Vegetarianism and veganism

The only Texas plant I know of is the yellow rose!

And it is edible!

What's the difference? Who can tell?!

https://www.facebook.com/104.7Canberra/v...674726166/

These kids are too young to have had their food awakening... lol Probably haven't cooked a real meal before...

What's the difference? Who can tell? ;-)

[Laird]

Ha. JP is funny in more than just the humorous sense: it's also funny (as in "curious and intriguing") that (how) he uses satire to poke fun at himself and his own community so as to avoid that community taking itself and its ideas too seriously. I don't know whether he's part of the vegan community specifically but he is (including as a professional life coach) identified with the same "New Age" community that he lampoons, and has said as much in more serious moments. He's said that being part of a community and at the same time parodying it is like having a left and a right hand.

Amaranth grows as a weed in my yard/field... I've experimented plucking and eating a few leaves and seeds off of it and it is not bad. I like knowing which weeds I can eat in case things get bad! ...and Amaranth would definitely keep us going for a while.

I'm glad that local farms and farmers' markets are gaining popularity here in the states.

Learning what plants around one's area provide food and medicine is something to really consider as, in many cultures, that native knowledge has been lost and needs to be resurrected in my opinion.  My friend has led the push in our area with an amazing book and website - check it out (even though I know most of you aren't in CA):

http://www.livingwild.org/wild-food/about/

Yep, and dollarweed, chickweed, dandelion, pokeweed (which is poisonous unless youngest leaves are used and boiled with two water changes), and others... these all grow in the yard/flower beds readily. Here's a good resource for Texas:
http://www.foragingtexas.com/

I bet you have plantain growing around there as well - an AMAZING plant!
https://www.naturallivingideas.com/plant...fits-uses/

Who wee!, you must live in a rich place. Where I live we just have pennyweed. 

We got those except dollarweed. Something to try is stinging nettle. We also have pawpaw fruit-tasty. Some say it tastes like a banana and mango. It has a creamy texture. Other fruits are blackberry, wineberry, blackraspberry, blackcherry, persimmon.

In the Tuscan region of Italy where I lived for a year learning to farm, we used stinging nettle as a non-aerated "tea" for foliar spraying of crops to ward off insects and promote vigor.  Then, we'd harvest it (carefully) and cook it for inclusion in pasta dishes.

Ha. JP is funny in more than just the humorous sense: it's also funny (as in "curious and intriguing") that (how) he uses satire to poke fun at himself and his own community so as to avoid that community taking itself and its ideas too seriously. I don't know whether he's part of the vegan community specifically but he is (including as a professional life coach)  identified with the same "New Age" community that he lampoons, and has said as much in more serious moments. He's said that being part of a community and at the same time parodying it is like having a left and a right hand.

Yes, a sign of true wisdom in my opinion.

[Laird]

Learning what plants around one's area provide food and medicine is something to really consider as, in many cultures, that native knowledge has been lost and needs to be resurrected in my opinion.  My friend has led the push in our area with an amazing book and website - check it out (even though I know most of you aren't in CA):

http://www.livingwild.org/wild-food/about/

I love "Foraging with Funk". :-)

I'm looking forward to the possible sequels, "Hip-Hop Horticulture" and "Gathering with Gospel".

You're lucky to have such an awesome friend.

On the subject of native knowledge, I was massively impressed by Bruce Pascoe's book, Dark Emu Black Seeds, about our indigenous inhabitants here in Australia, based primarily on first-hand accounts from the diaries of European explorers. This book massively recalibrated my understanding of the supposed "hunter-gatherer" culture that in school we were taught existed here before European colonisation. Definitely worth a read, and includes a lot of information about indigenous foods and their cultivation before the invaders arrived and ruined a paradise.

The ABC interview "Bruce Pascoe on the complex question of Aboriginal agriculture" is very worth a listen. Bruce has been trying to bring to commercial realisation such indigenous foods as he discusses in his book as yams.

In the Tuscan region of Italy where I lived for a year learning to farm, we used stinging nettle as a non-aerated "tea" for foliar spraying of crops to ward off insects and promote vigor.  Then, we'd harvest it (carefully) and cook it for inclusion in pasta dishes.

That reminds me, self harvested catnip can make a nice minty tea.

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