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  • cooking,  foraging

    Maple Blossom Fritters

    April 10, 2013 / 1 Comment

    Ever since Flower went foraging for nettles, I have been intrigued by the idea of foraging. For awhile now, I have been hearing of people foraging for mushrooms and for all sorts of wild greens, even within the city limits. My friend Cara is the expert on foraging and I have been wanting to go mushroom foraging with her for awhile, but it hasn’t worked out time-wise yet (she often goes on weekdays and odd hours). When Cara came over last Saturday and asked if I wanted to go foraging for maple blossoms and then make maple blossom fritters, I said “Hell yeah!”. I did think we were going to…

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  • cooking,  foraging,  recipe

    Guest Post: Flower on Nettle Foraging

    March 15, 2013 / 2 Comments

    We are so fortunate in Seattle to have a wonderful array of urban parks, where just a jaunt across town can immerse you into a natural setting that makes you feel a million miles away from the city. With the tip off of a friend, we found ourselves at one of these parks on a beautiful Spring day, foraging for Nettles. I recently acquired the book Hunt Gather Cook by Hank Shaw and it has opened up a world of foraged edibles that I am eager to try. The one disappointment of this book is that it does not aid in identifying the actual plant. Thankfully, we have a wonderfully…

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