Wet Feet
The cattails plant fascinates me. Mostly because this wild veggie has wet feet. Its natural habitat seems to be thriving within the edges of bodies of water like lakes, ponds or maybe even rivers.
Visual journal food illustration for adventurous recipes made with foraged, wild foods.I found several recipes for this dish that mostly uses cattail shoots but I'm thinking that this basic foundation recipe can be smothered with roasted mushrooms, bask in miso or chipotle, or roasted or baked with a cheesy concoction on top.
WILD RECIPES: Cattail Pasta
INGREDIENTS
- Butter to taste
- Salt, pepper & favorite spices to taste
- 30 - 40 cattail shoots (fibrous outer layer removed, white core reserved)
DIRECTIONS
- Wash core.
- Blanch in boiling water for 5 minutes and fry for 2 minutes with salt, pepper and butter (and your favorite spices or herbs).
- Serve hot and voilà, the pièce the résistance is served!
SOURCES:
Wild Edibles- Cattail Veggie Pasta I The Outsider
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Public Announcement: This blog post was originally published during the holiday season in a Christmas jingle format. It is part of a collection of 354+ posts from my original Wordpress blog "Dreaming Into Being" library. I've now retired and migrated it to “Wander & Paint,” my new blog post at the United Wanderlust art shop. As time allows, I will be reviewing, editing, condensing, updating and releasing a number of these blog posts but not all of them.
Some posts require more precision surgery than others. I'll also probably be publishing new posts as the muse wills it and father time allows. This whole process may take a while but I think these blog post serve as great documentation of my process and reminds me of certain milestones. So, most of them will be made available again- at some point.
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