To the best of my knowledge, all of the above should apply to all conifers except yew trees. Common misconception — Poison hemlock is a plant that looks like wild carrots.
Hemlock trees, on the other hand, are tasty. Never knew so much was edible on conifers! IVE only had pine needle tea but it sure will keep sickness at bay and is quite tasty!
Thanks for the info. Enjoyed the post. I think it should be said that just cutting off 5 or 6 needles and twisting them together and chewing on them is a strong taste and it leaves your mouth feeling clean. Some people may prefer to use only one or 2 needles. I also imagine that you are absorbing the nutrients the same as a pine needle tea. As a youngster, I would chew on pine needles to kill bad breath. Thank you for the article. I imagine one would use the bark of a tree that is destined to be cut down…?
Have you done it yourself? Hi Nancy, Really good point and I just added a note on ethical bark harvesting to this article. I have a number of bark harvesting articles birch bark flour, pine bark bread, slippery elm bark, willow bark, etc and in all of those I have a discussion about how to harvest bark ethically.
I have harvested pine bark as well as the others, but only from trees we were cutting down for other reasons. Yes, absolutely only use the bark from a tree destined to be cut down, or only use the bark from small limbs you cut off. I added a section about that above. Thanks for the reminder! Pine needle tea is an acquired taste, but a little local honey can give a double boost of nutrition.
Dear Ashley, I lived my childhood in the villages and then have been living in a giant city for years. Now I decided to leave the city and go back to the nature. This decision made me curious about how to feed myself in the nature without spending money. I liked it very much.
I thank you. I think that feeding ourselves from the nature is not just a feeding, but it is to stand out against the system.
I really have difficulty in understanding why most of people are living this poor city life. We eat the young tufts in spring when they are an inch or less long: pleasantly sour and soft, also makes a nice addition to spring salads.
Hello Ashley, You may not wish to post this, however, I thought you would find it interesting to know the old timers prob generations back used turpentine spirits Made from the gum as medicine. Turpentine and sugar. Learned it from a Dr.
Jennifer Daniels. If interested I can tell you more. Stopped my psoriasis problems and made incredible changes to my energy. Yes turpentine…paint thinner.
Brent Flory, I would be interested in knowing what you know. As a child we were given this for medicinal by my parents at the suggestion of a local Family Doctor.
Hope to hear from you! Thank you. I would love to know how you treat psoriasis! My daughter has a severe case of it and nothing has helped. The Dr. Please email me at davislelaine hotmail. I would appreciate it so much!!
I learned that too from Dr. I have even given to my children in a spoon with sugar to cover the strong taste. I gave it to them for parasites. You should use it once in a while 1 x month — I think to keep parasites away and keep your colon healthy.
Especially since we now know that your colon is the main cause of many diseases. I did, however, find a very exhaustive study that discusses pine needle abortion in cows. I also found a discussion on eat the weeds, which talks about busting foraging myths. Myth 1 is that pine needle tea causes abortions. If you are a cow and you eat many pounds of Ponderosa Pine needles you have a 5 to 8 percent chance out of of having an abortion or still-birth. If you boil a huge amount of pine needles in water for hours down to a small amount of gross liquid and you drink it, then maybe it would cause an abortion.
A few needles soaked in hot water is no threat to anyone except for possible allergies. So, of coures pine nuts but I also love pine needle tea. Here in NJ we have forests of long needle pine and it makes for a lovely boiled tea. Please consult with your doctor before drinking pine needle tea. Afterwards, remove the pine needles. The pine needles come off easily by plucking them. To help release the pine-y flavor, try gently mashing the needles with a mortar and pestle.
Feel free to cut them into smaller pieces—kitchen shears work well for this job. Boil cups of water. For every one cup of water, add roughly two tablespoons of pine needles. Let the pine needles steep for minutes. If you have a teapot with a strainer, this is perfect.
Otherwise, you can add the pine needles directly to your mug. Strain and enjoy! Sweeten with honey or a sweetener of your choice, or enjoy on its own. With their aromatic woodsy scent and earthy, herbal flavor, pine needles pair nicely with light meals such as white fish or chicken. Many recipes call for pine, but spruce and fir can sometimes be swapped in too. Pine Needle Oil. Pine Needle Shortbread Cookies.
The ultimate Christmas cookie with hints of pine and citrus. This recipe is vegan-friendly too via A Virtual Vegan. Pine Needle Vinegar. A simple, yet delicious recipe that infuses the scent and flavor of pine with apple cider vinegar. Add to salad dressings for a citrus-y splash. Smoked salmon in pine needles.
Use fresh or dried pine needles to infuse salmon with a lovely woodsy flavor via Akis Petretzikis. Northeastern Kvass. Besides brewing tea and cooking or baking with pine needles, there are loads of other ways to use pine needles around your home. A knife can be used to cut small strips of edible inner bark off the tree.
The outer bark is not edible. The whitebark is best eaten cooked or fried in thin strips as it is quite tough to digest. A handful of pine needles can also be picked from an edible tree to, all the while being conscious not to overharvest, as this could harm the tree skilledsurvival. When in season, pine nuts can be a great nutritious treat. The majority of pine trees have edible pine nuts, only differing in quality and size. Pine cones can easily be collected off the ground. Other edible parts of the pine tree are the pine resin and pine pollen.
The pine needles can be used to make a Vitamin C rich tea with a pleasant aroma and taste. The tea has an impressive list of health benefits. Pine tea is popular for providing relief to skin issues, fatigue and heart disease. Other than the immune boosting Vitamin C, pine needle tea also contains a high level of Vitamin A that is good for hair, skin, and eyesight.
Pine tea also has expectorant qualities, helps reduce blood pressure and obesity, and has antioxidant properties.
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