EatTheWeeds: Episode 30: Yellow Pond Lily

http://www.eattheweeds.com/yellow-pond-lilly-raising-a-wokas/

Learn with Green Deane about yellow pond lilies, available around the world as bullhead lily, spatter dock, and cow lily, wild food.

Category:

Education

Tags:

• Foraging
• wild
• food
• edible
• plants
• raw
• herbs
• survival
• medicine
• bushcraft
• permaculture
• wildcraft
• nuphar
• lutea
• variegatum
• advena
• yellow
• pond
• lily

[LONGPORKBUFFET]

Bless you Green Deane, you are providing a valuable service in these trying times! I believe as the economy worsens, we will need ALL the tips you provide to be able to survive! I live in St.Pete, so you showing me Central Florida's natural bounty, I feel alot more secure knowing I can forage to survive. Thanks again Mean, Green Deane for representing the Florida team!

[EatTheWeeds]

@LONGPORKBUFFET Thanks... by the way, I have a foraging class in Tarpon Springs tomorrow. Details are on my website.

[bscavuzz]

Hey Green Dean,

Most of the pond lily pads by my house (northern ontario) are much smaller and have white flowers. my question is: are the young, purpleish/red, submerged leaves always edible in all types of lily pads?

[EatTheWeeds]

@bscavuzz No, it varies from species to species. Identify exactly then find out.

[EatTheWeeds]

I know of several professional foragers who have tried to make it edible... Ray Mears, Gordon Hillman, Tom Elpel... none of which recommend eating it. I have a friend who told me he found one once, cooked it and it was good. Personally, I've been trying for decades to make one edible and have not succeeded.

[theusedjosh]

ok i see, so basicly its ok to eat if u have no other option, but not recomended,lol well thanks alot:)

[EatTheWeeds]

Well... that is a hard question to answer because what does poisonous mean? "Poisonous" is a spectrum, from an irritation on one end -- literally -- to killing you within minutes. Will nuphar roots kill you within minutes? No. Is it bitter and will upset your stomach? Probably. I have tried for years to make it palatable and have not succeeded. The 300-year-old report that the root is edible is I think in error. It ain't deadlly, but it ain't fun.

[theusedjosh]

the roots arent poisonous are they?

[EatTheWeeds]

Find some shallow water and pull one up. Or, gets some mature seed pods. Throw them in a bucket of water and let them rot for two or three weeks. They will smell. Then put those seeds in your pond. As for the videos thanks. I've got four new ones nearly ready to go.

[miika2]

Hey Deane!!

How do I get the root system to transplant it in my home pond???

Loving you videos!!

Love is....

TL