Category: WILD FOOD

• WILD FOOD

  SEAWEED

  THE FOLKLORE OF PLANTS: Seaweed Lisa Karen Miller           Seaweed is a generic term for a plethora of species of edible ocean algae. It grows around the world, though the most interesting lore attached to it originated in Ireland, Scotland, Wales, and the southern coast of England.           In fishing…

  October 19, 2023
• WILD FOOD

  PURSLANE

  THE FOLKLORE OF PLANTS: Purslane Lisa Karen Miller           The 16th century English adventurer Sir Richard Hawkins was worried about his crew as they sailed for the South Seas.  They were suffering from scurvy, resulting from a deficiency of vitamin C.  Long sea voyages meant that any fresh fruit on…

  October 18, 2023