I have eaten my share of cattail sprouts, which a “survival food” guide told me were extremely nutricious. I did not like the “flat bread” he made from pounding the dried brown parts of them, but I LOVED the sprouts. Now, these you have to get by feeling under the water to the roots of the plant. It’s the “bulges” on the roots that you harvest. These eventually poke their heads about water, grow the green blades of the plant, and then the bloom grows. Anyway, you have to get them before they complete their growing process above water. The first ones I ate were just boiled in a little pot, drained, and eaten with a dab of salt. Good stuff. Anyway, it is apparently a nutricious food supply in emergency situations. I later gathered some, sliced them and put them in a skillet with some green beans for a type of stir-fry dish. Maybe it was just the bacon drippings that I insist on using, but again, they were great! Thankfully, I didn’t have to fight a water moccasin for them!

DANG! Can’t believe I spelled hyacinths wrong. My botany professor would have given me a big, fat, “F” for that one!