This is deadnettle that I used to cook with along with onion grass and wild garlic in college!
I also found a chestnut tree in the woods at college and it was so fun roasting them :)
This is early in its life cycle but young garlic mustard (terribly invasive where I live) is also decent as seasoning.
Another young plant that’s only really good to eat when young is fiddlehead ferns! Specifically ostrich ferns are the best to eat around here and I blanch them, then sautee like asparagus!
One of my favorite foods that I’ve foraged is a kind of jelly mushroom! I’ll post pics of it growing and then after my partner and I prepared them.
This one doesn’t look like a plant but it is! Ghostpipe doesn’t have chlorophyll because it’s parasitic and actually feeds off the roots of other plants. They’re fragile enough that touching them is often enough for them to die. I do know some people use them medicinally in tinctures but I don’t know anything proving or disproving that.
I have a lot more but these are my faves and this post is already so long lol
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My grandmother was born in the countryside and used to forage a lot. i wish she had passed the knowledge.
Your grandma sounds great :) I’m always willing to give tips if you want! DMs are always open
