Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Cooking Forum => Topic started by: riverrat on September 16, 2015, 05:49:06 am
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if you like a "spot of tea" { im mimmicking a english accent here} lol, youll like this i think. right now i go to my yard i find yellow wood sorrels. a bunch of them boiled in a pot of water makes a tasty tea . i like a little sugar in mine. sometimes i throw in a few leaves of fresh basil. another tea i like is staghorn sumac tea. you cut some berry cones. i stick about 7 cones in a pitcher of hot water. let set a few hours.i then stir and try to bruise the berries that make up the cone. then strain through a fine screen into a second pitcher. ad sugar or honey to taste. you can drink it hot or cold . its very good. another one i like is pine needles mixed with wild mint. of course sugar or honey to taste. and recently, i found that golden rod is blooming everywhere right now. just tried it for the first time. very good.anyone else have any "tea" recipes??? Tony
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I say old chap...Spiffing wheeze {mimmicking English accent and language from the 1920's} ;)
We have a lot of peppermint in our garden, it makes a very good tea if you have an unsettled stomach.
Sage (plus honey) is good for a sore throat. Not tried much else for fear of killin' myself :laugh:
Del
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I like tea. I'll have to try some wild stuff. Mostly stick to Earl Grey.
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Chaga, with or without honey. Excellent tea. Bob
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Spicebush(Lindera benzoin) also.
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I like pine needle tea.
Grady
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Got a stubborn head cold that started off with a sore throat so I've been making a sage tea every day. I actually hate tea (but like the smell of it, oddly enough) so I've been adding a spoon full of local raw honey to it to make it palatable. Does a great job to soothe a raw throat.
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I like pine needle tea.
Grady
Don't confuse it with Yew needle tea, which the Romans used as a suicide drink :o
Del
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Yeah, Taxol is bad news unless you are using it as a chemotherapy drug. :-\
Grady
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I like tea. I'll have to try some wild stuff. Mostly stick to Earl Grey.
Do you have horse mint, a.k.a. wild bergamot mint in your area? 3-4 leaves from this plant in a cuppa strong black tea is a fantastic version of Earl Grey.
I also find wild spearmint around here, catnip mint, raspberry leaves, and wild licorice root.
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raspberry leave tea as well as wild strawberry leaf tea are good too. just tried gill over the ground. its o.k. but its not somethin id drink as a norm.Tony
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Chicory root makes an excellent coffee substitute, as they taste very similar. The dried root is ground and brewed the same way you'd make a cup of joe. It can also be steeped like tea for a stronger taste. It can also be mixed with coffee to make a less caffeinated version or to simply stretch your coffee supply a little.
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Sassafrass root is a favorite. Staghorn sumac too - boil the bright red seed heads - citrus-like almost lemony flavored tea, supposed to be a source of zinc and vitamin C, which are both used to head off a cold.
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My wife used to lament not being able to find lemon verbena tea locally. I planted some. It's great, and we have WAY more than we need. I prefer mint, but it gives me pretty crazy dreams. ;)
---Ford---
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Another favorite is Rose hip tea ;D, made from rose hips off from multi flora roses :( Bob
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Do any pine/ spruce ish needles work? Like will it harm you to make tea from a wrong type of spf needle? And what part of the rose hip do you use for tea?
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jayman, I gather the fruits thru the fall into late winter, mash and strain(lots of seeds and fine hairs). I like to gather at least after frost, loaded with vit. C and sweet sour taste to fruit, Bob
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So you mash it and then dry it or what? Cant use the leaves or petals eh?
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For pine needle tea, most any pine or spruce needles will work, just chop up the needles and steep in near boiling water, strain and enjoy. Like Del said just make sure you don't use Yew needles they are toxic.
Grady
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Jayman, I have only used the fruits, mash the fleshy fruits and pour hot water over to steep, strain and drink, I never tried the leaves or tried to dry mashed fruits. Bob
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Gotta love natural sassafras root tea, its some good stuff. Which reminds me, I've got a pound of roots that need boiled.
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with sassafras, you dont only have to use the root. {though the roots never loose thier flavor after boiling}. you can use the leaves, as well as use them for filet gumbo. or twigs, they work great too. Tony