Cold Splinters went on a tour of Prospect Park this weekend with Wildman Steve Brill, the undisputed king of walking through Central and Prospect Parks while making painfully bad jokes and fake trumpet sounds. Brill also shows you which plants are edible and how to prepare them, knowledge that we regretfully know little about. Despite the nausea that the wild mushroom (Dryad's Saddle) brought on at the end of our three and a half hour adventure, the walk was full of useful information and we came home with bags full of edible plants and a faint idea of how to prepare them. The highlight was the sassafras root, which you can use to make some great root beer flavored tea. Above is a picture of Wildman being interviewed by the Travel Network reporter that was along for the ride.More edible plants after the jump...
Field Onion
Garlic Mustard
Pokeweed
Chickweed