Today my lawn was serviced and once again they tell me I have a lot of
chickweed. I guess it's too late now to harvest it since it's been
poisoned, but my google search for this abundant weed showed lots of results
for adding it to salads, and the high vitamin C content. Have any of you
harvested any weeds to eat, and were they good?

--
Cheryl

On Mon 06 Apr 2009 06:48:24p, Cheryl told us...

> Today my lawn was serviced and once again they tell me I have a lot of
> chickweed. I guess it's too late now to harvest it since it's been
> poisoned, but my google search for this abundant weed showed lots of
> results for adding it to salads, and the high vitamin C content. Have
> any of you harvested any weeds to eat, and were they good?

My only experience is with dandelion greens. When they're very young and
small, they're good in a wilted salad with a bacon dressing. When they're
more mature they can be cooked oike turnip or mustard greens. They have a
slightly bitter edge, but not at all unpleasant.

--
Wayne Boatwright

"One man's meat is another man's poison"
- Oswald Dykes, English writer, 1709.

Cheryl wrote:
> Today my lawn was serviced and once again they tell me I have a lot of
> chickweed. I guess it's too late now to harvest it since it's been
> poisoned, but my google search for this abundant weed showed lots of
> results for adding it to salads, and the high vitamin C content. Have
> any of you harvested any weeds to eat, and were they good?
>


I've eaten purslane. It's not very good, but it's not bad and it's very
nutritious.

Bob

Cheryl > wrote:

> Have any of you harvested any weeds to eat, and were they good?

There really isn't any different between a weed and a plant. PLants
are cultivated, and weeds are plants growing in unwanted places. I
gave garlic and oregano that has turned to weeds.

-sw

"Sqwertz" > wrote in message
...
> Cheryl > wrote:
>
>> Have any of you harvested any weeds to eat, and were they good?
>
> There really isn't any different between a weed and a plant. PLants
> are cultivated, and weeds are plants growing in unwanted places. I
> gave garlic and oregano that has turned to weeds.
>

True, but I've never seen chickweed or even dandelion in my produce section.

zxcvbob wrote:

> I've eaten purslane. It's not very good, but it's not bad and
> it's very nutritious.

I liked purslane, but I haven't seen it for several years. It's got a bit of
a lemony sourness to it.

Bob

On Apr 6, 9:48*pm, "Cheryl" > wrote:
> Today my lawn was serviced and once again they tell me I have a lot of
> chickweed. *I guess it's too late now to harvest it since it's been
> poisoned, but my google search for this abundant weed showed lots of results
> for adding it to salads, and the high vitamin C content. *Have any of you
> harvested any weeds to eat, and were they good?
>
> --
> Cheryl

I've nibbled on some from my vegetable garden. Didn't think much of
it. Often only young weeds are good to eat. A day or two later it
becomes tough.

Cheryl wrote:

> Today my lawn was serviced and once again they tell me I have a lot of
> chickweed. I guess it's too late now to harvest it since it's been
> poisoned, but my google search for this abundant weed showed lots of
> results for adding it to salads, and the high vitamin C content. Have
> any of you harvested any weeds to eat, and were they good?
>

I've tried it a few times from a few different sources. I do
like various bitter greens, but these were a bit too bitter
for my tastes.

Cheryl > wrote:

> "Sqwertz" > wrote in message
> ...
>> Cheryl > wrote:
>>
>>> Have any of you harvested any weeds to eat, and were they good?
>>
>> There really isn't any different between a weed and a plant. PLants
>> are cultivated, and weeds are plants growing in unwanted places. I
>> gave garlic and oregano that has turned to weeds.
>>
>
> True, but I've never seen chickweed or even dandelion in my produce section.

I've seen both at Hole Foods. Granted,m they're kinda weird.
Dandelion greens are more common.

-sw

-sw