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Course: |
OUT 163
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Title: | Survival Plants: Spring II |
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Long Title: | Survival Plants: Spring II |
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Course Description: | Introduces the student to the useful wild plants of Spring not seen in earlier classes, as well as a review of botany and topics covered in previous classes. Students will learn and practice harvesting methods such as winnowing grain from chaff using the wind. Wild food preparation, cooking and preservation will be expanded. Prepared food categories will be wild teas and coffees, wild sprouts and wild sweets and deserts. |
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Min Credit: | 3 |
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Status Notes: | Was OUT 202, changed 1/22/13 effective 201410 CFE |
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STANDARD COMPETENCIES:
I. Comprehend advanced wild plant identification
a. Identify new wild edibles in their natural habitat in Springtime
b. Identify new wild poisonous plants in their natural habitat in Springtime
c. Identify new wild medicinal in their natural habitat in Springtime
d. Identify new wild tool-craft in their natural habitat in Springtime
e. Identify dangerous lookalikes in the Springtime
II. Participate in a variety of harvesting and gathering methods
a. Examine harvesting ethic
b. Study harvesting tools and methods
c. Practice techniques of winnowing chaff from grain
d. Practice Methods of wild food preservation
III. Demonstrate the preparation and cooking of survival plants
a. Conduct cooking without utensils
b. Prepare wild teas and coffees
c. Prepared and cook wild sprouts
d. Prepare and cook wild sweets and desserts
TOPICAL OUTLINE:
I. Review
II. Spring useful wild plants identification in the Colorado Springs, CO area
III. Spring useful wild plant identification at Cattail Bobs botanic garden near Drake, CO
IV. Overview of harvesting and gathering (review harvesting ethic)
V. Winnowing chaff from wild grain
VI. Wild food preservation
VII. Preparation and cooking
VIII. Cooking without utensils
IX. Wild teas and coffees
X. Wild sprouts
XI. Wild sweets & desserts
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