Before Supermarkets, People Foraged for Food Out in Nature (and We Still Can)

<a href="https://inhabitat.com/before-supermarkets-people-foraged-for-food-out-in-nature-and-we-still-can/foraged-wild-foods/" rel="attachment wp-att-658610"></a> Before we gathered our <a href="https://inhabitat.com/original-unverpackt-germanys-first-zero-waste-supermarket-to-open-this-summer/" target="_blank">food in grocery carts</a> and online services like <a title="peapod" href="http://www.peapod.com/site/companyPages/our-company-overview.jsp" target="_blank">Peapod</a>, we gathered it straight from the bush. It's a shocking idea that the food we eat might not be hosed with the equivalent pesticides of a 1970's DDT public swimming pool before we eat it, but once upon a time, we foraged. No <a href="https://inhabitat.com/china-rejects-gmo-corn-and-grain-from-united-states/" target="_blank">Genetically Modified Organisms</a> (<a href="https://inhabitat.com/unauthorized-genetically-modified-monsanto-wheat-infiltrates-oregon-farm/" target="_blank">GMO</a>) and everything came from nature, au naturale—naked food....<br><br><a href='https://inhabitat.com/before-supermarkets-people-foraged-for-food-out-in-nature-and-we-still-can/'>READ ARTICLE</a>

Is there anything more delicious than a ripe raspberry eaten fresh off the vine?

Most people aren't aware that the day lilies in their yards are edible.

Chicory, also known as "bachelor's button", has edible leaves and roots. In fact, its roots can be roasted and ground into a coffee substitute.

Many parts of milkweed are edible (boiled young shoots, leaves, buds, flowers, and young pods), but they all have to be cooked to eliminate the bitterness and the toxicity of the plant.

Wood sorrel, which looks like clover with little yellow flowers, has a lemony flavor that works well in salads and soups. You have to eat it sparingly, though: the oxalic acid within it can cause kidney damage when consumed in large quantities.