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In article >,
Bjørn Steensrud > wrote:

> Billy wrote:
>
> > In article >,
> > Bjørn Steensrud > wrote:
> >
> >> Billy wrote:
> >>
> >> > In article >,
> >> > Bj?rn Steensrud > wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> Billy wrote:
> >> >>
> >> >> > In article >,
> >> >> > bigwheel > wrote:
> >> >> >
> >> >> >> Todd;1839892 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.
> >> >> >> >
> >> >> >> > 'Purslane Recipes from Prairieland Community Supported
> >> >> >> > Agriculture, Prairieland CSA, PCSA, Champaign, Illinois'
> >> >> >> > (http://www.prairielandcsa.org/recipes/purslane.html)
> >> >> >> >
> >> >> >> > Mark Sisson (Mark's Daily Blog) has a nice write
> >> >> >> > up and picture too:
> >> >> >> >
> >> >> >> > 'Why Does the FDA Call This Omega-3-Rich Green a Weed? |
> >> >> >> > Mark's Daily Apple'
> >> >> >> > (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.)
> >> >> >> >
> >> >> >> >
> >> >> >> >
> >> >> >> > One person's weed, is another persons delicacy!
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> Wow never even heard of that stuff. Swear hanging out on here is a
> >> >> >> little going to night school at college. Sorry to hear about the
> >> >> >> weed definition. Im thinking of one which aint never been an aggie
> >> >> >> discard..got nice sized seeds and dont like having its soil messed
> >> >> >> with too much. Somebody will need to rename Wacky Weed..hmmm
> >> >> >
> >> >> > "A weed is but an unloved flower."
> >> >> > - Ella Wilcox
> >> >> >
> >> >> > "What is a weed? A weed is a plant whose virtues have not yet been
> >> >> > discovered."
> >> >> > - Ralph Waldo Emerson
> >> >>
> >> >> A grandchild invited herself and her sister to grandma's nettle soup.
> >> >> A little late in the season, but grandpa went out to pick the raw
> >> >> materials, grandma made spinach soup with stinging nettle instead of
> >> >> spinach, with delicious result. Also with more vitamins and other good
> >> >> stuff. Try it next spring - pick the tips before they sprout flowers!
> >> >> Nettle was also used as a source of textile fiber - in the fall, so
> >> >> don't wait too long to try.
> >> >
> >> > Late in the season?! My god, did they have to do a tonguectomy? I
> >> > thought that once nettles became painful, all you could do was make tea
> >> > with them. It's not that bad. Stinging Nettle is also supposed to be
> >> > very good as a companion plant for bringing out the flavors of culinary
> >> > herbs.
> >>
> >> :-)
> >> Thanks for the tea tip!
> >>
> >> To prepare for soup, just dip in boiling water until soft - a few seconds
> >> - then chop, or run in blender, also a few seconds. Then proceed as with
> >> spinach. "Late in the season" means that the lower part of the stems are
> >> developing fibers, similar to linen fibers. Cloth is made from nettles in
> >> much the same way as linen, but much softer,
> >> closer to cotton in feel. Has probably been used that way for about 4000
> >> years ...

> >
> > Just to make sure that we are all on the same page, we are talking about
> > stinging nettles (Urtica dioica), right? THere are all sorts of nettles.
> > Nettles constitute between twenty-four and thirty-nine species of
> > flowering plants of the genus Urtica in the family Urticaceae, with
> > mainly a temperate distribution.

>
> Urtica dioica is the one, yes, it's a perennial. Here there's also a small
> annual species, Urtica urens, much rarer and also stinging.
>
> > More . . .
> >
> > <http://www.thekitchn.com/stinging-nettles-8-recipes-for-145582>
> >
> > Stinging Nettles: 8 Recipes for Spring Cooking

>
> Thank you! Bookmarked.
>
> > (Makes my mouth hurt just thinking about it.)

>
> Why? It's not as if they can still sting after cooking? Unlike chili peppers
> that keep burning my mouth for a long time ...


This is going to require a leap of faith, but first I need to feed, and
give more water to my "Stinging Nettle" to increase its yield.
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