Cattail is wonderful as a fresh vegetable! To harvest, pull straight up and out of its sheath as you would a blade of grass to chew - only with more muscle! The white bit at the bottom is your prize. It tastes like a cross of cucumber/asparagus. Cut or snap it off where it starts getting woody.
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I also grew up eating lots of wild foods, and will vouch for cattail being a wonderful choice, offering free sustenance in any season.
But, I do want to share a word of caution, too. As with most plants that grow in water, whatever's in the water is in the plant. You can often spot cattail patches growing in a low spot beside a highway ...
Ms. C.
Cattails flour makes wonderful pan cakes. I grind the cattail in too a fine flour .
Please pass this information on to anyone you know in famine relief. There are literally megatons of this plant going to waste in the famine zones of Africa.
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