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Produce => Edible Plants => Topic started by: Hector on April 14, 2014, 20:21:22

Title: Mystery herb (lost the label ;)
Post by: Hector on April 14, 2014, 20:21:22
I planted this two years ago.......no idea what it is...a kind of Limey gree. I thought it had French in the title...but may have made that up ;)
Title: Re: Mystery herb (lost the label ;)
Post by: alkanet on April 15, 2014, 09:49:49
Hi Hector,

Winter  purslane, i think

a mischievous weed eaten by Frenchmen and pigs when they can get nothing else

William Cobbett, The English Gardener
Title: Re: Mystery herb (lost the label ;)
Post by: Hector on April 15, 2014, 10:52:41
Thanks Alkanet, but think it might be this?

http://www.gardenbetty.com/2013/07/true-french-sorrel-and-your-garden-on-toast/

Odd thing is...if you put in a search on True French Sorrel....very different looking plants come up !
Title: Re: Mystery herb (lost the label ;)
Post by: alkanet on April 15, 2014, 11:36:47
you're right!

try tasting it
Title: Re: Mystery herb (lost the label ;)
Post by: Ian Pearson on April 15, 2014, 12:27:58
...more commonly called buckler-leaf sorrel. By me anyway!