In other areas, hunting and non-commercial fishing are mainly seen as a sport or recreation, with the edible meat as mostly a side benefit.

The Xerocomus genus is generally considered a less desirable ( though mostly edible ) mushroom group, due to common abundant mould growth on their caps, which can make them poisonous.

Cockle is the common name for a group of ( mostly ) small, edible, saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the family Cardiidae.

Currently, seven Annona species and one hybrid are grown for domestic or commercial use, mostly for the edible and nutritious fruits ; several others also produce edible fruits.

In Japan, the species is known as or, with the former word referring particularly to the larger-fruiting variety whose fruits are used mostly for making containers or other handicrafts and the latter referring to the smaller-fruiting variety whose fruits are more edible.

This shows up in the archaeological record at most village sites and long term camps as a collection of butchered, cooked and then discarded bone from mostly deer and rabbits, charred corn cobs with the kernels removed, and wild edible plant remains.

Culinary root tubers, fruit, edible mushrooms, edible nuts, edible beans, edible cereals or edible leaves, edible moss, edible cacti and algae can be searched and if needed, prepared ( mostly by boiling ).

The Veneroida or veneroids are an order of mostly saltwater but also some freshwater bivalve molluscs which includes many familiar forms such as the edible clams and cockles, and a number of freshwater bivalves including zebra mussels.

The bloomy mold and ash rind are edible but fairly tasteless.

The scarlet berries are edible but rather tasteless, with a faint flavour of wintergreen, resembling cranberries ( to which they are not closely related ).

Pure zein is clear, odorless, tasteless, hard, water-insoluble, and edible, making it invaluable in processed foods and pharmaceuticals, in competition with insect shellac.

Trash fish refers to non-edible species, edible species of low commercial value and juveniles, which are released to the sea.

The commercial species of pistachio has larger fruits and edible.

Gooseberry bushes produce an edible fruit and are grown on both a commercial and domestic basis.

Many of the Cantharellaceae, including the chanterelle ( Cantharellus cibarius ), the Pacific golden chanterelle ( Cantharellus formosus ), the horn of plenty ( Craterellus cornucopioides ), and the trumpet chanterelle ( Craterellus tubaeformis ), are not only edible, but are collected and marketed internationally on a commercial scale.

Many species of Cantharellus, Craterellus, and Goossensia are edible and several are collected and marketed on a commercial scale.

The prefecture is now a commercial base for edible fungi, dried and fresh fruit, bamboo and bamboo shoots, tea, commercial forest, oil tea, sericulture, herb medicine, vegetable and nuts.

The genus includes several plants of commercial importance, either for their edible fruit ( persimmons ) or for their timber ( ebony ).

The nuts are edible, but their small size ( smaller than Common Hazel nuts ) and very hard, thick nut shell ( 3 mm thick ) makes them of little or no commercial value.

All the species are edible, and some, such as the Moreton Bay bug and the " Balmain bug " ( Ibacus peronii ) are of commercial importance.

Two names, Florida arrowroot and wild sago, refer to the former commercial use of this species as the source of an edible starch.

Hibiscus and Mallow Collection: This is a collection of a wide variety of commercial, edible and ornamental members of the Malvaceae Family.

It has become a commercial crop in many of these locations, grown for its edible fruits.

Greenpeace opposes the planned use of golden rice, a variety of Oryza sativa rice produced through genetic engineering to biosynthesize beta-carotene, a precursor of pro-vitamin A in the edible parts of rice.

Mycology ( from the Greek μύκης, mukēs, meaning " fungus ") is the branch of biology concerned with the study of fungi, including their genetic and biochemical properties, their taxonomy and their use to humans as a source for tinder, medicinals ( e. g., penicillin ), food ( e. g., beer, wine, cheese, edible mushrooms ) and entheogens, as well as their dangers, such as poisoning or infection.

Many sodium compounds are useful, such as sodium hydroxide ( lye ) for soapmaking, and sodium chloride for use as a deicing agent and a nutrient ( edible salt ).

It is common practice for Thais and hill tribe peoples in north and northeast Thailand to use sticky rice as an edible implement by shaping it into small, and sometimes flattened, balls by hand which are then dipped into side dishes and eaten.

Flax is grown both for its use as an edible oil, as a nutritional supplement, and as an ingredient in many wood finishing products.

The soft, moist, white inner bark ( cambium ) found clinging to the woody outer bark is edible and very high in vitamins A and C. It can be eaten raw in slices as a snack or dried and ground up into a powder for use as a thickener in stews, soups, and other foods, such as Finnish pine bark bread ( pettuleipä ).

Alan García, president of Peru, has recommended its use in salads and other edible preparations.

* Japan: The Jōmon people use pottery, fish, hunt and gather acorns, nuts and edible seeds.

Due to their poor eyesight, dugongs often use smell to locate edible plants.

The nuts are edible, and though they are often used in expensive baked goods, the Persian walnut is preferred for everyday use because it is easier to extract the nutmeat.

The bark of some trees is edible ; in Sweden and Finland, pine bread is made from rye to which the toasted and ground innermost layer of pine bark is added, the Sami people of far northern Europe used large sheets of Pinus sylvestris bark that were removed in the spring, prepared and stored for use as a staple food resource and the inner bark was eaten fresh, dried or roasted.

The term cottage pie is known to have been in use in 1791, when the potato was being introduced as an edible crop affordable for the poor ( cf.

However, some species, Tremella fuciformis for example, are not only edible but prized for use in soup and vegetable dishes.

** Any type of cereals or edible grains ( much like the English corn ), but this use of the word is becoming increasingly obsolete

Perilla oil is a very rich source of the essential nutritional omega-3 fatty acid alpha-linolenic acid, and its use as an edible oil is more for its medicinal benefit than its flavor.

At a larger scale, the German landscape architect and planner Leberecht Migge advocated the use of edible gardens in social housing projects as a way to counteract hunger and increase self-sufficiency of families.

This illustrated herbal contained information on how and when each plant was gathered, whether or not it was poisonous, its actual use, and whether or not it was edible ( it even provided recipes ).

Spiraea is too woody to be used as an edible plant, but has a long history of medicinal use by Native Americans as an herbal tea.

Mothers also use this technique to make food edible for their calves.

With an emphasis on simplicity, freshness, seasonality and regionalism – Cambodian food has won praise for its elegant and understated use of spice, its harmonious arrangement of contrasting flavours, textures and temperatures within the overall meal rather than a single dish, and its thoughtful and, at times extravagant presentation of dishes with plenty of herbs, leaves, pickles, dipping sauces, edible flowers and other garnishes and condiments.

Edible rendering processes are basically meat processing operations and produce lard or edible tallow for use in food products.

They are thought to use contact chemoreception to find prey, relying on luck to bump into something edible.