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On 06/10/2013 01:38 PM, Todd wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> My favorite weed: Purslane.
>
> Great for us.
> Cooked: 1 cup, 4 grams carb
> Raw (my favorite): 1 cup, 1 gram carb
>
> According to tis proponents, it is the single most
> nutritious plant on the face of this earth. More
> Omega 3 that even fish oil.
>
> http://www.prairielandcsa.org/recipes/purslane.html
>
> Mark Sisson (Mark's Daily Blog) has a nice write
> up and picture too:
>
> http://www.marksdailyapple.com/purslane/
>
> The stuff grows in my rocks all around my house.
> I don't water it. I step on it. No TLC whatsoever.
>
> Love to eat it raw. In salads, on burgers, just
> by itself. Tastes a little bit like watercress.
> And, I always feel better when I eat this weed.
> My Wife's eyes sparkle when I pick and wash her
> up a hand full. It doesn't last more than a few
> minutes in the house.
>
> Okay, for those of you who haven't gone through
> an Economic Botany course in college, a weed it not
> what you think it is:
>
> 1) It must be a previous agricultural "discard"
> (Dandelions, plantain are other good examples).
>
> 2) its seeds must be very small or mimic those
> of other seeds. (Purslane's are really small.)
>
> 3) it must grow on "disturbed" soil, like were I
> walk. (Ever notice that Dandelions grow in cow
> pastures but not on wild land?)
>
> So, EAT THE WEED! (I will control myself, eventually.)
>
> -T
>
> One person's weed, is another persons delicacy!
>


Hypoglycemic Effects of Crude Polysaccharide from Purslane:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2672007/

This was on mice.

Eat the Weed!!!

-T