How-To (DIY stuff)
One of the bedrock skills you should have as an angler -- or, really, anyone who cooks fish. If you can make a good fish stock, you can get more out of the fish you bring home and boost the flavors in your seafood cooking.
Fish
When life gives you big ole' gaper clams, whether they be horseneck, Washington or just really big steamers, you need to clean them before making chowder. Here's how to do it, complete with a video!
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Mountain pennyroyal is a widespread mountain herb in the American West. Think of it as a combination of mint and marjoram. It is one of our most spectacular native wild herbs.
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I've been making mustard at home for years, but many people don't realize that making mustard is super easy -- and can be as varied as your imagination. Do it yourself and you might never buy mustard again.
Foraging
Pickling ramp bulbs -- or the bulbs of any large wild onion -- is a great way to preserve the harvest. These are fantastic served with cured meats and cheeses, or chopped into a relish or just eaten as a snack.
Foraging
Here's how to identify and eat the wild greens of spring: Dandelions, wild lettuces and other wild chicories. These are pleasingly bitter, super nutritious and awesome with meats and pasta.
Foraging
Stalking the wild asparagus, as the late, great Euell Gibbons did, is harder than you might think. Here's how to find and forage for one of spring's finest wild edible plants.
Foraging
One of the earliest greens to appear in spring, the various docks -- curly dock and Western dock chief among them -- are easy to identify and taste like a cross between spinach and rhubarb.
Wild Game
This is a fundamental skill everyone who cooks duck or goose should know, especially if you are a hunter. Cooking a duck breast is like cooking a steak. A steak wearing a hat made of bacon!
How-To (DIY stuff)
Beer vinegar. Why is this stuff not in everyone's pantry? Crazy, because it's awesome. Think malt vinegar x 1,000, especially if you make it with a good, dark beer. Think of the possibilities, with various kinds of beer...
How-To (DIY stuff)
I recently did a survey on Facebook to see how many of you butcher your own game at home, and I was surprised how many of you do. That makes me really happy! So I thought I'd share my own set up and tools I use now that we're deep into deer season.
Foraging
Everything you need to know using acorns for food. When to collect, what kind of oaks are best, how to leach out the bitter tannins, how to store the acorns, make acorn flour - and acorn flour pasta.
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