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in the interest of 'waste not - want not' what 'weeds' do we like eating instead of composting?

I'm partial to steamed cleavers.

Dandelion Root

Anyone remember how long to roast this for before grinding as 'coffee'?

Camo

Ground elder omelette is good. Gourmet cooking. Just needs a fancy Italian name.

Quote from: jjt on May 30, 2010, 00:43:44
Ground elder omelette is good. Gourmet cooking. Just needs a fancy Italian name.

Aegopodium podagraria Frittata

Fiddle head ferns XX Jeannine

Chickweed tastes better than any of the spinach substitutes (ie. all except the real-summer-thing), but make sure you chop it finely because the stems can get quite stringy.

The stringiest bits are close to the ground but you're better off cutting high anyway to avoid picking up any grit.

Ground elder is lovely as a salad veg too.  It was actually introduced to the country by the roman for the purposes of eating.

Now you see what the Romans did for us! Aren't we grateful?

What did the Romans ever do for us??

It`s an old sketch I know.

My Latin is useless -but I would like to paint on the walls

Ground elder go home--now is that the accusitive or the dablative?

Aegopodii ite domum!!

Nettle soup ;D

on the advice of someone on here, i ate some fat hen the other day, was very nice :)

Might have been me... I grow it and send it out.
Eating weeds... jack by the hedge... land cress... buckler leaf sorrel... salad burnett... the last three have become weeds.  :-X

Quote from: saddad on May 31, 2010, 21:49:47
Might have been me... I grow it and send it out.
Eating weeds... jack by the hedge... land cress... buckler leaf sorrel... salad burnett... the last three have become weeds.  :-X

I adore landcress- a great substitute for watercress, nom nom nom.

how can anyone even manage to eat landcress??

it's like chewing on a toilet freshener block  (I imagine  ;D)

Quote from: cleo on May 31, 2010, 15:16:14
What did the Romans ever do for us??

It`s an old sketch I know.

My Latin is useless -but I would like to paint on the walls

Ground elder go home--now is that the accusitive or the dablative?

For cleo -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XbI-fDzUJXI
and
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qc7HmhrgTuQ&NR=1

;D  ;D  ;D

Quote from: detailista on June 01, 2010, 12:01:47

Quote from: saddad on May 31, 2010, 21:49:47
Might have been me... I grow it and send it out.
Eating weeds... jack by the hedge... land cress... buckler leaf sorrel... salad burnett... the last three have become weeds.  :-X

I adore landcress- a great substitute for watercress, nom nom nom.

Land cress isn't a weed - unless you are using the idiots' definition that a weed is any plant growing in the wrong place.

A real weed is either perennial or it runs to seed in less than a season - often when you least expect it.

Land cress is very good at occupying spaces that real weeds would take - so it is an anti-weed - let it run to seed whenever you can. It is so easy to get rid of (just hoe them out) and never runs to seed in the first year.

Salsify does the same job and is also worth releasing. You need to hoe deeply but you only need to remove the top few cm of root to kill it.

Scorzonera isn't good because it will sprout from any roots that are left behind.

The potato is a much worse weed than any of the above.