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Article: The Sports Afield guide to edible wild plants.
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- Sports Afield
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- May 1, 1993
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CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 1993 Hearst Communications, reprinted with permission of Hearst. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
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Edible Wild Plants
How to identify, gather and prepare nature's nutritious bounty.
The March 1992 issue of Sports Afield contained a poster of edible plants featuring 10 species and when and how to prepare them for eating. The feature was so well-received that we decided to present a second selection of equally tasty plants that are just as available and just as easy to prepare. There is a bountiful and nutritious harvest of edible wild plants throughout North America free for the picking, but it is essential to know which are safe to eat, when and how to pick them, and how to prepare them, because some are toxic until they are cooked. Even among the ...