Nature & Nature Magic (Thursday Afternoon, 06/01/2006)

[romanywitch]

Today's class was meeting in the Preserve, which had been in a reminder e-mail Jenny had *handwavily* sent out. There's a small campfire set up, and cooking supplies set out beside it, along with lots of blankets to spread out on the ground, and baskets for plant-gathering.

"Right. Today, we're going to be hunting for magical plants. And not-so-magical ones that are edible. But, the guides I've handed out to you guys? They don't contain any pictures or descriptions of anything harmful, either magically or toxicalogically. If toxicalogically is even a word, but hey, you guys know what I mean, right?

Take a look around, see what you find, and then we'll see if there's anything we can make from them--you can either demonstrate a benign magical use, or make a yummy snack, or both. Share your snack with everyone else; we could all use a potluck, right?"

OOC: The handouts contain information from the following insane list o' links -
Sources for magical plant information -
HP Lexicon - Magical & Mundane Plants
HP Lexicon - Herbology Class
Mystical WWW Plants Grid
General Herbalism Link Index
Cedar Mountain Herb School
List of Fictional Plants
Sources for edible wild plant information -
Nature's Garden
EdiblePlants.com
Free Food From Field & Forest
Edible Wild Plants - Science Tracer Bulletin (Mostly Bibliographical Info)
Steve Brill's VegWeb Site


Course syllabus and roster. for this workshop.

OOC: Sneaking on to post this the night before the workshop is actually held, because I don't know if I can get it in before the deadline tomorrow. Slowplay is the order of today and tomorrow (per my post on Janet's journal, my boss is in this week and I have to be very, very good at work).

Wait for the OCD! Go forth and post.

Comments

Cooking With Wild Plants

[romanywitch]

All yummy? Who knows? But here's the campfire and cooking area, and here's where you can taste-test everyone's recipes.

Re: Cooking With Wild Plants

[narglette.livejournal.com]

After returning from the woods and discussing or demonstrating magical effects, Luna could be found rummaging in her pockets. When she stops, in her hands she has what appears to be your everyday run, run-of-the-mill garden vegetable.

In fact, it's completely, except for the occasional snapping of its leaves like jaws. "Chinese Chomping Cabbage is quite good in certain soups, if sliced thinly enough."

Re: Cooking With Wild Plants

[grand-fallguy.livejournal.com]

"found a blueberry bush." tim smiled. "And I didn't know this before, but Dandelions are edible."

Re: Cooking With Wild Plants

[lovelylana.livejournal.com]

Lana had collected a number of edible flowers to make a sort of beautifully colored salad.

Re: Cooking With Wild Plants

[lovechildblair.livejournal.com]

Blair dumped a stack of pine cones and started pulling them apart, getting out the nuts. "I would normally cook these on fish with some fresh basil. But since I have a new appreciation for fish, I'm going to make something that doesn't have a face." He opened a bag of marshmallows and started making pine nut s'mores for everyone.