Gathering water is a top priority if trapped in the New Zealand bush, but dining on native edible plants can provide additional  energy and sustenance to survive. Words: Mieke Couling You’d be a bit silly to enter the bush unprepared to face unfortunate circumstances, but if you ever do find yourself having to survive in […]

Stumbled on this and thought it was worth a share. I had no idea you can eat gorse!

    • liv@lemmy.nzOP
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      7 months ago

      For real? I saw that referenced somewhere and assumed the author was just being fanciful.

      I really want to try gorse now but I don’t know where any handy gorse is.

  • eagleeyedtiger@lemmy.nzEnglish
    3·
    7 months ago

    This has unlocked a memory for me of being taught how to eat supplejack at a school camp when I was in primary/intermediate!

    • liv@lemmy.nzOP
      2·
      7 months ago

      Oh wow, did it taste nice?

      I’ve only eaten ferns and stuff. I really love bracken shoots and wish it wasn’t a carcinogen.

      • eagleeyedtiger@lemmy.nzEnglish
        2·
        7 months ago

        It’s so long ago I honestly can’t remember the taste. I just remember being shown to peel and eat the new shoots

        • liv@lemmy.nzOP
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          6 months ago

          Will have to try it sometime!

          I remember being shown how to eat the inside of thistles once. As a kid I ate a lot of random stuff from trees etc but was always too impatient to peel thistles by myself.

  • Viper_NZ@lemmy.nz
    3·
    7 months ago

    Karamū fruit is edible, I used to pick and eat the berries while waiting for the school bus as a kid.

    • liv@lemmy.nzOP
      3·
      6 months ago

      I did not know that! I’ve seen birds eating it but I was always a bit chicken because of the colour.

        • liv@lemmy.nzOP
          2·
          6 months ago

          Will definitely try it. I love loquats and their fruit:seed ratio is also not great.