Nancy Today: prepare cattail shoots to eat

After harvesting cattail shoots, peel and cut the tops off them.

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[151Tomcat]

You look like a nut job with that hat .

[NancyToday]

@151Tomcat Good, then at least it won't be a shock when you find out I'm not normal!

[theanvilcracks]

Hi Nancy, you should try this nifty little trick. Before you pull the leaves, cut the stem right at the "notch" of the second leaf from the bottom (the point where the two sides of the leaf meet and cross over one another) I find that the cattails that grow near me almost always have good firm pulp right up to that point, and the then plant sort of transistions into the more layered structure. What's also nice about this is that you can judge by the height of the notch how much pulp is in there.

[NancyToday]

@theanvilcracks Thanks, I'll keep that in mind.

[theanvilcracks]

@shelties100998 Dude, you really should strive to never eat anything growing near any road that has motorized vehicles on it regularly. Cattails are common water plants; wet, swampy, mushy soil near water is where you find them, so get out there in the swamps and away from that disgusting road ;D

[shelties100998]

hey nancy i really want to try some but they grow next to a street with quite a few cars any ideas on how to snatch them???

[yourroaddog]

thanks

[thedubbedmime]

thanks nancy! cattails grow like weeds are where i live. i need to find a way to cook'em.

[bingeonme]

thay look like leaks or spring onions

[bingeonme]

u love cattails