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Old 04-15-2005, 08:41 PM
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Default Re: Does anyone gather wild foods?

Yep, exactly. The little wild purple violets that grow everywhere. You just use the whole head (removing as much as the green stem as you can without going nuts about it). It's a very delicate flavor . Actually, it's mostly a sweet flavor, from the sugar-- oh, but the color! The color is really amazing -- such a deep, deep purple. When you hold a jar up to the sunlight, it looks like beautiful stained glass. No doubt there are all kind of anti-oxidents in there with such deep, rich color. Anyway, I make violet jelly (and dandelion jelly -- yes, made with dandelion blossoms) every spring with my children from the blossoms in our yard, just because....
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