Eat Poison Ivy

Eat Poison Ivy


Obviously, the topic here is plant identifying and knowing what plants are and aren’t safe to eat.
You don’t want to eat Poison Ivy, right? I hope not, that is why I am telling you the information I have learned.
First off, you need to figure out where you are, so you know what kinds of plants will be there. For instance, if you are in New Mexico, you would look for cactus to eat, or ……sand? You get the idea!
If you’re in a place that has Juniper trees, and its in the right season, you will be able to eat the little red berries that are on the tree.
Although the Juniper berries are bitter if you don’t simmer them somehow before eating.
And always make sure that they are ripe, or they will taste worst than a mouthful of ants!
Another great use for the Juniper Berries are making tea with them.
Not only does it taste pretty good, but if you drink it when you have an infection, it will help you to get better a lot faster!
Pinon Trees are very helpful if you are starving out in the middle of nowhere. Especially if its in the right season for pinecones.
Inside these Pinecones, there are 2 little pinon nuts. It’s most likely going to be contained inside the clove of the pinecone.
Although they aren’t very filling, pine nuts keep you supplied with helpful nutrients that they contain. Pine nuts are very expensive at stores, so if you don’t have a job, you can find a pinon tree, dig out the nuts, than sell them for a lot of money!
Okay, I’m supposed to be telling you about how to identify plants, not sell them.
Scrub oak is also a life saver, when starving, of course they don’t taste like a lifesaver.
Anyway, these plants have acorns that grow on them. The way to prepare them to eat, is first to leech out the tamon that is inside the acorn. You would do it like so:
1.Boil
2. Dump water
(keep dumping and boiling water.
The water will look brown at first. That is the tamon. Repeat boiling and dumping until there is no more brown discoloration to the water)
3. Grind up acorn
4.wash thoroughly with water
After you complete step 4, you can make acorn bread with the acorn flour you just produced!
Yum Yum!
Next, is the New Mexican Yucca,
which according to me tastes Yucca!
It won’t taste like that if you’re hungry though.
To use yucca, first you have to boil it. If you do, you have just made string so you can use that for help if needed.
There is only one part of the yucca that you can gobble. That is the flowers that grow off the yucca.
But this method only helps if you have Arthritis, or a spot of irritation.
The Douglas Fir is also very helpful.
It will look kind of like a pinon but the pine needles are softer.
You can use a Douglas fir for excellent Pine needle tea.
It has the same effect of the Juniper Berry Tea.
The Yaro plant helps if you have sunburns, pimples, and such.
Last but not least, is the Ponderosa pine!
You cannot make very tasty tea out of these pine needles, but if you crush them, you might be able to make out the smell of citrus.
I would keep writing, but I’ve gone too long already.
I hope you know now, not to eat poison ivy!