Today we forage for Camas as I share some interesting facts! Learn how Camas is edible. As always thanks for likes and subscriptions!

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Look up these few ways to prepare Camas Bulb!

Steamed Camas bulbs
http://arcadianabe.blogspot.com/2012/...
Slow cooked Camas bulbs
http://wettingthebeds.cultivariable.c...
Traditional preparation of Camas
http://orww.org/Bald_Hill_2004/Native...

Camas Quamash (Camassia Quamash)

Field Study

Description,
Perennial herb in the Asparagus family, growing up to 30″ tall from a deep onion shaped bulb 13″ in diameter. Leaves are numerous, basal, grasslike, up to 1″ wide and 20″ long. Flowers Pale blue to deep purple 1.5″ long, growing 5 to 40 or more in a terminal spike. Fruit eggshaped capsules 1″ long, stalk curved in towards stem.

Ecology
Grassy slopes and open meadows which are moist in spring drying out during summer months, low to middle elevations most of the Pacific Northwest from California up to Alaska and as far east as Montana.

Harvest
Bulbs during Spring and Summer (April June) while in bloom as not to be confused with the deadly lookalike Death Camas.