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Foraging from Nature

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    WhiskeySandwich
    啓蒙家
    Joined: 1 Mar 2023

    Cool thread! We have loads of paw paws around here too! Can’t wait till they really start coming in so we can make a paw paw custard pie. Haven’t seen any edible mushrooms on the lot yet but we always go exploring for morels in the spring. They’re all over this area.

    "The greatest obstacle to living is expectancy, which hangs upon tomorrow and loses today...The whole future lies in uncertainty: Live immediately."
    -Seneca

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      Oaktavia
      見習いボス
      @Sir_Cuffs-a-Lot
      Joined: 12 Jun 2019

      @Sir_Cuffs-a-Lot wow I am intrigued and curious what is chaga? I have heard of the name and I think I may have seen it on a tree before. What can you tell about it? How's the tea?

      IG: electricindigowizard

      "Possibly splitting hairs, but I consider @Oaktavia to be the beardy, dank High Magus of this denim game…" @neph93

      WTB: IHJ-72- XL/XXL

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        Oaktavia
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        @WhiskeySandwich
        Joined: 12 Jun 2019

        @WhiskeySandwich I have tried morels from the hippies that brought them to restaurants I worked at in WV and MD but never found one on my own. They around southern MD you say?

        IG: electricindigowizard

        "Possibly splitting hairs, but I consider @Oaktavia to be the beardy, dank High Magus of this denim game…" @neph93

        WTB: IHJ-72- XL/XXL

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          WhiskeySandwich
          啓蒙家
          @Oaktavia
          Joined: 1 Mar 2023

          @Oaktavia Yeah bro, I think they're all over the mid-Atlantic, but their location can be sporadic. It's definitely more like hunting, it's tricky, and I've only known them to appear around April like when the first greens come up on the forest floor. I've heard all kinds of tips like searching around dead/dying softwood trees and on south-facing slopes because they get more sun.

          "The greatest obstacle to living is expectancy, which hangs upon tomorrow and loses today...The whole future lies in uncertainty: Live immediately."
          -Seneca

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            Oaktavia
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            @WhiskeySandwich
            Joined: 12 Jun 2019

            @WhiskeySandwich I have heard lots of tips and I will continue to look. I have found lion's mane and cauliflower mushrooms but they were too old to eat. The one mushroom I have been super successful with is chicken of the woods. My wife and I still have some in our freezer from last summer.

            IG: electricindigowizard

            "Possibly splitting hairs, but I consider @Oaktavia to be the beardy, dank High Magus of this denim game…" @neph93

            WTB: IHJ-72- XL/XXL

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              WhiskeySandwich
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              @Oaktavia
              Joined: 1 Mar 2023

              @Oaktavia Awesome, I really need to do more research on what's local, and make some more paths through our woods so we can search more easily. We have tons of plans to utilize our property more for stuff like this and garden and get some livestock, but the problem is finding the time to do it!

              "The greatest obstacle to living is expectancy, which hangs upon tomorrow and loses today...The whole future lies in uncertainty: Live immediately."
              -Seneca

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                Sir_Cuffs-a-Lot
                The Unwoven
                @Oaktavia
                Joined: 11 Feb 2023

                @Oaktavia I only discovered it last year, so I’m sure the interwebs can tell you more than I can. It’s a parasitic fungus that I’ve found on some of the birch and ironwood trees around my cabin. Supposedly it is a great immune booster, and many claim it has other medicinal properties (lowers blood pressure, cures cancer). I don’t know much about that….
                I just think it’s pretty rad that I can “hunt” for this badass looking parasite while on hikes with the pupper, harvest it, and enjoy it as warm beverage (that might, or might not, be doing all these awesome things for me). I find it mellow and earthy tasting, while others sometimes describe it as bitter. I’m used to black coffee, if anything I find it a little sweet.
                I try my best to leave a decent chunk attached to the tree - it will continue to grow, from what I understand. And I always thank the tree, because trees kick ass and all.
                Jarred

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                  Sir_Cuffs-a-Lot
                  The Unwoven
                  Joined: 11 Feb 2023

                  Sweet harvest this morning! Only took what I planned on eating - fried chicken of the woods sammidges tonight, butter-fried coral tooth as a burger side tomorrow…..

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                  Remember boys and girls, never munch on a hunch! 😉

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                    twin
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                    @Oaktavia
                    Joined: 12 May 2012

                    @Oaktavia We pick paw paw every fall. Lots of the small trees in the woods around here.

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                      Oaktavia
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                      @Sir_Cuffs-a-Lot
                      Joined: 12 Jun 2019

                      @Sir_Cuffs-a-Lot said in Foraging from Nature:

                      Remember boys and girls, never munch on a hunch! 😉

                      Those toothy mushrooms are stellar...my wife makes COTW breaded and fried like chicken nugs. All the saowces.

                      IG: electricindigowizard

                      "Possibly splitting hairs, but I consider @Oaktavia to be the beardy, dank High Magus of this denim game…" @neph93

                      WTB: IHJ-72- XL/XXL

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                        Sir_Cuffs-a-Lot
                        The Unwoven
                        Joined: 11 Feb 2023

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                        tasty as!

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                          Oaktavia
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                          @Sir_Cuffs-a-Lot
                          Joined: 12 Jun 2019

                          @Sir_Cuffs-a-Lot that looks glorious!!!

                          IG: electricindigowizard

                          "Possibly splitting hairs, but I consider @Oaktavia to be the beardy, dank High Magus of this denim game…" @neph93

                          WTB: IHJ-72- XL/XXL

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                            Oaktavia
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                            @twin
                            Joined: 12 Jun 2019

                            @twin said in Foraging from Nature:

                            @Oaktavia We pick paw paw every fall. Lots of the small trees in the woods around here.

                            That's awesome man. I just foraged about a dozen from the biggest tree in our back yard.

                            Good to hear from you dude. I miss your fade progress photos.

                            IG: electricindigowizard

                            "Possibly splitting hairs, but I consider @Oaktavia to be the beardy, dank High Magus of this denim game…" @neph93

                            WTB: IHJ-72- XL/XXL

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                              twin
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                              @Oaktavia
                              Joined: 12 May 2012

                              @Oaktavia Yea when I can get the photos to up load on this new forum. Then you will see some fade progress pics.

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                                SKT
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                                Joined: 26 Aug 2019

                                @Oaktavia Loving this thread man! Already learning a lot. We have a few go to mushrooms here in Missouri. I grew up “mushroom hunting” with my grandpa in the spring for Morels. Love them fried. Can find chanterelles in my yard a lot under our oak trees. I need to expand my palette!

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                                  Oaktavia
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                                  @SKT
                                  Joined: 12 Jun 2019

                                  @SKT hell yeah man glad to hear it. I sm so envious of those who find morels and chantrells. Still on my list to spit. Still haven't tasted chantrells.

                                  IG: electricindigowizard

                                  "Possibly splitting hairs, but I consider @Oaktavia to be the beardy, dank High Magus of this denim game…" @neph93

                                  WTB: IHJ-72- XL/XXL

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                                    Sir_Cuffs-a-Lot
                                    The Unwoven
                                    Joined: 11 Feb 2023

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                                    Been frying these up in butter with shallots and smoked garlic…

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                                      Oaktavia
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                                      @Sir_Cuffs-a-Lot
                                      Joined: 12 Jun 2019

                                      @Sir_Cuffs-a-Lot Nice dude...is that particular fungus in any way related to lion's mane? I have found two of them growing on the same tree one year apart on my property but both times found them past due. The one fungus you posted is pretty cool looking, almost looks like coral.

                                      IG: electricindigowizard

                                      "Possibly splitting hairs, but I consider @Oaktavia to be the beardy, dank High Magus of this denim game…" @neph93

                                      WTB: IHJ-72- XL/XXL

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                                        Sir_Cuffs-a-Lot
                                        The Unwoven
                                        @Oaktavia
                                        Joined: 11 Feb 2023

                                        @Oaktavia from what I understand, same family - this one’s a coral tooth.

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                                          Smiladon
                                          Raw and Unwashed
                                          Joined: 1 Oct 2019

                                          Great sub!

                                          “Life is too short to be taken seriously.”
                                          -me
                                          IG = 6foot7ifitmatters

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