Banana slug! Are these the escargot of the future smothered in garlic butter? Bigger is better, right? This little creature has some really interesting medicinal traits, check out my answer in the video below...
BC's native Banana Slug is the second largest species in the world and can grow to more than 20 cm. This is a good slug, almost never found in gardens, so be nice to them. In natural habitats, it even acts as a recycler, consuming and breaking down dead and decaying matter. These slugs have 27,000 teeth on a long tooth-covered “tongue”, yikes, and come in a range of colours, from yellow
to brown to black and many are mottled with black spots.
Ps. We're creating a virtual foraging survival trip that includes safe and sustainable methods for harvesting seafood and other wild foods on the BC coast if you want to learn more, check it out below...
Next week, I'm going to create some Pacific Northwest cooking videos, so stay tuned for those. I'm excited for some spring foraging and cooking. Nettles, elderflower, bright green birch leaves, edible wild flowers, maybe a spring foraged salad.
We're all in this together and even small businesses like ours can help out, so we're going to donate $5 from every sale from this newsletter to the Greater Vancouver Food Bank.
Virtual Foraging Survial Trip
2 hours with foraging expert Robin Kort
A fun way learn some useful food foraging survival tips in case of emergency covering forest to seashore ecosystems of the Pacific Northwest. From sustainable edible wild weeds to nutrient rich plants for survival and beach forage superfoods like
seaweeds and shellfish. Learn about any poisonous plants you should avoid and simple cooking methods for the food you find in this 2 hour video collection. I've been teaching wild foraging classes for over a decade in BC and would love to share my knowledge with you.
Virtual Trip Details:
Video Release date: On April 10th, we'll email you the 2 hour video package that you can watch anytime. I will be available by email to answer any questions. The great thing about these videos is you can have them on your phone to refer to whenever you're foraging. It's like I'm in your jacket
pocket:)
Infield day: On April 11th and 18th(1-3pm), I'll be online to answer questions on the wild foods I've covered. So you can watch infield and I'll help you with ID or watch the video at home whenever/wherever is convenient and email me questions. Note that you are not allowed to harvest from BC parks. I'll outline in the video where you can legally pick.
Discount for pre-ordering $40 (food bank donation included) purchase before Apr 1st.
After this week, the regular price is $45
FULL FORAGING 101 ONLINE COURSE
If you want more than one class, we have our full foraging 101 online course. In this video collection, I can show you how to safely forage for edible plants and mushrooms in all types of ecosystems; forest, meadow, river and even urban foraging in way more detail ($97 for the full program)...
We'll donate $10 from each purchase to the Greater Vancouver food bank.
It's a hard time for small businesses like ours. If you have enjoyed our trips and dinners before please support us to help get us through the peak of the crisis with a...
GIFT CERTIFICATE
Available in any value. For our wild mushroom trips, sea foraging workshops, secret supper club or any Swallow Tail dinner featuring star chefs from around the city.
Note: a lot of our trips are outside and can be purchased as private tours.
We love our city and making fun food events in it, so see you soon!
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