Food Foraging: Maple Syrup, Prickly Lettuce, and Calamus

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Acorns are perhaps THE emblematic foraged food.
Acorns are perhaps THE emblematic foraged food.
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The leaves of young prickly lettuce plants taste like domesticated lettuce.
The leaves of young prickly lettuce plants taste like domesticated lettuce.
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You can make calamus root into candy and tea.
You can make calamus root into candy and tea.
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A simple system for boiling maple sap into maple syrup.
A simple system for boiling maple sap into maple syrup.
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An assortment of tools needed for making maple syrup.
An assortment of tools needed for making maple syrup.
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Elderberry branches make good spiles for collecting maple tree sap. The illustration shows the process of hollowing out a branch.
Elderberry branches make good spiles for collecting maple tree sap. The illustration shows the process of hollowing out a branch.
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The procedure for tapping a maple tree.
The procedure for tapping a maple tree.

People like me dedicated to food foraging know the month of March in Wisconsin can be a beauty or a beast. It can be a
time for picking tender greens from the sunny side of field
knolls or it can be a time for spending the best part of
the day shoveling through deep snow. One thing is

  • Published on Mar 1, 1972
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