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.Bulrushes:
A tall light green soft fleshed marsh plant.
You will find this plant around marshes, lake sides and slow flowing streams. It
grow from early spring until late fall but even after the water has frozen the
root can be used as food.
Preparation: The young
fresh shoots and the tender inside parts of the root stalks can be eaten
raw or used as a fresh vegetable in green salad or added when boiled to
stews. The young roots can also be eaten raw or cooked as you would a
potato after the outer skin and fibers have been removed. The roots can
be made into a flour. Clean the roots carefully, dry them in front of
the campfire or in the sun and remove all the fibers from the root.
Pound the roots into a dry pulp and then pound the pulp into a course
flour. The floor is sweet and requires no sugar in the preparation of
pancakes and bread.
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