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       Baynutting: Tips for Harvesting, Storing and Using California Bay
       Nuts (2012)
        
       Author : 6177c40f
       Score  : 20 points
       Date   : 2023-02-24 06:01 UTC (1 days ago)
        
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       | lukas099 wrote:
       | Does anyone have any foraging tips or resources for the Mid-
       | Atlantic region of the U.S.?
        
         | ravenstine wrote:
         | I don't have any advice that's specific to your region other
         | than that the most effective way to learn foraging, in my
         | experience, is to find a teacher in your area. As much as I
         | don't like Facebook, there are lots of regional foraging
         | communities on that site that can provide references to
         | teachers.
         | 
         | Second to that is simply going out into the wilderness, taking
         | pictures of interesting looking plants, and then figuring out
         | what they are online. There's even apps that help identify
         | things, but I haven't used them. I think iNaturalist might have
         | some kind of computer-vision feature. Dunno. But remember to
         | _always_ get a second opinion before attempting to eat
         | something. Again, that 's something that being a part of a
         | foraging group can help you with. If you keep it up and you get
         | a sense of how to forage safely, then you can be more self
         | reliant and refer to books if you come across unknowns.
         | 
         | One last thing about foraging that even many foragers often
         | forget is that the _smell_ of a plant is a key identifier. It
         | 's often overlooked because people focus on what the plants
         | look like, where they grow, the time of year, etc., and don't
         | think to pick off a leaf, roll it around, and smell it.
        
       | ravenstine wrote:
       | One of the things I enjoy most about foraging is appreciating
       | little obscure things like bay nuts, which you won't find at the
       | grocery store.
       | 
       | The article is definitely right that roasting them correctly is a
       | bit of a challenge, but it's worth it. If bay nuts were a
       | mainstream thing, the same people who obsess over making the
       | perfect coffee would have a field day with bay nuts.
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       | Come to think of it, making some acorn waffles with ground
       | roasted bay nuts might be pretty awesome. Too bad bay nuts and
       | acorns aren't usually around the same time (I think?).
        
       | steponlego wrote:
       | Exposure to the torn leaves can cause serious irritation too.
       | They smell wonderful though they are NOT to be used as a
       | substitute for "real" bay leaves.
        
       | constGard wrote:
       | The article lacks a date, but I assume the best season for nuts
       | is in the late fall, October through November. Does anyone know
       | otherwise? I was planning on going foraging for nuts all last
       | year but couldn't seem to time it right.
        
         | ravenstine wrote:
         | It's been a while since I harvested them, but that sounds about
         | right. I'd say early-to-mid Fall because I could swear I've
         | seen them close to ripe in September.
        
         | diyseguy wrote:
         | date is at the bottom of the article: NOVEMBER 5, 2012
        
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