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Contents Acknowledgments............................................................................... vii Introduction............................................................................................. 1 Wild Plants as Food ....................................................................... 1 Before You Begin ............................................................................. 3 Emergency Food................................................................................ 5 How to Use This Book....................................................................6 Guidelines for Using the Recipes ................................................ 7 About Flavorings, Sweeteners, and Oils ................................... 8 Beverages ...........................................................................................9 Recipes for Failure ..........................................................................9 Deadly Harvest: Plants You Should Avoid...............................13 Poison Ivy, Poison Oak, Poison Sumac ...................................... 13 Poison Hemlock .............................................................................. 17 Mushrooms ...................................................................................... 19 Nature’s Storehouse of Edible Plants........................................... 21 Condiments............................................................................................29 Sassafras ..........................................................................................29 Field Garlic......................................................................................31 Aperitifs.....................................................................................................35 Swamp Bay.........................................................................................35 Red Spruce ........................................................................................37 Greens....................................................................................................... 41 Chicory............................................................................................. 41 Curly Dock...................................................................................... 45 Glassworts ...................................................................................... 48 Kudzu................................................................................................ 50 Stinging Nettle...............................................................................53 Black Walnut ................................................................................. 56 Starches.................................................................................................... 63 American Lotus .............................................................................. 63 Arrowhead ...................................................................................... 67 Groundnut ......................................................................................69 Nut Sedge ....................................................................................... 72 Oaks....................................................................................................74 Softstem Bulrush .......................................................................... 78 Spring Beauty ................................................................................. 79 Grains and Plants Used Like Grains......................................... 83 Cane................................................................................................... 83 Manna Grass ................................................................................... 87 River Oats .......................................................................................90 Yellow Pond Lily............................................................................ 94 Flowers...................................................................................................... 97 Black Locust................................................................................... 97 Cattails ...........................................................................................101 Orange Day Lily ........................................................................... 105 Redbud ........................................................................................... 108 Sweets....................................................................................................... 111 Indian Strawberry........................................................................ 111 Pawpaw ............................................................................................. 114 Cordials...................................................................................................119 Blueberries .....................................................................................119 Mushrooms............................................................................................123 Oyster Mushroom.........................................................................123 Chicken of the Woods .................................................................127 Puffballs ........................................................................................ 128 Index of Recipes...................................................................................133 ...

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