Oklahoma wild food

Foraging for food, Survivalist Living , Plants Herbs wild foods , edible and some great plants in the wild, That make excellent food sources, designed to help you learn some of the Oklahoma's plants you can use as food in the wilderness, to assemble a salad with a wild plant, Oklahoma Prickly pear cactus, Edible cactus can be eaten raw or cooked,prickly pear fruit for food Small young pads harvested in early spring is best,Beware pear cactus can poke and hurt really bad, thistle plant flower or Silybum marianum The use of thistle in cultural and traditional settings may differ from concepts accepted by current Western medicine. When considering the use of herbal supplements, consultation with a primary health care professional is advisable. Additionally, consultation with a practitioner trained in the uses of herbal/health supplements may be beneficial, and coordination of treatment among all health care providers involved may be advantageous, Pokeweed is a good time spring green's The young shoots in spring are boiled in 3 changes of water and taste similar to asparagus,Young shoots up to 6 inches are best,

thistle is also known as holy thistle, lady's thistle, Mary thistle, Marian thistle, St. Mary thistle, silybum, and Silybum marianum, Around the 16th century the milk thistle became quite popular and almost all parts of it were eaten. The roots can be eaten raw or boiled and roasted. The young shoots in spring can be cut down to the root and boiled. The spiny bracts on the flower head were eaten in the past like globe artichoke, and the stems (after peeling) can be soaked overnight to remove bitterness and then stewed. The leaves can be trimmed of prickles and boiled and make a good spinach substitute, they can also be added raw to salads,While you need gloves to collect them, the stems are very easy to clean,every part of the Milk Thistle can be eaten. I collected some young shoots this morning, simply cut the stem, remove the leaves,The leaves can also be trimmed to remove the prickles and boiled to make a dish similar to spinach, Yarrow or Achillea millefolium has many different uses. The best one is as a tea for reducing fever. It is one of the BEST fever reducers out there. She drank a tea made of yarrow and elderberry flower, went to bed and broke fever within an hour, Yarrow Toothache relief, Foraging for wild food.

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[mogges1]

I live around Abilene TX. in a lot of ways OK city OK is not that much different.I found out the other day that mesquite bean are good to,and the bean can be made in to flour.Also mistletoe can be eaten, but I'm not really sure about the mistletoe, i always heard it was poison.

[tim3jones]

@mogges1 mistletoe is poisonous, mesquite bean flour can be made in to flour.

[mogges1]

That mulberry is also good for all-suers.Now on the Yarrow plant how do i tell the difference from the poison one. you said if the yarrow has a back dot in the middle of that mean its safe?.Where i live Here in TX we i have a tree call a prickly ash. which is also good for tooth pains. and othere pains.AWW man you mean I can eat the hackaberry berries i didnt know that one.shoot i have been cutting them down around my yard.will i still have one hackaberry left

[tim3jones]

@mogges1 Queen anne's plant haves the black dot in the middle,Yarrow plant google it then go to images.

[mogges1]

Here in Tx where I live you can buy prickly pear in the stores.Also the berries are excilent and the berries make a good wine and jelly

[tim3jones]

@mogges1 People can buy prickly pear in the stores in Oklahoma City.

[WesternBushcraft]

I really liked this video because I have most of the same plants here in my area of Texas keep up the great videos Tim!!!!!!

[Reallybigmonkey1]

Tim, Awesome video! I loved , very informative. I wish there were more videos that were as to the point as this one.

[wolfstarzz]

great info

[Winnman05]

Amazing stuff to learn! I hope you upload more soon!

[catfish222banjo]

knowledge!!!!! thanks for the video it is awesome!

[wik1978]

F-A-N-T-A-S-T-I-C Tim I remember the video of fishes but this is wonderfoul - I can say that you are the first true vegetarian who meet :-D

Congratulation Wik