Farm1 wrote:
> Over the last few days I've been reading the River Cottage book on Hedgerows
> and foraging, then last night when I was going through my recipes I came
> across a recipe for a Weed Pie given to me by a chap I used to know.
>
> As a child this man grew up in the middle east in quite poor circumstances
> but after migrating to Aus he did very well for himself and ended up being
> an Adviser to one of our Prime Ministers.
>
> He attended some classes with me and one day at lunch shared his weed pie.
> It really was made of weeds such as chickweed and dandelions and it was just
> superb - it reminded me faintly of those Greek Triangles made of spinach and
> cheese in Phyllo pastry.
>
> Has anyone else here eaten weeds or have a favourite weed recipe?
>
>
One of my babysitters used to cook dandelion greens. I haven't
yet cooked any weeds myself, but this past year, I acquired quite
a few books about cooking with weeds, so I may experiment in the
spring.