Eligh Miller-Polivka

Hello everyone, welcome to my neck of the woods! My name is Eligh, I was born in Portland, Oregon, and I love to forage! From when I was very young, my father took me out picking mushrooms, fishing, and camping. He loved to forage for mushrooms, and so naturally, I developed a keen eye for mushroom identification. After meeting my lovely wife on the Oregon coast, I started spending all of my free time out in the woods with plant, mushroom, and tree identification books. After some time I was able to identify every tree, plant, and mushroom that I came across. I learned their uses, both by native Americans and settlers alike. At this time, I also began fishing for salmon, trout, and different species of coastal rockfish. I always felt a strong sense of pride to be able to harvest a wide variety of wild edibles to suit my palate, and then harvest some natural bait and catch a fish, even how to make hooks and line using plants and trees that grow on the river bank.
I started cooking at a very young age. In middle school, my friends and their parents would ask me to cook food for them because I could make something out of nothing. I love to cook up new concoctions and see what everyone likes. When I became of working age, I started as a buss boy at a barbecue restaurant, and then moved on to work all positions of the restaurant industry. From head chef of a Jamaican restaurant in Tulsa, OK, to sous chef at a highly accredited bistro on the Oregon coast, all before I turned 21.
I Inherited land in southeast Oklahoma and now spend my days working a Fedex delivery route and working with my wife and 3 young boys on our rural homestead. We raise many different kinds of animals and some vegetable gardens. I hunt all manor of large and small game, and butcher all of my own meat. We harvest wild edibles of all kinds and enjoy to cook with them and eat them.
I am grateful that you stopped by to see how we are doing and hope to see you again very soon. We would love to be friends and hope you enjoy all of the recipes and information that I can manage to put out.
Thank you, and much love!
-Eligh

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Grasshoppers are a very special treat for those willing to make the jump. With over 11,000 different species of grasshopper in the world, you are likely to find some where you live! Grasshoppers have a very specific set of characteristics that makes it easy to identify the edible ones, keep the simple rule in your …

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This Seasonal Berry Crisp is an absolutely perfect dessert for anytime of the year. Make it with fresh berries in the summertime, or frozen berries in the winter time. There is no way you could go wrong with this timeless, wonder of a dessert! I might receive a small commission for items purchased through affiliate …

Elk With Chanterelle mushrooms is the way to go if you want to prepare a simple, yet delightful dish, using things that you have harvested all on your own, or at the very least have been harvested in the USA! The extremely savory and natural flavor of the elk, paired with fruity and meaty, fresh …

Bok Choy soup is a quick and delicious soup! It is highly nutritious, hydrating, and quite versatile. Just a few ingredients and it will taste like you entered a gentle sit down, in the heart of china. The natural look of the whole leaves of the Bok Choy will no doubt let you and your …