Directory of Wild Edibles

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Part I FREE FOR THE EATING

Wild Fruits

members of the rose family

berries

cherries

delicious ready-to-eat fruits

tasty recipes for pies, muffins, flapjacks, syrups, jams and jellies, sherbet, fruit with dumplings, wines and cordials

methods of drying, canning, and storing

Wild Greens

wild varieties of spinach and celery

plants good from the ground up

using frequently overlooked parts of plants

tips for solving the problem of leftovers

flavor enhancers for soups and stews

recipes for homemade pickles, table mustard, and mayonnaise

medicinal preparations

Wild Roots and Tubers

wild substitutes for potatoes, peas, corn, and asparagus that taste better than the vegetables they replace

roots used as potherbs and in salads

chicory as a coffee substitute

roots for snacking on

medicinal uses

Wild Nuts

cakes

pies

cookies

confections

nuts for eating plain

nuts as pickles and hors d'oeuvres

Wild Beverages

brewing, drying, and storing wild teas and coffees

how to make sumac ``lemonade''

jellies and syrups

medicinal preparations

Part II MORE FREE-FOR-THE-EATING WILD FOODS

Food That Grows on Trees

pinon

apple

poplar

slippery elm

acorns

maple

Food That Grows on Shrubs

wild plum

juniper

hawthorn

hackberry

barberry

bayberries

buffalo berry

Nature's Own Salad Greens

live-forever

prickly lettuce

rock cress

wild lettuce

lettuce saxifrage

orach

Nature's Own Potherbs

cowslip

milkweed

knotweed

silverweed

green amaranth

salsify

prairie turnip

wild onion

pokeweed

Snacks, Confections, and Condiments

chufa

sunflower

wild ginger

sweet flag

horseradish

giant kelp

Other Natural Delicacies

Irish moss

laver

dulse

rock tripe

Iceland moss

chia

jack-in-the-pulpit

grape