<?php
$page_name = "Southern Alberta Edibles";
$menu_type = "outdoors";
$menu_name = "Edible Plants";
$blog_num = 22;
$page_rate = 8;
$page_tags = array("food", "erudition");
$page_date = "September 8, 2011";
include_once("./files/head.php");

echo "<p>Alright.  What can we eat when we are in the middle of no-where (k-country)?  Apparently all sorts of stuff.  Here's a quick list from a speaker I heard a while ago.</p>\n";

echo "<p>Update: It looked incomplete, so I'm filling in the blanks.</p>\n";

echo "<h3>Idiot Proof Plants</h3>\n";
echo "<center>\n";
echo "<table>\n";
  echo "<tr>\n";
	echo "<th>Plant</th>\n";
    echo "<th>Part</th>\n";
    echo "<th>Taste</th>\n";
    echo "<th>When to Pick</th>\n";
    echo "<th>Notes</th>\n";
  echo "</tr>\n";
  //fire weed
  echo "<tr>\n";
	echo "<td rowspan=4><a href=\"./images/camping/fireweed_big.jpg\">Fire Weed<br /><img src=\"./images/camping/fireweed.jpg\" width=99 height=150 /></a></td>\n";
	echo "<td>Stalk</td>\n";
    echo "<td></td>\n";
	echo "<td></td>\n";
    echo "<td rowspan=2>Peeled, it can be eaten raw or cooked.  Substitute for asparagus.</td>\n";
  echo "</tr>\n";
  echo "<tr>\n";
	echo "<td>Shoots</td>\n";
    echo "<td></td>\n";
	echo "<td>Late Spring or Early Fall</td>\n";
  echo "</tr>\n";
  echo "<tr>\n";
	echo "<td>Unopened Flower Buds</td>\n";
    echo "<td></td>\n";
	echo "<td></td>\n";
	echo "<td>Stir-fry or salads.</td>\n";
  echo "</tr>\n";
  echo "<tr>\n";
	echo "<td>Roots</td>\n";
    echo "<td>Sweet (spring)</td>\n";
	echo "<td></td>\n";
	echo "<td>Raw, cooked, or dried and ground.</td>\n";
  echo "</tr>\n";
  echo "<tr>\n";
    echo "<td colspan=5></td>\n";
  echo "</tr>\n";
  //wild rose
  echo "<tr>\n";
	echo "<td rowspan=3><a href=\"./images/camping/wildrose_big.jpg\">Wild Rose<br /><img src=\"./images/camping/wildrose.jpg\" width=150 height=121 /></a></td>\n";
	echo "<td>Hips</td>\n";
    echo "<td>Acid/sweet</td>\n";
	echo "<td>late Aug and Sept.</td>\n";
    echo "<td>Rose hip tea is fairly common.</td>\n";
  echo "</tr>\n";
  echo "<tr>\n";
	echo "<td>Roots</td>\n";
    echo "<td></td>\n";
	echo "<td></td>\n";
    echo "<td>Used in tea.</td>\n";
  echo "</tr>\n";
  echo "<tr>\n";
	echo "<td>Petals</td>\n";
    echo "<td>Sweet</td>\n";
	echo "<td></td>\n";
    echo "<td>Candied, edible garnish, drink flavoring, etc.</td>\n";
  echo "</tr>\n";
  echo "<tr>\n";
    echo "<td colspan=5></td>\n";
  echo "</tr>\n";
  //wolfwillow
  echo "<tr>\n";
	echo "<td><a href=\"./images/camping/wolfwillow_big.jpg\">Wolfwillow / Silverberry<br /><img src=\"./images/camping/wolfwillow.jpg\" width=112 height=150 /></a></td>\n";
	echo "<td>Berries</td>\n";
    echo "<td>Savory (ripe)<br />Sour (un-ripe)</td>\n";
	echo "<td></td>\n";
    echo "<td>Raw or cooked.  Dry and mealy texture.  Good in soup.</td>\n";
  echo "</tr>\n";
  echo "<tr>\n";
    echo "<td colspan=5></td>\n";
  echo "</tr>\n";
  //Buffaloberry
  echo "<tr>\n";
	echo "<td><a href=\"./images/camping/buffaloberry_big.jpg\">Buffalo Berry<br /><img src=\"./images/camping/buffaloberry.jpg\" width=150 height=95 /></a></td>\n";
	echo "<td>Berry</td>\n";
    echo "<td>Sour/bitter<br />Sweetens after frost</td>\n";
	echo "<td>Fall</td>\n";
    echo "<td>Good for flavoring meat.  Good in pies and jellies.</td>\n";
  echo "</tr>\n";
  echo "<tr>\n";
    echo "<td colspan=5></td>\n";
  echo "</tr>\n";
  //Juniper
  echo "<tr>\n";
	echo "<td rowspan=3><a href=\"./images/camping/juniper_big.jpg\">Juniper<br /><img src=\"./images/camping/juniper.jpg\" width=150 height=94 /></a></td>\n";
	echo "<td>Boughs</td>\n";
    echo "<td></td>\n";
	echo "<td></td>\n";
    echo "<td>Not edible, but steaming the boughs and breathing it in is used for joint ache :)</td>\n";
  echo "</tr>\n";
  echo "<tr>\n";
	echo "<td>Needles</td>\n";
    echo "<td></td>\n";
	echo "<td></td>\n";
    echo "<td>Used in tea to help with joint ache.</td>\n";
  echo "</tr>\n";
  echo "<tr>\n";
	echo "<td>Berry</td>\n";
    echo "<td>quote: \"About as palatable as a pinecone - which they are related to.\"</td>\n";
	echo "<td>Deep Purple - Fall</td>\n";
    echo "<td><ul>\n";
	  echo "<li>Use 4 berries per pound of meat for flavoring.</li>\n";
	  echo "<li>Eating 'large' (never defined) amounts of berries causes cramps and diarrhea, but in moderate doses can cure said problems (go figure).  It's a fairly powerful diuretic as well.</li>\n";
	  echo "<li>Can cause mis-carriages...</li>\n";
	  echo "<li>Floating the berries in alcohol for a few months transfers the good stuff to the drink (It's what flavors your gin)</li>\n";
	  echo "<li>Ground berries can be put on cuts and scrathes as an antibiotic.</li>\n</ul>\n</td>\n";
  echo "</tr>\n";
  echo "<tr>\n";
    echo "<td colspan=5></td>\n";
  echo "</tr>\n";
  //Lodgepole
  echo "<tr>\n";
	echo "<td rowspan=2><a href=\"./images/camping/lodgepolepine_big.jpg\">Lodgepole Pine<br /><img src=\"./images/camping/lodgepolepine.jpg\" width=150 height=112 /></a></td>\n";
	echo "<td>Needles</td>\n";
    echo "<td>Citrus</td>\n";
	echo "<td></td>\n";
    echo "<td>Steep needles to make tea.</td>\n";
  echo "</tr>\n";
  echo "<tr>\n";
	echo "<td>Inner bark</td>\n";
    echo "<td>Sweet</td>\n";
	echo "<td>Spring</td>\n";
    echo "<td>Raw, or sugar coated.</td>\n";
  echo "</tr>\n";
  echo "<tr>\n";
    echo "<td colspan=5></td>\n";
  echo "</tr>\n";
  //Plantain
  echo "<tr>\n";
	echo "<td><a href=\"./images/camping/plantain_big.jpg\">Plantain<br /><img src=\"./images/camping/plantain.jpg\" width=143 height=150 /></a></td>\n";
	echo "<td>Leaves</td>\n";
    echo "<td>Young - Rich<br />Mature - Bitter</td>\n";
	echo "<td></td>\n";
    echo "<td><ul>\n";
	echo "<li>Crush leaves and rub on stings, cuts, etc.  Mild antiseptic and antibacterial.</li>\n";
	echo "<li>Good for poisionous bites and stings (brown recluse spider).  Soak leaves overnight in olive oil then place on bite/swelling till it is completely gone.  Keep them super hydrated and at rest (about 3 days).</li>\n";
	echo "<li>Also semi-effective for rattlesnake bites apparently if crushed up and put over bite, renewing every 5 min or so.</li>\n";
	echo "<li>Apparently flushes out heavy metals if used as a tea (max 1 cup of tea a day).</li></ul>\n</td>\n";
  echo "</tr>\n";
  echo "<tr>\n";
    echo "<td colspan=5></td>\n";
  echo "</tr>\n";
  //Burdock
  echo "<tr>\n";
	echo "<td rowspan=3><a href=\"./images/camping/burdock_big.jpg\">Burdock<br /><img src=\"./images/camping/burdock.jpg\" width=150 height=116 /></a></td>\n";
	echo "<td>2nd year shoots</td>\n";
    echo "<td rowspan=2>Sweet (roasted)</td>\n";
	echo "<td></td>\n";
    echo "<td>Peel and boil for 20 minutes.  Burdock 'may' lower blood sugar levels.</td>\n";
  echo "</tr>\n";
  echo "<tr>\n";
	echo "<td>1st year roots</td>\n";
	echo "<td></td>\n";
    echo "<td>Scrub/peel off rind (bitter), then boil for 20 minutes.  Burdock 'may' lower blood sugar levels.</td>\n";
  echo "</tr>\n";
  echo "<tr>\n";
	echo "<td>Leaves</td>\n";
    echo "<td></td>\n";
    echo "<td>Crush and use for burns and dry skin.</td>\n";
  echo "</tr>\n";
  echo "<tr>\n";
    echo "<td colspan=5></td>\n";
  echo "</tr>\n";
  //Lambs Quarters
  echo "<tr>\n";
	echo "<td rowspan=2><a href=\"./images/camping/lambsquarters_big.jpg\">Lambs Quarters<br /><img src=\"./images/camping/lambsquarters.jpg\" width=150 height=112 /></a></td>\n";
	echo "<td>Leaves</td>\n";
    echo "<td rowspan=2>Spinach/kale like</td>\n";
	echo "<td></td>\n";
    echo "<td rowspan=2>Steam until soft/tender.  Will turn dark green.  Young leaves and new shoots can be eaten raw.</td>\n";
  echo "</tr>\n";
  echo "<tr>\n";
	echo "<td>Stalks</td>\n";
	echo "<td></td>\n";
  echo "</tr>\n";
  echo "<tr>\n";
    echo "<td colspan=5></td>\n";
  echo "</tr>\n";
  //Dandelion
  echo "<tr>\n";
	echo "<td rowspan=4><a href=\"./images/camping/dandelion_big.jpg\">Dandelion<br /><img src=\"./images/camping/dandelion.jpg\" width=108 height=150 /></a></td>\n";
	echo "<td>Leaves</td>\n";
    echo "<td rowspan=3>Bitter/spicy</td>\n";
	echo "<td rowspan=3>Early spring / late fall after frost</td>\n";
    echo "<td rowspan=3><ul>\n";
	echo "<li>Raw, steamed, blanched (removes bitterness), sauteed, etc.</li>\n";
	echo "<li>Creme de pissenlits is cream of dandelion soup :)</li>\n";
	echo "<li>Roots can be dried and ground for tea/coffee replacement.</li>\n</ul>\n</td>\n";
  echo "</tr>\n";
  echo "<tr>\n";
	echo "<td>Stalks</td>\n";
  echo "</tr>\n";
  echo "<tr>\n";
	echo "<td>Roots</td>\n";
  echo "</tr>\n";
  echo "<tr>\n";
	echo "<td>Flower</td>\n";
    echo "<td></td>\n";
	echo "<td></td>\n";
    echo "<td>Same as the rest or a garnish.</td>\n";
  echo "</tr>\n";
  echo "<tr>\n";
    echo "<td colspan=5></td>\n";
  echo "</tr>\n";
echo "</table>\n";
echo "</center>\n";


echo "<h3>Some Care to Identify Properly Plants</h3>\n";
echo "<center>\n";
echo "<table>\n";
  echo "<tr>\n";
	echo "<th>Plant</th>\n";
    echo "<th>Part</th>\n";
    echo "<th>Taste</th>\n";
    echo "<th>When to Pick</th>\n";
    echo "<th>Notes</th>\n";
  echo "</tr>\n";
  //Sweet Vetch
  echo "<tr>\n";
	echo "<td rowspan=2>Sweet Vetch / Hedysarum<br />(Looking for a new pic, this<br />one got a copyright complaint.<br />See the copyrighted image here:<br /><a href=\"http://www.em.ca/garden/native/nat_hedysarum_boreale.html\">http://www.em.ca/garden/native/nat_hedysarum_boreale.html</a>)</td>\n";
	echo "<td>Stalks</td>\n";
    echo "<td rowspan=2>Rich</td>\n";
	echo "<td>Spring</td>\n";
    echo "<td rowspan=2>H. hedysaroides, H. alpinum, and H. boreale are edible.  H. mackenzii usually won't kill you, but be prepared for a really shitty night.<br />Eat like parsnips or potatoes; raw, fried, boiled, etc, etc.</td>\n";
  echo "</tr>\n";
  echo "<tr>\n";
	echo "<td>Roots</td>\n";
	echo "<td>Early spring or fall after frost</td>\n";
  echo "</tr>\n";
  echo "<tr>\n";
    echo "<td colspan=5></td>\n";
  echo "</tr>\n";
  //Cow Parsnip
  echo "<tr>\n";
	echo "<td rowspan=3><a href=\"./images/camping/cowparsnip_big.jpg\">Cow Parsnip<br /><img src=\"./images/camping/cowparsnip.jpg\" width=150 height=112 /></a></td>\n";
	echo "<td>Mature Stalk</td>\n";
    echo "<td>Potent</td>\n";
	echo "<td></td>\n";
    echo "<td>Peel outer skin and eat raw.  You can roast unpeeled stalks.</td>\n";
  echo "</tr>\n";
  echo "<tr>\n";
	echo "<td>Young Stalk</td>\n";
    echo "<td>Mild/sweet</td>\n";
	echo "<td></td>\n";
    echo "<td>Peel outer skin and eat raw or boiled.</td>\n";
  echo "</tr>\n";
  echo "<tr>\n";
	echo "<td>Roots</td>\n";
    echo "<td>Potent</td>\n";
	echo "<td></td>\n";
    echo "<td>Cooked, use like parsnip.</td>\n";
  echo "</tr>\n";
  echo "<tr>\n";
    echo "<td colspan=5></td>\n";
  echo "</tr>\n";
echo "</table>\n";
echo "</center>\n";


echo "<h3>Poisonous!!! DO NOT EAT EVER EVER EVER</h3>\n";
echo "<center>\n";
echo "<table>\n";
  echo "<tr>\n";
	echo "<th>Plant</th>\n";
    echo "<th>Part</th>\n";
    echo "<th>Taste</th>\n";
    echo "<th>When to Pick</th>\n";
    echo "<th>Notes</th>\n";
  echo "</tr>\n";
echo "</table>\n";
echo "</center>\n";

include_once("./files/close.php");
?>