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Cricket Bread – Trace Ramsey
What is Cricket Bread?
Bread made from crickets is a survival food in many places, a staple in others and a disgusting concoction in the "civilized" world. The discussion presented here details how I jump in between each of those cultures, destroying certain pieces as needed.
This is also a discussion about starting a farm, the do-it-yourself lifestyle, being an anarchist and how the interactions I engage in promote community, friendship and mutual aid.
I am a small drip of New Blood in the Old Body...
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Category Archives: foraging
Sour Cherries
The sour cherries are in various stages of ripening, but no matter what color they are they are a bit too sour for me to eat too many at a time. Most of the very ripe (and tastiest) will … Continue reading
Posted in food sources, foodshed, foraging, photo essays
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The missing blueberries
The secret, abandoned, out-of-the-way blueberry patch that I wrote about three years ago? Yeah, forget about scoring any berries there anymore. The patch has blown up, the word leaked out and spread out like the tarps and sheets we used … Continue reading
Posted in exploring, food sources, foraging
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Mullein harvest
Last month while chasing pigs through the woods (a story that I will write about soon) I stumbled into a large area filled with Common Mullein – Verbascum thapsus. Mullein likes to grow in recently disturbed areas, and this place … Continue reading
Posted in exploring, foraging
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One foot in and one foot out
In my line of life you have to embrace some level of hypocrisy. Anarchism is an imperfect ideology, especially in day to day application. In regards to food, we build momentum against industrial agriculture, monoculture, neocolonialism, global food distribution systems … Continue reading
Posted in food sources, foraging, scavenging
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Trails
Our land is still pretty mysterious, not knowing what is around or who is around. With each trip some of the little secrets are revealed, and I feel that we are becoming more and more part of the sparsely inhabited … Continue reading
Posted in exploring, foraging
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Mulberries, creatures and trash
Yesterday we got the bug to clean up our room and get rid of some of the piles of papers and such that had collected over the last few months. I am pretty big on creating piles of crap – … Continue reading
Posted in exploring, food sources, foraging, scavenging
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Foraging becomes exploring
One of my favorite places in Wilmington is a train trestle that bridges a tidal creek, specifically Burnt Mill Creek, near my house. My profile picture is of me and Kristin throwing rocks off the bridge. The trestle is only … Continue reading
Posted in exploring, foraging
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Foraging pecans in the vortex of weird
A strong wind began blowing late last night and throughout this morning. From looking at the pecan trees over the past few weeks, I knew that there would be a good chance that the nut casings were dry enough that … Continue reading
Posted in food sources, foraging
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The new foraging season
It’s officially fall… It is that time of year. Plants are starting to die out in my flower beds. I pulled out the calendula carcasses; the irises and sunflowers are long gone, the mint is disappearing and the … Continue reading
Posted in foraging
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Kudzu blossom jelly
I’ll just say it; kudzu sucks. If you have ever had to pull it out of a field or garden then you know what I mean. Kudzu (Pueraria montana) is the vine that ate the South, and it is really … Continue reading
Posted in food sources, foraging, recipes
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