Year of Plenty: Traditional Foodways
Helping you become more resilient through food. We are more disconnected from our food and drink than ever before! Generational cooking skills and food traditions are slowly withering away, and many of us have no idea where our food is coming from. We explore topics such as food resilience, nutrition, hunting, foraging, homesteading, regenerative farming, and more. Gather around our table and learn how to take control of your food supply chain and fuel yourself with nutrient-dense food.
Year of Plenty: Traditional Foodways
Ancient Nuts: Hickory Nut Foraging and Wild Tending with James Mann
From prehistoric times to modern day supermarkets, nuts have been a reliable food source throughout history. And there are plenty of species you can gather in the wild to fill your pantry! Hickory nuts being one of them. In this episode, we chat with James Mann from Spicebush Woodcraft and dive deep into the world of hickory nut foraging.
Episode Overview:
- James shares the story of how he got into hickory nut foraging
- Why you should forage for hickory nuts and which species have the best flavor
- How to process hickory nuts after harvest
- How to prepare the hickory nuts for long term storage
- Steps you can take to gather more hickory nuts with less effort
- How to wild tend hickory and how to plant the nuts to grow more hickory trees
- Historical uses of hickory nuts in the US
- The mycorrhizal relationships between trees, fungi, and other plants
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