Comments on: Weeds are the stuff food is made from http://foodperson.com/2008/04/19/weeds-are-the-stuff-food-is-made-from/ You are what you eat Fri, 04 May 2012 02:07:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Janet Majure http://foodperson.com/2008/04/19/weeds-are-the-stuff-food-is-made-from/comment-page-1/#comment-620 Janet Majure Tue, 22 Apr 2008 20:24:21 +0000 http://foodperson.com/2008/04/19/weeds-are-the-stuff-food-is-made-from/#comment-620 Oh, Jennifer & Joanne! You are such good motivators! I may just eat some so as to report back here. Love to live dangerously, although, having seen Into the Wild, I'm a tad nervous. Whatever the first unknown weed is, I swear I've never seen it before, but I have about a dozen little plants all in a small area. Hmmm. Oh, Jennifer & Joanne! You are such good motivators! I may just eat some so as to report back here. Love to live dangerously, although, having seen Into the Wild, I’m a tad nervous. Whatever the first unknown weed is, I swear I’ve never seen it before, but I have about a dozen little plants all in a small area. Hmmm.

]]> By: Joanne http://foodperson.com/2008/04/19/weeds-are-the-stuff-food-is-made-from/comment-page-1/#comment-619 Joanne Tue, 22 Apr 2008 16:39:57 +0000 http://foodperson.com/2008/04/19/weeds-are-the-stuff-food-is-made-from/#comment-619 Your first unknown weed looks like Mache or lambs' quarter to me, and that is definitely edible. Makes for some good eating in the winter mesclun mixes. I'd only know for sure if I took a taste. (no worries, the overwhelming majority of weeds are NOT toxic.) I made candied violets with my husband one spring when we were first dating. They were delicious...and picking the violets kept him busy for hours! Dandelion greens are especially good when made into a salad with a "hot dressing." Fry up some bits of sausage with a little olive oil. When they are nice and warm and crispy, shut off the heat, add a bit of cider vinegar to the mixture, and dump on your (slightly bitter) spring greens with (optional) green onions. Some people add mustard or maple syrup/honey to this equation. Especially good with a big hunk of corn bread to sop up the juices.... Your first unknown weed looks like Mache or lambs’ quarter to me, and that is definitely edible. Makes for some good eating in the winter mesclun mixes. I’d only know for sure if I took a taste. (no worries, the overwhelming majority of weeds are NOT toxic.)

I made candied violets with my husband one spring when we were first dating. They were delicious…and picking the violets kept him busy for hours!

Dandelion greens are especially good when made into a salad with a “hot dressing.” Fry up some bits of sausage with a little olive oil. When they are nice and warm and crispy, shut off the heat, add a bit of cider vinegar to the mixture, and dump on your (slightly bitter) spring greens with (optional) green onions. Some people add mustard or maple syrup/honey to this equation. Especially good with a big hunk of corn bread to sop up the juices….

]]> By: Jennifer (Baklava Queen) http://foodperson.com/2008/04/19/weeds-are-the-stuff-food-is-made-from/comment-page-1/#comment-598 Jennifer (Baklava Queen) Mon, 21 Apr 2008 11:28:45 +0000 http://foodperson.com/2008/04/19/weeds-are-the-stuff-food-is-made-from/#comment-598 Looks like the second of your mystery "weeds" might be ground ivy, which is apparently edible but I've not really been tempted to try it. I've been thumbing through my copy of "Wildman" Steve Brill's book on edible wild plants (don't know exact title but you can find it easily) as I wander around the farm... now I have May apples and bramble berries and violets and shepherd's purse to look forward to, too! Apparently on dandelions, the roots are better dug up in fall... more flavor... and can be roasted and ground for a coffee substitute. Now that I'll have to try! Looks like the second of your mystery “weeds” might be ground ivy, which is apparently edible but I’ve not really been tempted to try it. I’ve been thumbing through my copy of “Wildman” Steve Brill’s book on edible wild plants (don’t know exact title but you can find it easily) as I wander around the farm… now I have May apples and bramble berries and violets and shepherd’s purse to look forward to, too!

Apparently on dandelions, the roots are better dug up in fall… more flavor… and can be roasted and ground for a coffee substitute. Now that I’ll have to try!

]]> By: Janet Majure http://foodperson.com/2008/04/19/weeds-are-the-stuff-food-is-made-from/comment-page-1/#comment-595 Janet Majure Sun, 20 Apr 2008 15:56:51 +0000 http://foodperson.com/2008/04/19/weeds-are-the-stuff-food-is-made-from/#comment-595 That's what I hear, Scott. I seem to be able to keep my small dandelions at bay, and I also have that dog thing going on. Meanwhile, what I really wish is that someone would tell me I can eat---and perhaps eradicate---the doggone trumpet vine and Virginia creeper. That’s what I hear, Scott. I seem to be able to keep my small dandelions at bay, and I also have that dog thing going on. Meanwhile, what I really wish is that someone would tell me I can eat—and perhaps eradicate—the doggone trumpet vine and Virginia creeper.

]]> By: Scott http://foodperson.com/2008/04/19/weeds-are-the-stuff-food-is-made-from/comment-page-1/#comment-592 Scott Sun, 20 Apr 2008 01:46:48 +0000 http://foodperson.com/2008/04/19/weeds-are-the-stuff-food-is-made-from/#comment-592 I've had dandelion greens and they are quite good as long as you use the smaller ones. I get mine at the health food store, not for the lack of dandelions in my yard, but because the dogs roam around and do the things dogs do in yards. Yuck. I’ve had dandelion greens and they are quite good as long as you use the smaller ones. I get mine at the health food store, not for the lack of dandelions in my yard, but because the dogs roam around and do the things dogs do in yards. Yuck.

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