Wild Edible Weeds ... ???

[hoodat]

I think that if you could say that something tastes like spinach - that isn't related to spinach - it would be nettles.

By the way -- Lambs Quarters and Orache are related to spinach.

Steve

American Indians also harvested the seed heads on lambs quarter. They pounded them up into a kind of paste formed them into patties and toasted them on a hot rock in the fire.

 

[vja4Him]

I just found this UK page on edible weeds......>>>

http://www.countrylovers.co.uk/wildfoodjj/weedgall.htm

I also found this site which has a lot of information plus recipes.....>>>

http://www.eatweeds.co.uk/about

Hope you enjoy them.

Hattie

Thanks for the links! I've saved them, and already added a few more wild edibles to my list of seeds to order.

 

[hoodat]

Wild anise is another to watch for. The young fronds give salad a nice fresh licorice flavor. After it deveops a stalk it becomes too fibrous to eat but if you wait till it ripens the anise seeds are very useful as spice. It is related to dill and looks a lot like it. It even hosts the same butterflies, notably the yellow and black swallowtails.

 

[thistlebloom]

When we were kids we ate wild anise all the time. It was a free licorice substitute!

 

[hoodat]

The range of wild anise keeps spreading. By now it can be found almost anywhere. It's recently been creeping down the Baja peninsula.