantastic forage walk in Prospect Park on Saturday, in the first real chill of October. 


A lovely bunch of people attended - from New Yorker South Africans to native Rhode Islanders and Upper East Siders, a strong Brooklyn contingent and a very enthusiastic and interested 8-year old - Scout - below, who was appointed the official puffball-fetcher. At the beginning of the walk she pronounced, I don't like mushrooms. By the end she was knocking back shots of hot hen of the woods soup, calling it "delicious." Also a fan of the rosehip jam and barberry bread.

So I was happy.


And I think everyone who wanted a puffball got one.


Lots of hawthorns in fruit, a native Sichuan/Szechuan pepper tree (Xanthoxylum americanum - the Chinese species are simulans and piperitum), lambs quarter seeds, plenty of pokeweed and elderberry bushes (for spring), and a lot inbetween.

The next walk is November 15 in Central Park's Ramble. 

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3 comments:

  1. Sounds so wonderful, and delicious! If only there wasn't an entire ocean between me and your forage walks...

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  2. When are you going to come up to the Catskill Mountains for a forage? Imagine what you could find!!

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    1. We were there on Sunday! Found mushrooms. But I am always looking for private land and friendly owners :-)

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