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Narrow dock in mushroom sauce

June 16, 2016 Erica M. Davis Leave a Comment

There are many species of edible dock (Rumex spp.), all of which are related to buckwheat and rhubarb. As a group they generally have dark green leaves that are somewhat thick, and papery sheaths wrapping the base of their leaves and flower stems. Docks produce clustered seed … [Read more...]

edible, featured, high altitude, June, summer Colorado, dock, narrow dock, native, recipe, Rumex, triangulivalvis

Low Cost Meal—Beans & Dried Dock

November 6, 2013 Erica M. Davis Leave a Comment

My fiance and I are seasonal workers. Most of our income comes from a winter job that lasts 6 months. It offers health insurance for that time period, so we jump on it each winter. In December I can finally get my cavities filled, and he can upgrade his glasses and contact … [Read more...]

edible, high altitude, useful info cheap, Colorado, dock, foraging, low-cost, recipes, Rocky Mountains, urban foraging

Baked Curly Dock Chips a la Kale Chips

May 20, 2013 Erica M. Davis 4 Comments

Who needs kale chips when you can have dock chips? For this project—a bastardization of two online recipes for kale chips (Food Network, Allrecipes), I used young curly dock leaves (Rumex crispus) foraged a couple days ago in the outskirts of Fort Collins, Colorado. With the … [Read more...]

edible, high altitude, recipes Colorado, Denver, dock, foraging, recipes

Creamy powdered wings and blood sauce

February 14, 2013 Erica M. Davis 2 Comments

This next mushroom sauce is the stuff of deep, dark forests and shady places, featuring flavors so strong and wild as to cause disquiet to a delicate palate while satiating those of us who desire to delve so deep. For the second in my mushroom sauce series, then, I present … [Read more...]

edible, high altitude Allium, Colorado, dock, foraging, garlic, hawk's wing, mushroom, recipes, Rocky Mountains, sauce, venison, vinegar

Foraging Denver in November

November 25, 2012 Erica M. Davis 1 Comment

November is not ideal for wild food foraging where I live in Colorado's high country,  aside from pine needles for tea and flavoring or willow bark to sooth the ever-present, new-job-related headache from which I suffer. You’ll understand why I’m so excited, then, that—after … [Read more...]

edible, fall Colorado, Denver, dock, evening primrose, foraging, highbush cranberries, prickly pear, rosehips

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