We went out to the forest with Khun Daeng, a neighbor who does a lot of the cooking at Pun Pun, to find wild bamboo shoots. Bamboo shoots are good for eating, can be pickled for longer storage, and can be sold in the market.
It was damp in the forest, this being the rainy season, which is ideal for bamboo to grow. At first it was hard to see exactly what Khun Daeng was looking for, but once we got the hang of it, we collected three sacks of bamboo shoots in a few hours.
Here are the photos of our day finding bamboo shoots.
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| A moody day at the height of the rainy season |
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| Into the forest we go |
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| Khun Daeng looking for bamboo shoots |
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| Using a tool to cut the bamboo shoot |
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| Hard to see, but this is what we were looking for - young, soft shoots |
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| Khun Daeng with the result of her efforts |
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| Peggy finds a big one! |
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| Pouring out the bag of collected bamboo shoots |
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Bamboo has hair. avoid touching it:
it's itchy! |
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| Cutting to obtain the edible parts |
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| Trimmed and ready for the kitchen |
It's best to cook bamboo shoots in water since there is trace levels of cyanide, a poison, in raw bamboo.
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