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Raw sea buckthorn berries taste very sour and tart. Sea buckthorn has a lot of vitamin C. Organic quality? Does it contain vitamin B12?

Fresh fenugreek leaves (methi) can be used raw in a salad or cooked. The spicy-bitter fenugreek is also a spice. Organic?

Red lentils are preferred for stews, curries and dals, as they quickly break down into a kind of mush without being soaked beforehand. Organic?

The common golden nettle is edible and is suitable as a raw ingredient in wild plant recipes. The use of the golden deadnettle as a tea is popular. Organic?

Dried peaches are available in sulphured and unsulfured form. Organic quality is preferable. Due to the high drying temperature, they are rarely raw.

Dried pears can be found in stores as slices, chips, or whole pears, including organic ones, but they are rarely truly raw.

When raw, the persimmon has a sweet, apricot to pear-like aroma. The sometimes furry taste is due to tannins. Organic quality is preferable.

Raw plums (true plums) are perfect for compote, puree or an Asian plum sauce. Organic quality?

The raw prickly pear (prickly fruit, cactus pear, prickly fig, prickly pear) is a sweet, exotic fruit.

The raw grapefruit has a sweet, sour and bitter taste. It is considered the largest of all citrus fruits. It is the pumelo, not a pomelo.

Organic quince (honey apple) has a fruity, tart aroma when eaten raw. It is rich in healthy nutrients and is suitable for chutney and jam.

It is recommended to soak dried shiitake mushrooms (pasania mushroom, shii-take) before preparation. This way they go well with risotto, soups, etc. (Organic?)

Umeboshi paste (Neriume, Bainiku), made from ume fruit, has a very salty taste and a fruity-sour note.

Ketjap-Manis is a thick, sweet soy sauce from Indonesia. Organic quality is preferable. It cannot be used raw.

Fresh borage (raw borage) tastes like cucumber. Today, consumption is not recommended due to the liver-toxic pyrrolizidine alkaloids (PA). Organic?

Horseradish tree pods (Moringa oleifera) are very rich in nutrients. Cooked moringa pods and raw or cooked leaves are used as vegetables. Organic?

The harvest of summer squash, which cannot be stored, takes place before it ripens in the summer. These include different varieties of different types of squash

Porcini powder, made from dried and ground porcini mushrooms, is used to refine dishes. Depending on the method of production, it is available raw and organic.

Dried goji berries are rich in vitamins and minerals and can be used to add variety to muesli. Organic quality?

Kimchi is a Korean vegetable preparation with cabbage (traditionally Chinese cabbage) or radish as a base. It is usually fermented and raw (organic?).