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For all of the
remedies that people pour out money to buy, how many
of them can be found in their own backyards? Nearly
all of them, according to nauralist and wildcrafter
Ila Hatter, David Holt's guest on this episode of
Folkways.
A lush mountain
path provides the perfect setting for Ila to point out
several of these plant materials. But identifying the
plants is only the first step. Ila demonstrates how
common weeds transform into helpful medicies and
simple foods. A bunch of jewelweed make a soothing
itch-relief lotion. Later by a campfire, Ila and
David feast on a meal of tonic tea, persimmon coffee,
roasted trout spiced with sumac seasoning (which Ila
explains how to prepare), persimmon corn cakes, and a
wild ginger-pear compote for dessert.
“Folkways” is a 20
year old series produced by University of North Carolina
Center for Public TV (UNC-TV) with David Holt, 3 time
Grammy award winner, as Host.
Ila Hatter,
naturalist and wildcrafter, debuts with David Holt as
his guest on this episode titled “Wildcrafting”. Ila
demonstrates how common weeds transform into helpful
medicines and simple foods. A lush mountain path
provides the perfect setting for Ila to point out
several of these plant materials: Sassafras for a
delicious tea and effective blood thinner, Yellowroot
for stomach disorders and ulcers, Sweet Birch relieves a
headache with a refreshing wintergreen flavor, and
Spicebush and Sumac berries for seasonings. By a
campfire, Ila and David feast on a meal of trout spiced
with sumac seasoning, persimmon corn cakes, pear-ginger
compote, tonic tea, and persimmon seed coffee.
Filmed on
location in and around the beautiful Joyce Kilmer
Memorial Forest in Western North Carolina.
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