There are a surprising amount of opportunities to forage in San Antonio. SanAntonio SATX SanAntonioTX Texas SanAntonioFood Foraging
With their thorny vines, dewberries are much like the blackberries that stained my hands — and scratched my arms — in my growing up as a gatherer. They're also more than worth the backache they give me bending to harvest along the railroad track and the hike and bike trail near my house.
The small, tart berries are in the same family as the barberries used in Middle Eastern cooking, and their method of harvest is unique: traditionally, one puts a sheet on the ground and batters the bush with a stick or broom. That requires some winnowing, but the pale copper jelly the fruit produces is ample reward.
Fortunately, there are plenty of benign targets of urban gathering that don't require donning a hazmat suit. Purslane, or verdolagas in Spanish, is thought of as a common weed, growing as it does in sidewalk cracks and abandoned lots. It appears spontaneously in the joints of my brick-paved patio later in the year. Both the fleshy stems and plump, paddle-like leaves are good raw in salads, or stewed with onion, tomato and serrano chiles.
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