Eating all of the garden

[shannaredwind]

In a PA situation, eating non-traditional food may become very important. While some parts of some vegetables may be toxic, often parts that are just tossed in the compost can be eaten.

So if in your PA travels, you come across a garden that has overgrown there are still things that can be eaten out of it. Likewise if you have your own small garden somewhere, you want to get the most value that you can out of it.

Granted, some of it may not be as tasty, or have the pleasant texture of traditional vegetables (there's a reason that they're not usually eaten) if you're hungry, that's not going to matter so much.

Here are some things that can be eaten:

Snap bean leaves. Cook them like spinach or toss into a salad.

Broccoli and Cauliflower leaves: Treat them like cabbage

Radish leaves and pods: Leaves are nice in a salad, if a bit rough, or cook them like spinach. Pods can be steamed or boiled like peas or eaten raw.

Squash flowers: Cook like fried fish: egg wash and flower (perhaps not the most practical for a PA existence, but you never know what may be available.)

And don't forget to check the flower garden beside the house. Here's a site that lists them.

whatscookingamerica.net/EdibleFlowers/EdibleFlowersMain.htm

[King of the Wastes]

Some good stuff, Vault72 will probably have more to say on this stuff when he gets back. I currently have some cactus's that have edible parts on them. Gonna take them with me when I move, plus I love cactus. I need to get a guide to edible plants as well, for my BoB.

[dazbobaby]

Dandelion roots make excellent and healthy tea.
Some flowering plants are edible, and so are some of the bulbs. Be warned... Some are deadly too.