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?

On Dec 22, 2:25*pm, "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?

Weed brownies are good.

On Sun, 23 Dec 2012 09:25:47 +1100, "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?

Aside from my favourite weed... I really like stinging nettle and
encourage it to grow on the property. Poultry love it too. I don't
have any specific recipes, but I often add it when steaming leafy
greens, or in soups.

On Sat, 22 Dec 2012 14:38:57 -0800 (PST), Chemo
> wrote:

>On Dec 22, 2:25*pm, "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?
>
>Weed brownies are good.

That was an inevitable response

"Chemo" > wrote in message
On Dec 22, 2:25 pm, "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?

Weed brownies are good.
_____________________________
LOL. I didn't have that sort of weed in mind. Perhaps I should have been
more specific.....

I vaguely recall reading/hearing?? somewhere just recently that a couple of
people had been charged with an offence after offering some of those sorts
of cookies/brownies to others (seem to recall a school pricipla being
involved) who had no idea what they were eating. Vague, I know but I wasn't
really paying it any attention at the time.

"Jeßus" > wrote in message
> On Sun, 23 Dec 2012 09:25:47 +1100, "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?

> Aside from my favourite weed...

I won't ask what that might be.....

I really like stinging nettle and
> encourage it to grow on the property. Poultry love it too. I don't
> have any specific recipes, but I often add it when steaming leafy
> greens, or in soups.

I've got some growing but not yet tried it. Every time I read or see
nettles I keep thinking of the fibre application for nettles and thus think;
'tough'.

I must give it a try.

On Sun, 23 Dec 2012 10:54:33 +1100, "Farm1" >
wrote:

>"Jeßus" > wrote in message
>> On Sun, 23 Dec 2012 09:25:47 +1100, "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?
>
>> Aside from my favourite weed...
>
>I won't ask what that might be.....

It's been an excellent replacement for the Tramadol I was on for
chronic back pain. The catalyst for the change was when I realised I
had become physically dependent on Tramal, with all the usual opiate
withdrawal symptoms... it took about 3 months after quitting them
before I felt normal again, and certainly wasn't fun, but was well
worth doing.

>I really like stinging nettle and
>> encourage it to grow on the property. Poultry love it too. I don't
>> have any specific recipes, but I often add it when steaming leafy
>> greens, or in soups.
>
>I've got some growing but not yet tried it. Every time I read or see
>nettles I keep thinking of the fibre application for nettles and thus think;
>'tough'.
>
>I must give it a try.

Ah yes, that's a point... its best to go for the young and tender
shoots/leaves rather than the older woody ones. But yes, give it a
try.

Farm1 wrote:
>
> Has anyone else here eaten weeds or have a favourite weed recipe?

I've eaten seaweed picked at the ocean.
Most species are perfectly edible.
Contamination from pollution and sewage
is the main concern.

There are a number of toxic land plants,
so I'd be more careful with them. Some,
like sorrel, are technically edible but
contains something bad for you. (Sorrel
is high in oxalic acid, which causes
kidney stones.)

On 12/22/2012 6:54 PM, Farm1 wrote:
> "Jeßus" > wrote in message

> I really like stinging nettle and
>> encourage it to grow on the property. Poultry love it too. I don't
>> have any specific recipes, but I often add it when steaming leafy
>> greens, or in soups.
>
> I've got some growing but not yet tried it. Every time I read or see
> nettles I keep thinking of the fibre application for nettles and thus think;
> 'tough'.
>
> I must give it a try.
>
Just the tips of early spring nettles.

"Farm1" > wrote in message
...
> 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?

I have only foraged for dandelions and after my dad told me not to. They
were in the back yard. I can't remember the reason at the time. We didn't
have a dog. Perhaps he had put chemicals on them. Anyway, we dug those up,
cut the roots off (I got the directions from a book) and cooked the leaves
with garlic salt. We also harvested a bunch of veggies from the neighbor's
garden. We were forbidden to get those too because their septic tank had
backed up over the garden. But we did it anyway and made those into stew.
We used my friend's little Suzy Homemaker oven which unlike my stupid Easy
Bake not only baked but had burners that heated up. We had a good lunch!

We can get bagged salad and salad mixes here that my brother refers to as
"weeds" He won't eat that kind.

When we lived on Cape Cod, we had a lot of things that looked to be edible
but I was never really sure so never tried eating them. Then when we moved
here I came close to eating something from the strawberry patch that I
thought was parsley. Good thing I didn't! It was buttercups and the leaves
are poison.

On Sat, 22 Dec 2012 22:05:12 -0800, "Julie Bove"
> wrote:

> When we lived on Cape Cod, we had a lot of things that looked to be edible
> but I was never really sure so never tried eating them. Then when we moved
> here I came close to eating something from the strawberry patch that I
> thought was parsley. Good thing I didn't! It was buttercups and the leaves
> are poison.
A place that we used to rent for the summers had a huge (1.5 acre)
"yard" that included citrus and other fruit trees, grape vines, and a
year-round abundance of "weeds", many of which looked edible. There
was also a small colony of tortoises. I used to watch them and
anything I saw them nibbling on we ate (raw or stewed). From time to
time I would set leaves, blades, stems, and whatnot in front of one to
see its reaction. They would never touch anything that I didn't
observe them eating in the "wild" with one exception: iceberg lettuce.
They loved that stuff so much we had to give up trying to grow it.

--
Ann's Little Brother Bob

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.

"S Viemeister" > wrote in message
...
> On 12/22/2012 6:54 PM, Farm1 wrote:
>> "Jeßus" > wrote in message
>
>> I really like stinging nettle and
>>> encourage it to grow on the property. Poultry love it too. I don't
>>> have any specific recipes, but I often add it when steaming leafy
>>> greens, or in soups.
>>
>> I've got some growing but not yet tried it. Every time I read or see
>> nettles I keep thinking of the fibre application for nettles and thus
>> think;
>> 'tough'.
>>
>> I must give it a try.
>>
> Just the tips of early spring nettles.

Ah. Well it's hot and weather conditions are now like mid summer so I can
forget it for at least another 10 months.

"Mark Thorson" > wrote in message
...
> Farm1 wrote:
>>
>> Has anyone else here eaten weeds or have a favourite weed recipe?
>
> I've eaten seaweed picked at the ocean.
> Most species are perfectly edible.
> Contamination from pollution and sewage
> is the main concern.
>
> There are a number of toxic land plants,
> so I'd be more careful with them. Some,
> like sorrel, are technically edible but
> contains something bad for you. (Sorrel
> is high in oxalic acid, which causes
> kidney stones.)

I've got 'garden sorrel' growing but since planting it I've read that a
better sort is buckler leaf sorrel. The 'garden sorrel' does not impress me
I'd have to say.

"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.

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".

On 12/23/2012 10:54 PM, Farm1 wrote:

> I've got 'garden sorrel' growing but since planting it I've read that a
> better sort is buckler leaf sorrel. The 'garden sorrel' does not impress me
> I'd have to say.

I have a lot of chickweed growing in my yard but I'd never think to eat
it. Then again, there are too many chemicals dropped on my lawn to eat
anything from it. In fact, the chickweed is one that I pay a lawn
service to try to get rid of. Dandelions too.

This photo is not unlike some of the corners of my lawn. I really
dislike this weed because it can really choke out a lawnmower due to how
long the shoots can grow.

http://gettinfreshblog.wordpress.com.../15/chickweed/