Alan R McDaniel Jr
07-08-2017, 11:07 PM
There's a few that I know of and probably a lot more that I don't know about, but here goes.
Agarito - evergreen grows in the drier areas. Produces a small red, yellow or orange berry that has a pleasant tart taste. Makes excellent jelly.
Wild Perssimons - evergreen smooth bark tree with oval leaves. makes a black marble sized fruit when ripe. Edible but don't eat too many or it may be counter productive.
pear apples - Prickly pear cactus produces a dark purple fruit. Care must be taken to remove the very fine thorns before eating. Should not be picked int he heat of the day. Old wives say this will cause fever.
Pricly pear leaves - Noplaitos. The very young leaves of the prickly pear cactus are tender and edible. Normally cooked with some other food (scrambled eggs) they have a distinctive flavor which is an acquired taste.
Mesquite beans - Some nourishment can be derived from mesquite beans but they are another food which should be used in small amounts. some accounts report natives making a masa from them.
Muscadine grapes - Depending on the area they are from can range from sweet and juicy to extremely tart and tough.
Mustang grapes - hardly worth the effort.
Sotol - the growing core of the sotol (looks like a soft leaf yucca) is crushed to make a masa. The dried flower stem is also a good fire making spindle.
Yucca - the root can be prepared and eaten like potatoes
dewberries - grow most places where there is rain but west of I-37 they are not found in any numbers.
That's all for tonight.
Alan
Agarito - evergreen grows in the drier areas. Produces a small red, yellow or orange berry that has a pleasant tart taste. Makes excellent jelly.
Wild Perssimons - evergreen smooth bark tree with oval leaves. makes a black marble sized fruit when ripe. Edible but don't eat too many or it may be counter productive.
pear apples - Prickly pear cactus produces a dark purple fruit. Care must be taken to remove the very fine thorns before eating. Should not be picked int he heat of the day. Old wives say this will cause fever.
Pricly pear leaves - Noplaitos. The very young leaves of the prickly pear cactus are tender and edible. Normally cooked with some other food (scrambled eggs) they have a distinctive flavor which is an acquired taste.
Mesquite beans - Some nourishment can be derived from mesquite beans but they are another food which should be used in small amounts. some accounts report natives making a masa from them.
Muscadine grapes - Depending on the area they are from can range from sweet and juicy to extremely tart and tough.
Mustang grapes - hardly worth the effort.
Sotol - the growing core of the sotol (looks like a soft leaf yucca) is crushed to make a masa. The dried flower stem is also a good fire making spindle.
Yucca - the root can be prepared and eaten like potatoes
dewberries - grow most places where there is rain but west of I-37 they are not found in any numbers.
That's all for tonight.
Alan