I love learning and experiencing new things, especially when it is in the great outdoors. Foraging in the woods is a favorite subject of mine and guarantees new experiences, sometimes good and sometimes sour, bitter, bland, or even disgusting. I have read over and over how valuable Cattails are for food in the wild. I've been eating their tubers and young stalks for years now, but never tried their pollen. That was until a couple summers ago...
A healthy lot of c.tails that I know grow in conditions free of synthetic contaminants (minus the unavoidable micro-plastics).
A pollen loaded flower waiting to be shaken for the good of my hunger pains
A sophisticated approach to harvesting the pollen
A messy job, but pale in comparison to harvesting meat
A fair harvest that should provide a decent meal
Upon closer inspection, it appears we may have a bonus to the harvest, extra protein. For the squeamish you may want to sift the pollen, removing the abundance of isects that come with the harvesting process. If you have paid attention to any of my past posts you may notice I have a not so "normal" approach to insects. They are going to get cooked, why waste the extra nourishment..eh?
Same ingredients/way you make pancakes
Fry em up. I prefer cast iron
and serve.
So how did they taste? Thank the fantastic Maples for their lovely syrup, because they tasted like a piece of cardboards arse. Not so bad I couldn't get them down or hold them down, but absolutely zero palatable pleasure(other then the maple).
Alot like my other experiences when eating food foraged in the wild, these proved to be more about substance then pleasure.
Anyone else out there tried to make these?
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