{"id":722,"date":"2010-04-18T07:00:23","date_gmt":"2010-04-18T14:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.survival-spot.com\/survival-blog\/?p=722"},"modified":"2010-05-22T16:06:19","modified_gmt":"2010-05-22T23:06:19","slug":"wild-plant-ediblity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.survival-spot.com\/survival-blog\/wild-plant-ediblity\/","title":{"rendered":"Wild Plant Ediblity"},"content":{"rendered":"

The most natural<\/p>\n

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  1. Test only 1 part of a plant at a time.<\/li>\n
  2. Separate the plant into its basic components (stems, roots, buds, and flowers).<\/li>\n
  3. Smell the food for strong acid odors.\u00a0 Remember, smell alone does not indicate a plant is edible or inedible.<\/li>\n
  4. DO NOT eat 8 hours before the test and drink only purified water.<\/li>\n
  5. During the 8 hours you abstain from eating, test for contact poisoning by placing a piece of the plant on the inside of your elbow or wrist.\u00a0 The sap or juice should contact the skin.\u00a0 Usually 15 minutes is enough time to allow for a reaction.<\/li>\n
  6. During testing, take NOTHING by mouth EXCEPT purified water and the plant you are testing.<\/li>\n
  7. Select a small portion of a single part and prepare it the way you plan to eat it.<\/li>\n
  8. Before placing the prepared plant in your mouth, touch a small portion (a pinch) to the outer surface of your lip to test for burning or itching.<\/li>\n
  9. If after 3 minutes there is no reaction on your lip, place the plant on your tongue and hold it for 15 minutes.<\/li>\n
  10. If there is no reaction, thoroughly chew a pinch and hold it in your mouth for 15 minutes (DO NOT SWALLOW).\u00a0 If any ill effects occur, rinse out your mouth with water.<\/li>\n
  11. If nothing abnormal occurs, swallow the food and wait 8 hours.\u00a0 If any ill effects occur during this period, induce vomiting and drink a water and charcoal mixture.<\/li>\n
  12. If no ill effects occur, eat \u00bc cup of the same plant prepared the same way.\u00a0 Wait another 8 hours.\u00a0 If no ill effects occur, the plant part as prepared is safe for eating.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    [Via The Forager’s Harvest: A Guide to Identifying, Harvesting, and Preparing Edible Wild Plants<\/a>]<\/p>\n

    Resources<\/strong><\/p>\n

    http:\/\/www.survivalblog.com\/2009\/06\/letter_re_many_weeds_are_actua.html<\/a><\/p>\n

    http:\/\/www.survivalblog.com\/2009\/06\/letter_re_many_weeds_are_actua_1.html<\/a><\/p>\n

    http:\/\/www.wilderness-survival.net\/plants-1.php<\/a><\/p>\n

    http:\/\/www.surviveoutdoors.com\/reference\/edible_plants\/index.asp<\/a><\/p>\n

    http:\/\/landscaping.about.com\/od\/ediblelandscaping1\/a\/edible_plants.htm<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    The most natural Test only 1 part of a plant at a time. Separate the plant into its basic components (stems, roots, buds, and flowers). Smell the food for strong acid odors.\u00a0 Remember, smell alone does not indicate a plant is edible or inedible. DO NOT eat 8 hours before the test and drink only […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[376],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-722","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-how-to"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.survival-spot.com\/survival-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/722","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.survival-spot.com\/survival-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.survival-spot.com\/survival-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.survival-spot.com\/survival-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.survival-spot.com\/survival-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=722"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.survival-spot.com\/survival-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/722\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.survival-spot.com\/survival-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=722"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.survival-spot.com\/survival-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=722"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.survival-spot.com\/survival-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=722"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}