Sumac

Growing Native with Petey Mesquitey

Sumac

Mar 31 2024 | 00:04:32

00:00 / 00:04:32

Show Notes

It is the ground dried fruit of Rhus coriaria that’s used in cooking throughout the Middle East. The fruit of our southwestern species of sumac is almost always used as a refreshing tart drink and you come across local names like Apache kool-aid, sumac-aid or Rhusade. And, it has been used that way by indigenous folks for centuries. Reem Kassis is the author/chef I was reading about in The New Yorker. She is the author of the cookbooks The Palestinian Table, The Arabesque Table and the children’s book We are Palestinian, A Celebration of Culture and Tradition. The photos are…

Other Episodes

Episode

December 04, 2019 • 00:04:59

Petey’s Fall Hunt and Gather

White-tailed deer in southwest North America are Odocoileus virginiana couesi or Coues white-tailed deer. The naturalist Elliot Coues is probably rolling in his grave...

Episode

January 16, 2020 • 00:05:00

Mistletoe and Oak Burls

There are five species of mistletoe found in Arizona and they all can be found somewhere in southern Arizona at various elevations and on...

Episode

July 09, 2014 •

Monarda menthaefolia

Petey can’t get to the mountains, but the mountains come to him. Lucky dude. Monarda menthaefolia or bee balm is a spectacular wildflower. Well...