So we’ve got a new hobby: foraging!
It turns out Illinois is lush with wild edible mushrooms. I got Erick a really handy I.D. book full of poisonous, edible, and look-alike mushrooms all in our area, and we tried our hand at foraging this morning. It turns out with all the dry weather the mushrooms aren’t up for it, but we got something else. Wild black raspberries. We found a sweet little spot near our house that looks very promising for not only mushrooms (after a good rain) and berries, but lots of tasty edible plants once I get my I.D.s straight. Not only that, it’s a cheap fun date. Plus, free food!
Update:
I decided to spice some vodka with about half of the berries. I’ll let it brew for a few weeks, then enjoy wild black raspberry vodka. The vodka used was Prairie State Organic vodka, which is about as cheap as conventional vodka, but thrice as tasty.
5 replies on “Foraging (With Vodka!)”
Oh man… This sounds really tasty. I wonder if there is anywhere good to forage near me…
I really like the idea of infusing vodka. My Mum has a lot of raspberries in her back yard garden, and often a fair amount end up being uneaten. I will definitely give this a try next summer! :-)
I thought it was going to be foraging for vodka, and now I’m a little confused…
Looks delish. Limoncello is also pretty easy to make with vodka, lemons, sugar, and time.
I thought it was going to be about drunk foraging. Which sounds a bit risky, if you go for thorny plants and shrubbery.
A drunken scavenger hunt could go wrong in numerous ways, I think…