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Old 04-15-2005, 06:41 PM
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Default Re: Does anyone gather wild foods?

I just heard today on the radio that Garlic Mustard (super invasive non-native plant species) is fully edible. I always figured it probably was, since it's said to have originally been brought over from Europe by early settlers as a pot herb. It can be used like spinach in salads, soups, pestos, and stirfries. Happily I don't have any in my yard here (yet anyway -- it's just a few blocks away, so knock on wood), and hope I never do -- but now I know what to do with it if it ever dares to show it's ugly face around here....

(Other than that, I pick dandelion greens, lamb's quarters, purslane, and make dandelion blossom and violet jelly...)
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