Eat Evergreen Tree Tips Packs More Vitamin C Than Oranges

Did you know that you can eat the fresh growth of some evergreen trees such as fir, spruce and hemlock? This has long been a survival food of North American Indians.

The fresh, light green tips of these evergreen trees can be eaten raw, right off the tree in spring. The lighter the color, the milder in flavor and softer to chew. As they age and get darker, the flavor gets a bit more bitter. But the needles of these trees remain edible all year long.

You can steep the needles in hot water and drink the tea to get the high vitamin C content and nutrients.

The needles of these trees are good for boosting the immune system and for fighting colds and flu.

The three evergreens, fir, spruce and hemlock are among many other evergreen trees that you can eat.

You can use the needles in place of rosemary when cooking. Eat them raw and plain or spice up a salad with them. You can eat them fresh or dried.

In order to get the most nutrients do not boil the needles, but rather steep them in hot water as you would tea.

Be careful when eating any wild edible plants and make sure you can properly identify them. Beware the toxic Yew tree which has different colored needles which grow flat instead of all around the stem. The Yew has red berries instead of pine cones as well.

The American Indians ate the entire tree. Any part they could digest was used by the Indians. The inner bark is edible raw or cooked like noodles.

We are surrounded by food and often overlook such treasures of nature.

Up North in the US we do not have oranges but instead we have the evergreen tree for a healthy, valuable source of Vitamin C.

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