Advertisement: This isn't a hiking trip but a 3 day, 2 night "learning experience" with the Fanaw (Amis) tribe in Ruisui 瑞穗. The instructor, Sra, will give you hands-on instruction on modern rural Amis life. The content varies depending on conditions, but it'll likely involve some foraging, machete cutting, and fishing. And of course, eating. See their website, Instagram and Facebook for dates and information.
More photographs (most by Rex Chan, others by Sra and a few crappy phone pics from me).
Fishing: We caught 4 types of fish.
Foraging: Some of the plants.
Fishing: We caught 4 types of fish.
- 何氏棘鲃 or 何氏棘魞 (Spinibarbus hollandi, a kind of carp): Most common one, endemic to Taiwan. Removed innards during cleaning (not because they're poisonous but because they were sandy), but scales can be eaten. Very tender meat, slightly sweet, small bones.
- 烏魚 (flathead grey mullet): Also common. Kept the innards (but remove if very sandy), but descaled. Meat is dryer, but more meat and bigger bones.
- 吳郭魚 (tilapia): Only caught one. Innards have to be removed and cleaned well, and have to descale.
- A fourth kind which I forgot. Only caught one.
Foraging: Some of the plants.
- 劍筍 (sword bamboo): we foraged for the shoots of this plant. Apparently it grows very quickly, and can be revisted every few days.
- other kinds of bamboo: I forget which ones we cut (probably does not matter)
- many other kinds of edible plants: I also forget
- 黃藤 (Calamus jenkinsianus, a kind of very thorny rattan): a very specific part of its "heart" can be eaten, starts bitter but ends sweet after cooking
- 山棕心 (Taiwan sugar palm): cut off some of the branches and harvested the heart; not sure exactly how to choose which branches to harvest
- 蘆葦心 (reed hearts): this was also in the soup, can be foraged
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