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    Default wild pesto recipe

    ok, so it's not entirely wild, but it's worth it:

    2cups rinsed and coarsely chopped chickweed.
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    1cup coarsely chopped mustard greens [other Brassica/Sinapis greens would also do nicely].

    1/2cup pine nuts.

    1tsp salt.

    1/8cup vegetable oil.

    3tbs vinegar.

    blend or grind fresh mustard and pine nuts, and place in a container with oil, salt and vinegar.
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    breifly steam chickweed, or soak with water and wilt over fire.
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    blend or grind and add to your other ingredients and mix thoroughly. allow to sit for half an hour [salt will draw some moisture from greens] and then whip, to emulsify oils and water.
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    chill and serve with flatbread, over pasta, on roasted wild tubers, or as you prefer.

    i'll try to add a serving image when i get around to making some flatbread and eating this.
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    Thanks canid, I KNOW I'm gonna like this.
    (chickweed--very inspired!)

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    the chickweed can be blended or ground raw, but the wilting or steaming really brings out the spinach-like flavor, to the point that it overpowers the slight astringency chickweed can have.

    i'm adding some pictures at the moment.
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    since this is only a mostly wild recipe, i suppose it is mis-posted, and should be moved.
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    It looks good too, such nice color!
    I can also see using the recipe as a good base and adding different things like pine nuts, or chopped olives, even minced habaneros. (for those who like it hot)

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    i guess i'll write up a wild, primitively prepared version.

    now i wish i knew where any wild Alliums grew locally.

    i'm thinking wild brassica, chickweed, pine nuts or black walnut [lots of them, for extra oils, in place of commercial oil], sorrel for a touch of tartness in place of vinegar, etc. and all stone ground.
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    Thanks Candid! I bet you could use that recipe with just about any edible that dosn't require multiple boils. Lambs quarters,wild grape,ect! Anywho I'm sure gonna try it!
    Thanks again!
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    that is my challenge or question here also canid, most of the recipes i would like to post use some type of store bought ingerdiant, such as oil or salt and pepper, i vote we still include these items as you could carry them in your pack when out in the wilds
    good recipe btw
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    Quote Originally Posted by wareagle69 View Post
    that is my challenge or question here also canid, most of the recipes i would like to post use some type of store bought ingerdiant, such as oil or salt and pepper, i vote we still include these items as you could carry them in your pack when out in the wilds
    good recipe btw
    I second that!
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    well i think what i'll do at any rate is make the two separate recipes; one which can be prepared at home in a blender or on the trail with sone grinding, and one from entirely wild ingredients, and prepared in a primitive way. that will give me an excuse to make a cool pictorial anyway.

    it'll be an easy thing to do, so it can go up kinda high on my to-do list.
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