Farm1 wrote:
> "Jean B." > wrote in message
> ...
>> 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.
>
> Well if you do jean, ou know where to find me to tell me the results.
>
>
I know various places I can look.... Happy Holidays, Fran. Hmmm.
*I* would say "Winter Solstice".