I was talking on my cell phone and walking down the street today when I happened to pass this plant that I recognized from books: It’s sow thistle, Sonchus oleraceas. Sow thistle has bright yellow flowers and toothed, hairless leaves that resemble dandelion, Taraxacum officinale. But sow thistle grows much taller than dandelion — Sonchus [...]
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Sow Thistle: A Tasty Wild Green
Posted in Eat Weeds, Urban Foraging, Wilderness Survival, tagged dandelion, lactuca serriola, sonchus oleraceas, sow thistle on April 30, 2012 | 8 Comments »
Three Things to Do With Dandelion
Posted in Eat Weeds, Urban Foraging, Wilderness Survival, tagged dandelion, taraxacum officinalis on March 7, 2011 | 12 Comments »
Dandelion, Taraxacum officinale, is an edible plant rich in vitamins A, B, C, E and also iron, potassium and even protein. It is also a medicinal herb that is particularly wonderful for your liver. Here are three things you can do with dandelion (there are many more, of course): 1) Tincture the roots and leaves [...]
Flower Fritters
Posted in Eat Weeds, Urban Foraging, Wilderness Survival, tagged dandelion, day lily, everlasting pea, Mallow on July 12, 2010 | 3 Comments »
Edible wild flowers add fun colors to raw salads, but they can also be added to pancake or fritter batter and fried. My friend Margot and I tried this with an assortment of mallow, dandelion, day lily and everlasting pea flowers recently. The fritters came out pretty well! But first we were sure to have [...]
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