edible weeds...

[myhouseisazoo]

Sweet silver,
Thank you for the advice and the other two authors! I will definatly have to check them out
Sergei also mentions the smaller younger leaves as well, and any older one be deveined and steamed-but to be aware they will probably be more bitter.

I'd like to check out growing miners lettuce but am not sure how well it (or mushrooms) will grow in Arizona heat :'(
I remember picking morels with my parents back when we lived in michigan , years and years ago- and every time we go up to camp in the payson area we always go mushroom hunting, if even just to look and enjoy nature
D': I couldn't imagine being allergic to mushrooms! Their some of my favorite eating!

 

[myhouseisazoo]

Sweet silver,
Thank you for the advice and the other two authors! I will definatly have to check them out
Sergei also mentions the smaller younger leaves as well, and any older one be deveined and steamed-but to be aware they will probably be more bitter.

I'd like to check out growing miners lettuce but am not sure how well it (or mushrooms) will grow in Arizona heat :'(
I remember picking morels with my parents back when we lived in michigan , years and years ago- and every time we go up to camp in the payson area we always go mushroom hunting, if even just to look and enjoy nature
D': I couldn't imagine being allergic to mushrooms! Their some of my favorite eating!

 

[SweetSilver]

Since you are in the desert, this is a tidbit for others reading this thread-- morels should be cooked, period. It is not a mushroom allergy I have, but an extreme sensitivity to certain compounds in morels that cause what one source called "impressive vomiting". Yup, spot on. Plus dizziness, psychedelic colors and motion, gut pain, and just a general feeling of wanting to curl up and die for a few hours (Ok, I exaggerate-- I would have been hauled to the ER in that case). My dh was *completely* unaffected and unfortunately for me it took *two* meals for me to realize that it was the morels. Years later, I learn this is common.

 

[myhouseisazoo]

Sweet silver,
Holy moly! D: that sounds super horrific! Oh my goodness- if I had an experience like that I probably would swear of mushrooms for a good long while!

 

[SweetSilver]

I haven't been that adventurous since that experience, no.

 

[SweetSilver]

One of my favorite weeds is pineapple weed, a chamomile relative native to North America. It smells sweet like pineapple when crushed, and makes a gentle, sweet chamomile tea. Unfortunately, it likes best to grow in places where you wouldn't want to be gathering wild edibles (driveways, horse trails, etc, lots of possibilities for chemicals and poo.) But if you do find the perfect spot to harvest (and it's hard to cultivate), it's a great treat.

 

[myhouseisazoo]

Ooooh, that sounds good! I love tea

 

[Euarto Gullible]

In my garden, I'll eat lambsquarters, pigweed, and purslane. Pigweed can be boiled, chopped and used in lieu of chopped spinach for any recipe. I only harvest small plants, the best is between 6-10 inches when the leaves are tender, but have enough size to make them worth harvesting. Lambsquarters and purslane are best fresh added to salads, the smaller the plants the better.

 

[myhouseisazoo]

Thank you chilling with my peeps, I love spinich so I will definatly need to check out pigweed

 

[myhouseisazoo]

Thank you chilling with my peeps, I love spinich so I will definatly need to check out pigweed

I'm sorry Euarto gullible, just realized I looked in the wrong place for your name ^.^;