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cattail? #2608451
06/10/11 06:41 PM 06/10/11 06:41 PM
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Volant Pa.
jeremy brua Offline OP
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anyone else eat these. i was thinking of making pickels out of them.

don't worry over the smart ones. catch the dumb ones, they pay the same.

i can do it because i dont know that i cant.

Nì òigear leisg bodach brisg
Re: cattail? [Re: jeremy brua] #2608540
06/10/11 08:29 PM 06/10/11 08:29 PM
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Illinois
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the whole plant is edible.........are you refering to the heads jeremy......the part that eventually turn brown?


the cattails are verrry good eating early in spring.......collect the young shoots and cook in butter.

right now........if you peel away the stalk.....get the white center...it tastes exactly like cucumber..........i may go get a batch tonite...lol.

the roots can be dried and made into flour.

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Re: cattail? [Re: jeremy brua] #2608556
06/10/11 08:49 PM 06/10/11 08:49 PM
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Volant Pa.
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i was going to use the shoots. i love them. they do taist just like a cucumber. i really want to try the heads. has anyone ever tried them?

don't worry over the smart ones. catch the dumb ones, they pay the same.

i can do it because i dont know that i cant.

Nì òigear leisg bodach brisg
Re: cattail? [Re: jeremy brua] #2608566
06/10/11 08:58 PM 06/10/11 08:58 PM
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i've never tried eating the heads.

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Re: cattail? [Re: jeremy brua] #2608578
06/10/11 09:12 PM 06/10/11 09:12 PM
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in late spring the green immatureflower spikes picked just before they erupt from the papery sheaths
boil them and eat them like corn on the cob
Re: cattail? [Re: jeremy brua] #2608945
06/11/11 09:36 AM 06/11/11 09:36 AM
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we have some large garden centers here that buy bundles of them to sell to the rich people with fancy ponds,also dug a large batch for a wetland reconstruction company one time but have never eaten them.
Re: cattail? [Re: jeremy brua] #2608956
06/11/11 09:46 AM 06/11/11 09:46 AM
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we use to fry the roots.was great
Re: cattail? [Re: jeremy brua] #2609022
06/11/11 11:10 AM 06/11/11 11:10 AM
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I collect the pollen, sift it through silk screen, and use it for flour substitute. 3/4 regular flour to 1/4 pollen.It tastes like corn meal.

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Re: cattail? [Re: foxkidd44] #2610120
06/12/11 03:25 PM 06/12/11 03:25 PM
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BackWood's Nebraska
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Originally Posted By: foxkidd44
the whole plant is edible.........are you refering to the heads jeremy......the part that eventually turn brown?


the cattails are verrry good eating early in spring.......collect the young shoots and cook in butter.

right now........if you peel away the stalk.....get the white center...it tastes exactly like cucumber..........i may go get a batch tonite...lol.

the roots can be dried and made into flour.



Thank's for sharing the Info. "I like gathering Free Food"

Kicking Bird
BackWood's Nebraska
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Re: cattail? [Re: jeremy brua] #2610660
06/12/11 10:42 PM 06/12/11 10:42 PM
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Oakland, MS
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This little article was in the paper today about cattails.
http://www.thehawkeye.com/story/foraging-061211-sidebar

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Re: cattail? [Re: jeremy brua] #2611058
06/13/11 11:58 AM 06/13/11 11:58 AM
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Just be carefull as to where you get them...along roadsides or in drainage ditches or chemically controlled ponds have a very high risk factor for contamination.
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