[header] How to eat cattails [title] Clean the shoots. [step] After, you will need to rinse them with fresh water. Then, remove bacteria by soaking the spikes in vinegar for twenty minutes.
[header] How to eat cattails [title] Clean the shoots. [step] After, you will need to rinse them with fresh water. Then, remove bacteria by soaking the spikes in vinegar for twenty minutes.
Finally, rinse them again in fresh water to remove the vinegar. [substeps] If you do not have access to vinegar, you can roast the spikes over a fire to kill the bacteria. This will loosen dirt so they will be easier to bite through. Once the spikes are clean, you can simply roast the food or leach it from the grounds with a roux in a heavy pan. Once finished soaking, the spikes of cattails are ready to eat. [substeps] Wash the spikes with a disinfectant and dry them off. The vinegar will disinfect the spikes, making sure there is no fungus growing on them. [substeps] Dip a soft towel in distilled water and wring it out.