Scamall
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Speaking of plants that are absolutely determined to grow in the Southern US, those orange ditch lilies that pop up on roadsides have edible flowers. I was very surprised that the buds are delicious even raw just before the flowers open. I've never cooked them, but the buds are said to be good after a little time in a wok, and the open blooms can be lightly battered and fried. (Hemerocallis fulva)Many parts of the vine including the flower are reported to be edible.
Wow, that's quite a list! I'm pretty new to foraged food - purslane, ditch lilies, giant puffball mushroom (found at the right stage), and poke salat in early spring. Poke salat is kinda dicey - as in poisonous - though, if you don't know when to pick it and how to cook it. The ditch lilies and the puffballs really opened my eyes to the possibilities out there.We grew up eating ditch lilies battered and fried occasionally. Honestly, anything edible, bartered and fried, tends to be delicious. We also ate a lot of foraged foods, nuts, berries, morels, lamb’s quarters, dandelions-greens and blossoms-for wine and we tapped maples for syru