GC4AZT1 Wild Asparagus (Traditional Cache) in British Columbia, Canada created by Dumbo09

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Hidden : 4/27/2013

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Size: Size: regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:

This is the third in my series on foods of the Nle?ekepmx (Thompson) people.

The small area where this cache is found used to be a crackerjack spot to pick in the early spring. Access is good coming from Spences Bridge and quite a bit more difficult coming from Merritt. There is a small access road where you can get off the highway. Please be careful.

Asparagus is native to Europe, North Africa and Western Asia. It is not native to North America. The Latin name is Asparagus officinalis.It is a flowering perennial vegetable. It grows to 100 - 150 centimetres tall, with many branched, feathery foliage. Flowers are bell-shaped, greenish-white to yellowish with six tepals. It produces a small red, poisonous berry.

It is used as a vegetable, medicine and a diuretic. It has a strong, yet delicate flavour. Many different recipes for its use are available, but the most common is to simply boil or steam it and serve it hot as a green vegetable. It is a good source of thiamine, riboflavin, folate, Vitamin K and iron. Asparagus is an excellent source of dietary fibre. The plant is 97% water.

The Nle?ekepmx have adapted asparagus to their cultural needs. They use it almost entirely as a food and therefore receive the medicinal benefits of the plant. It has considerable antioxidant properties. It has strong homocysteine taming properties (heart disease) and is effective in aiding the clearing of skin blemishes and improving the body's ability to maintain collagen. It also reduces uric acid and it makes a good laxative.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

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Decryption Key

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(letter above equals below, and vice versa)

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