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Subject: On roadkill, seasonal foraging, and getting by with a little help
from my tribe

On roadkill, seasonal foraging, and getting by with a little help from my
tribe
By Rebecca Lerner

This time, I will last all seven days. Because of the lessons I learned
from my wild food experiment in May about the importance of storing wild
food as it becomes available, I have a pantry stocked with edibles that are
no longer in season, such as chanterelle mushrooms, stinging nettles and
acorns.

I am extremely fortunate to have a community of wonderful friends here in
Portland, Ore., who helped me get wild foods during foraging jaunts over
the summer and fall months. I'm starting with chestnuts, hazelnuts, black
walnuts, acorn flour, dock seeds, hawthorn berries, mushrooms and even fat
from a roadkill deer. This means I should have enough caloric fuel to
sustain my foraging, cooking and processing efforts this week. I can't wait
to get some crab apples and rose hips and scan the patch of grass across
the street for my apartment for wild greens. Last time I looked, there was
amaranth and mallow. The most exciting adventure this week will be an
expedition to get a native root vegetable called wapato, which grows under
water.
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