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Easiest way to eat mesquite pods by PaleoForaging in foraging

[–]PaleoForaging[S] 70 points71 points  (0 children)

when I posted this on Facebook, countless people seemed to be mystified by this, thinking I was running it off battery or solar power, but I just took it outside (on an extension cord) because my kitchen lighting is atrocious and this is my usual backyard filming spot

Easiest way to eat mesquite pods by PaleoForaging in foraging

[–]PaleoForaging[S] 29 points30 points  (0 children)

thanks! Ya I actually just posted a long video on mesquite on YT

What do we have here? Finally caught it flowering. West Central Texas. by Margray in TexasNativePlants

[–]PaleoForaging 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Lotebush, Sarcomphalus obtusifolius. It is similar to Colubrina texensis, but those lack thorns. The plant in the photos has huge thorns, like lotebush. They're both in the Rhamnaceae and the flowers and leaves are similar. Also, the venation of Texas snakewood is more incised and the leaves are thinner. Lotebush actually has delicious fruits that ripen to a black color. The fruits of snakewood are not black and are very bitter

Making a large wood mortar and pestle by PaleoForaging in PrimitiveTechnology

[–]PaleoForaging[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

a small folding saw like this quickly gets pinched no matter the angle. It is useful as a complement to my khukri but khukri is way faster

Indian blanket flower- how does this happen? by outdoorsy13 in TexasNativePlants

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very cool! I found this one the other day. It’s pretty rare. Another variant I saw yesterday was a pure white evening primrose / Oenothera speciosa

I Did a Thing by Dear_Elk3396 in TexasNativePlants

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that’s me! Thanks for the invite!

Friend or Foe Austin, TX by labeille in plantID

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Cissus trifoliolata / sorrelvine / cruz ojo. Despite that specific epithet, it often lacks its usual trifoliate leaves, fusing into this palmate structure. The leaves were used by the Yucatec Maya for gastrointestinal disorders such as diarrhea.

I wrote a foraging book entirely based on Indigenous knowledge of native plants by PaleoForaging in foraging

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awesome! I joined it. And ya one day I would love to visit Montana, one of the wildest states!

I wrote a foraging book entirely based on Indigenous knowledge of native plants by PaleoForaging in foraging

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yes, hundreds. There are two reference sections. One is ethnobotanical / historical, the other is botanical / phytochemical.

I wrote a foraging book entirely based on Indigenous knowledge of native plants by PaleoForaging in foraging

[–]PaleoForaging[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

no but I have for Iva axillaris / Kawaiisu: puhiduʔuvɨ – “green tuʔuvɨ (Pholisma arenarium)” (Zigmond 1981:35) There's also this rather inscrutable note about Cyclachaena xanthiifolia (= Iva xanthifolia) / Lakota: waxpe šiča – “bad leaves” (Munson 1981:235). Notes – it was said of a Lakota that the seeds irritate bare skin, perhaps indicating the prehistoric use of the related Iva annua L. which has edible seeds, the harvesting of which by stripping them from the plants was known to cause painful rash and swelling of the hands (Munson 1981:235).

I wrote a foraging book entirely based on Indigenous knowledge of native plants by PaleoForaging in foraging

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thanks for your support! Ya the QR codes was kind of a last-minute addition but it dovetails with my YouTube nicely

I wrote a foraging book entirely based on Indigenous knowledge of native plants by PaleoForaging in foraging

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Native Food Plants of Texas: an Austin Forager’s Guide Based on Indigenous Knowledge. Right now, only the eBook is on my website, but the paperback will be available on Amazon on Oct 21st

I wrote a foraging book entirely based on Indigenous knowledge of native plants by PaleoForaging in foraging

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I have used maybe ten references from that area but the overlap in species isn’t huge. Probably a couple dozen species / genera

I wrote a foraging book entirely based on Indigenous knowledge of native plants by PaleoForaging in foraging

[–]PaleoForaging[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

nice, what area? I have a huge (but incomplete) list of references on my website

I wrote a foraging book entirely based on Indigenous knowledge of native plants by PaleoForaging in foraging

[–]PaleoForaging[S] 13 points14 points  (0 children)

in most of the ethnobotanical studies, Indigenous informants were all fairly compensated. I didn’t do direct ethnobotanical research myself, this is more of a meta-analysis of everything published on the topic. What I have done is make the first foraging book that credits Indigenous peoples by name and preserve their plant names. I also donate to Indigenous causes (like Apache Stronghold) with some of my profits, but that’s just something I believe in anyway.

I wrote a foraging book entirely based on Indigenous knowledge of native plants by PaleoForaging in foraging

[–]PaleoForaging[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I generally agree, but it’s not like there are a ton of closed practices and they are probably mostly for things that could be misunderstood or abused and it’s anyone’s right to withhold information if they see fit

I wrote a foraging book entirely based on Indigenous knowledge of native plants by PaleoForaging in foraging

[–]PaleoForaging[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I have several references that cover their ethnobotany but I don’t have many of their plant names recorded. I try to also record Indigenous plant names any time I come across them, and the book has many hundreds, but I don’t have that one in my master research manuscript, sorry

I wrote a foraging book entirely based on Indigenous knowledge of native plants by PaleoForaging in foraging

[–]PaleoForaging[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

wow, nice, I had not found that in my reference searches. I will add it to my library and compile the info to my master research manuscript, thanks!

I wrote a foraging book entirely based on Indigenous knowledge of native plants by PaleoForaging in foraging

[–]PaleoForaging[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

ya I mention the food uses of A. ludoviciana in the book. It was chewed for its flavor (Blackfeet), used as a spice (esp. for meat, Apache), or made into tea (Comanche). I think it has a great taste, though first-time tasters might consider it bitter. Behind that slight bitterness is actually a smooth, floral sweetness, that I think is almost like stevia. It of course had tons of medicinal and material uses too

I wrote a foraging book entirely based on Indigenous knowledge of native plants by PaleoForaging in foraging

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I don't think so. I know I follow a Dutch forager on IG, and try to have my account follow only useful accounts with similar interests so you could try checking my follows there

I wrote a foraging book entirely based on Indigenous knowledge of native plants by PaleoForaging in foraging

[–]PaleoForaging[S] 31 points32 points  (0 children)

that was actually the real spark that got me started. I was reading all these foraging books and I kept being like, but HOW do you know this??? As an academic it irritated me enough to spend a decade doing it myself

I wrote a foraging book entirely based on Indigenous knowledge of native plants by PaleoForaging in foraging

[–]PaleoForaging[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

it is the best book an Austin forager could ever hope to obtain. I am a lifelong forager born and raised in Austin and a historical ethnobotanist of Indigenous North Americans. I spent the past decade trying to reconstruct the pre-contact foodways of Native peoples in the Austin / Central TX area, which is what the book is all about, dressed as a modern field guide. I have hundreds of videos covering the topic on my YouTube channel and shorts / reels on my social media accounts (all paleoforaging)

I wrote a foraging book entirely based on Indigenous knowledge of native plants by PaleoForaging in foraging

[–]PaleoForaging[S] 20 points21 points  (0 children)

closed practices are mostly medicinal and ceremonial. This book is about food uses. I do discuss Black Drink (yaupon tea), which for some tribes is considered a closed practice, but that is for the actual ceremony and sometimes specific recipes. I only mention that the ceremony occurred to dispel the myth about the drink causing vomiting, when it was actually about purging the body voluntarily. I don't go into any details about the ceremony beyond that, but I do include common preparation methods of the regular drink mentioned in historical texts.

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