lots-o-buckwheats
i am amazed at the diversity of Buckwheat around here. there's only 4-5 species, but they can look very dissimilar. i am waiting for them to go to seed so that i can eat them.Eriogonum davidsonii...
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that's a good question--one that i am exploring. after drying, i've been holding the stems (grasses and buckwheats) over fire to burn what i can off, then lightly pounding the seeds/stems in a shallow...
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Put your seed into a wooden bowl and pound it with a rounded wooden pestle to crush the chaff off, or roll it lightly between a metate and mano.Winnow it from basket to basket while the breeze is...
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