Wild herbs, mushrooms and berries!
My hobbies are around nature. Finns relation to nature is functional and it fits to me, too. My hobby in nature can be dialed with three parts. First part of it is utilization. How nature can be useful for me? That part consists mainly to summer and autumn. The waking summer rises up a lot of different kind of herbs which can be used a part of food or just for refreshment. During the summer forests and wet lands give pure and full of vitamin berries. Mushrooms can be picked up mainly on autumn. I will tell you about this part on this time. Things can be done now at the beginning of the summer. The other parts are activities in nature and photographing in nature. I think I will present some works later about my favorite photos and processing them.
Wild herbs are very close to my heart. I think it was 1988 when I was involved with herbs and especially with wild herbs. Using mushrooms as a food has come to me by mother’s milk. In Northern Carelia, where I have born, it is very normal to use mushrooms as a part of every day’s food. So for a long time I have been interested in herbs and mushrooms. I have to just go out from house and look around what I could pick up and cook for something.
On this spring I found some brain mushrooms and cooked from them very delicious souse. The brain mushroom is a different kind of mushroom. It rises up only on spring. If you think to have similar mushrooms on autumn you have to leave them alone. They are definitely mortally poisoned. The brain mushroom is also poisoned, but it can be cooked three times five minutes at least and change the water for every cooking. But one thing you can be sure, taste is gorgeous. I will link a web page which tells more about brain mushrooms.
There are a lot of wild herbs which are possible to use now but I will show you what to do with black currant’s leaves. Herbs have a lot of good influences to human being. It is said that black currant promotes food digestion, prohibits flue and is good for piles. If you are going to use black currant’s leaves for health reasons you have to check all details somewhere. Information of herbs, berries and mushrooms you can find here .
So you have to know what you are picking up. Pick up only fresh and young leaves. Don’t pick them up just beside of the road, nearby towns and subareas or factories. This is black currant.
Pick the leaves airy, open cup. The weather should be sunny and the time of the day should be early on the morning. The leaves form sugar inside of cells. They taste better.
Put the leaves to a tee pan and cook the water and turn it over the leaves.
Let it stay for a 15 minutes.
And enjoy delicious taste.
One thing you have to remember. If you think to go out now and pick up wild herbs, you have to be sure which of them are suitable to use for food. Don’t pick up poisoned herbs, berries and mushrooms!
Next time we will be on a river and on a boat, I think.
See you
Taru
Comments
Hi Taru! How fresh start of a day talking about herbs, berries, mushrooms and so on! I am drinking a cup of peppermint tea while am reading your today’s entry. But I must say my herb tea is not as fresh as yours because it comes from a teabag. Nowadays mushrooms are very common but I’ve read this appalling history of mushrooms somewhere. Would you like to hear it? At the era of kings or queens ruled the country Nature was believed to belong to the privileged class. If special or rare mushrooms like gill fungus were picked up by chance they had to be presented or reported to a local hierarchy. If someone had eaten, and then got caught he or she would be treated as a criminal and punished severely. What a non-sense, isn’t it? Have a good day!
Hello Taru! Since your first entry I´ve been the same enthusiastic admirer of you as all other readers. The hobby of picking up healing herbs I integrated to my activities last spring only. And, I came to the conclusion they heal us twice. At first as one has to bow and move a body to look and pick them up and than at proper using them up. Cheers!
Hi Taru! I’d like to say you’re one of the more prolific bloggers I’ve ever met. If I were you, I would be proud to live in such a flourishing environment. I’ve never heard about Brain mushroom. Your posts make me thirsty for another bit of information about Suomi and your hobbies as well.
Hi Taru Very interesting post. I don't know wether is the same or not, but black currant resembles me an herb very popular here in Chile, called "paico". When I was a kid, many people used to grew up "paico" in their gardens, because is a medicine herb, considered very efective against stomach pain. Nowadays is rarely cultivated in urban areas, since people have less time to take care of their gardens. But is still very common in rural areas. In following post you could show us pictures of your family... Bye
Taru Hi, You are lucky that you are living in such a lovely green environment. The green leaves are giving refreshing looks. But using herbs without proper knowledge is dangerous as you said. Thanks for giving us information about the herbs. I will be anxiously waiting for your next blog, about Finland, and more about your life. Best regards. Asma
Hi Taru! I really enjoyed reading your post. How passionate you are about the life! I am just thinking how wonderful it could be to go out and pick up some mushrooms. you need to know how to distinguish poisonous ones, which is quite different to what I actually do: simply going to a supermarket and buying some mushrooms. Well, I love flowers, and I have a lot of plants around me, but to be honest, I had never thought of using them in cooking. Good luck!
Hi Taru, Good effort. Use of herbs and natural products are once again gaining popularity here. Herbs cure without side effects! Today is Enviornment Day! Dis-respect to nature (pollutng water, Air etc) is dangerous to human race. Many creatures (friends of mankind) totally finished and some are on the verge of vanishity. It is now a turn of mankind. Early we learn a lession, the better it would be. Saving a Nature mean Saving a Mankind. Thanks
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Hi Taru Hope you are well. Your topic about wild herbs is great. I have never heard of using black curent leaves in tea. Similarly, I haven't heard about brain mushrooms either. I looked for information about brain mushrooms and the pictures of brain mushrooms look very epitising. I just wanted to cook them and eat. Do you think they are available in the supermarket? I normally use close cup mushrooms and chitaki mushrooms and they are lovely. I must look for brain mushrooms. I haven't seen black current leaves either. The benifits of black currents you describes make me want to try them but I don't think I will be able to find them. May be I should go out the forrest and look for them there. Since the weather in the UK is so good these days, I will make a plan to go out for a walk in the forrest and at the same keep an eye on black current and brain mushrooms. I don't think I will be able to find brain mushrooms but its worth a try. My favourite herbs are mint and basil. I use mint a occasionally but I have never tried basil. I just love the fragrant it provides. I think this is enough for today. Looking forward to your next entry. Take care Rabail UK
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