Comments on: Eat your lawn: wild greens salad. http://crabappleherbs.com/blog/2008/04/11/eat-your-lawn-wild-greens-salad/ Fri, 25 Jul 2008 13:03:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1.2 By: Hank http://crabappleherbs.com/blog/2008/04/11/eat-your-lawn-wild-greens-salad/#comment-21304 Hank Sat, 12 Apr 2008 03:50:53 +0000 http://crabappleherbs.com/blog/2008/04/11/eat-your-lawn-wild-greens-salad/#comment-21304 I used to make the very same salad in Virginia; I called it my "back yard" salad. I especially like the violet leaves, which you don't really see out here in the West. I used to make the very same salad in Virginia; I called it my “back yard” salad. I especially like the violet leaves, which you don’t really see out here in the West.

]]> By: Jim K http://crabappleherbs.com/blog/2008/04/11/eat-your-lawn-wild-greens-salad/#comment-21375 Jim K Sun, 13 Apr 2008 02:56:30 +0000 http://crabappleherbs.com/blog/2008/04/11/eat-your-lawn-wild-greens-salad/#comment-21375 What is you opinion on eating Indian Poke /Poke weed? My wife, a fellow West Virginian (near Clendenin) and her mother swear by fresh poke every spring (using only the youngest shoots and leaves.We only eat it boiled or fried/wilted. Some say it needs to be boiled in multiple changes of water. Others say not at all and a few people I know seem to have "sallet," which means cooked greens, confused with "salad" and eat it raw. I've never found a good consensus, but our back hill is run over in poke and dock and we tend to eat it like a wilted green (usually with a good balsamic vinegar). What is you opinion on eating Indian Poke /Poke weed? My wife, a fellow West Virginian (near Clendenin) and her mother swear by fresh poke every spring (using only the youngest shoots and leaves.We only eat it boiled or fried/wilted. Some say it needs to be boiled in multiple changes of water. Others say not at all and a few people I know seem to have “sallet,” which means cooked greens, confused with “salad” and eat it raw. I’ve never found a good consensus, but our back hill is run over in poke and dock and we tend to eat it like a wilted green (usually with a good balsamic vinegar).

]]> By: Sally http://crabappleherbs.com/blog/2008/04/11/eat-your-lawn-wild-greens-salad/#comment-21395 Sally Sun, 13 Apr 2008 10:41:46 +0000 http://crabappleherbs.com/blog/2008/04/11/eat-your-lawn-wild-greens-salad/#comment-21395 Purslane is my absolute *favorite-ist* weed! I love it raw or pickled. Purslane is my absolute *favorite-ist* weed! I love it raw or pickled.

]]> By: Emma http://crabappleherbs.com/blog/2008/04/11/eat-your-lawn-wild-greens-salad/#comment-21580 Emma Tue, 15 Apr 2008 09:33:10 +0000 http://crabappleherbs.com/blog/2008/04/11/eat-your-lawn-wild-greens-salad/#comment-21580 After your last post, and the idea of paying close attention to a herb, I took your advice. It so happened that the small patch of sun in our tiny yard was pointing me to some dandelions, so this was the herb! I loved the sweet nutty flavour, and made salad for lunch with beetroot and almonds. Not being able to get the dandelions from my head, I set about weaving them into my afternoons artwork, and made a post about them (and other things) on my website. www.anotherweather.org. Thank you for the inspiration and the reminder to pay close attention. After your last post, and the idea of paying close attention to a herb, I took your advice. It so happened that the small patch of sun in our tiny yard was pointing me to some dandelions, so this was the herb! I loved the sweet nutty flavour, and made salad for lunch with beetroot and almonds.

Not being able to get the dandelions from my head, I set about weaving them into my afternoons artwork, and made a post about them (and other things) on my website. www.anotherweather.org. Thank you for the inspiration and the reminder to pay close attention.

]]> By: Finspot http://crabappleherbs.com/blog/2008/04/11/eat-your-lawn-wild-greens-salad/#comment-21872 Finspot Fri, 18 Apr 2008 15:59:36 +0000 http://crabappleherbs.com/blog/2008/04/11/eat-your-lawn-wild-greens-salad/#comment-21872 The well-named miner's lettuce, an early bloomer, was our go-to source of wild greens when we lived off the grid in Oregon. That plant got many a goldpanner through the last of the cold and damp season. The well-named miner’s lettuce, an early bloomer, was our go-to source of wild greens when we lived off the grid in Oregon. That plant got many a goldpanner through the last of the cold and damp season.

]]> By: AnneTanne http://crabappleherbs.com/blog/2008/04/11/eat-your-lawn-wild-greens-salad/#comment-21935 AnneTanne Sat, 19 Apr 2008 20:04:16 +0000 http://crabappleherbs.com/blog/2008/04/11/eat-your-lawn-wild-greens-salad/#comment-21935 Thank you for this post, it inspired me to write a post about a spring greens salad too, last friday. Hope it brings some Belgian visitors to your excellent blog/site! Thank you for this post, it inspired me to write a post about a spring greens salad too, last friday.
Hope it brings some Belgian visitors to your excellent blog/site!

]]> By: crabappleherbs http://crabappleherbs.com/blog/2008/04/11/eat-your-lawn-wild-greens-salad/#comment-22915 crabappleherbs Mon, 05 May 2008 02:17:26 +0000 http://crabappleherbs.com/blog/2008/04/11/eat-your-lawn-wild-greens-salad/#comment-22915 Hank -- Isn't it tasty? Jim -- I eat poke sallet in the spring, boiled in 2 changes of water like I was taught. I wouldn't eat it raw. And I wouldn't eat it in quantity without boiling it. Sally -- Oh, yes, purslane is wonderful. I haven't had any come up in my garden yet this year. I'm waiting... Emma -- You're welcome! Sounds like a tasty salad. Finspot -- We don't have the west-coast miner's lettuce here, but we do have spring beauties (a relative). They're kind of tiny for salad, though. AnneTanne -- I'm glad you were inspired! And thanks! Hank — Isn’t it tasty?

Jim — I eat poke sallet in the spring, boiled in 2 changes of water like I was taught. I wouldn’t eat it raw. And I wouldn’t eat it in quantity without boiling it.

Sally — Oh, yes, purslane is wonderful. I haven’t had any come up in my garden yet this year. I’m waiting…

Emma — You’re welcome! Sounds like a tasty salad.

Finspot — We don’t have the west-coast miner’s lettuce here, but we do have spring beauties (a relative). They’re kind of tiny for salad, though.

AnneTanne — I’m glad you were inspired! And thanks!

]]> By: TIE-DYED DOULA http://crabappleherbs.com/blog/2008/04/11/eat-your-lawn-wild-greens-salad/#comment-23190 TIE-DYED DOULA Tue, 06 May 2008 16:33:44 +0000 http://crabappleherbs.com/blog/2008/04/11/eat-your-lawn-wild-greens-salad/#comment-23190 I am also from the Wild and Wonderful-I just did a post entitled "WEEDS". it is comparing dandelions to birth. Check it out. My reverence for weeds is golden! Shine On!! Shawna I am also from the Wild and Wonderful-I just did a post entitled “WEEDS”. it is comparing dandelions to birth. Check it out. My reverence for weeds is golden!
Shine On!!
Shawna

]]> By: crabappleherbs http://crabappleherbs.com/blog/2008/04/11/eat-your-lawn-wild-greens-salad/#comment-23242 crabappleherbs Wed, 07 May 2008 03:49:39 +0000 http://crabappleherbs.com/blog/2008/04/11/eat-your-lawn-wild-greens-salad/#comment-23242 Hi Shawna. I couldn't find your "weeds" post. But thanks for visiting -- it's always exciting to hear of another WV blogger... Hi Shawna. I couldn’t find your “weeds” post. But thanks for visiting — it’s always exciting to hear of another WV blogger…

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