Foxfire 11: Wild Plant Uses, Gardening, Wit, Wisdom, Recipes, Beekeeping, Toolmaking, Fishing, and More Affairs of Plain Living by Kaye Carver Collins Lacy Hunter & Foxfire Students

Author:Kaye Carver Collins, Lacy Hunter & Foxfire Students [Collins, Kaye Carver]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-0-307-56756-7
Publisher: Anchor Books
Published: 2010-10-27T05:00:00+00:00

Mustard (Brassica) is described on page 137. The variety called turkey mustard is small and grows mainly along creek banks. The leaves are dark green on top and purplish underneath, and they taste very much like tame mustard. People eat the leaves raw, or they pour hot grease and a little vinegar over them. (For a photo of turkey mustard, see Foxfire 2, page 81.)

New Jersey Tea (Ceanothus) reaches two feet in height and blooms in late spring to early summer. The flowers are showy, puffy clusters and are followed by triangular seedpods. The bark is brittle and dark-colored and the roots are red. A tea made from the leaves was once a popular beverage. During the Boston Tea Party era, when imported tea was not available, Martha Washington made tea from this plant for the soldiers. It is also called Revolutionary tea.

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