The Bounty Hunter is a website about cooking and eating delicious, seasonal and local foods.
This super simple and refreshing salad was inspired by a trip to the bog with Isabelle Ranger of Namasthé Tea Co. on a very hot day summer’s day. Isabelle harvested some cattails while we were out and sent me home with a gift of some to use back in my kitchen. The young shoots can be eaten raw and have a crunchy, juicy texture and mild cucumber like flavour. If you don’t have access to cattails, you can make this salad with different types of cucumber for contrast in flavour and texture.
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Isabelle Ranger is an herbalist, forager and teacrafter in the Sea to Sky region of British Columbia and is the owner of Namasthé Tea Co. Her diverse French Canadian, Celtic, Scandinavian, Southern Inuit and Native American heritage brings a very unique perspective and depth of knowledge to the world of plants and to the teas she creates. Isabelle began crafting teas for clients while working as an herbalist in Mt. Currie in 2000 and went on to create Namasthé Tea Co. in 2007. Isabelle and her partner Cédric work together to handcraft small batch teas and tisanes, many of which include wild foraged ingredients they gather with great care and respect in the forests, mountain meadows and bogs of British Columbia.
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This recipe was inspired by a magical day harvesting elderflowers with Jamie of Moonbrew Tonic Co for her limited release jun tonic called WISDOM. I wanted to savour the feeling from our day together so I created a rhubarb and elderflower cordial that will last for weeks to come. I even froze some of the cordial in ice cubes trays for later this summer when I want to connect back to the way I felt amongst the elders that day.
To read more about our adventures and learn about Jamie, hop on over to the story and interview I did with her.
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