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I was interested in edible wild plants many years ago. Not many have =
stayed on our menu. One that is very healthy and good is violets. We =
put the leaves and flowers in salads every spring. We also love =
chenopodium album. It freezes better than =E2=80=9Ctame=E2=80=9D =
spinach. When we lived in Pennsylvania, we enjoyed poke shoots =
(phytolacca americana). Also, wild persimmon. Thinking about knotweed =
made me go and find my old copy of Euell Gibbons=E2=80=99 =
=E2=80=9CStalking the Wild Asparagus=E2=80=9D. I should have looked =
before I wrote in. Knotweed is in there! Now, if we could just find a =
use for goutweed.
Thanks, David and Jim.
Jane
From: David & Alison Webster=20
Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2012 7:17 PM
To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca=20
Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Japanese knotweed
Hello, May 23, 2012
I tried them once many years ago and, perhaps by bad luck sampled a =
poor clone, but found them slimy, sour and disagreeable so never tried =
other patches.
This is not uncommon with 'edible' wild plants, e.g. marsh greens I =
tried once were awful. But some are consistent winners; e.g. Atriplex =
shoot ends as greens and Lathyrus japonicus young pods when half grown.=20
Yt, Dave Webster, Kentville
Yt, Dave Webster =20
----- Original Message -----=20
From: Dave&Jane Schlosberg=20
To: NatureNS=20
Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2012 6:33 PM
Subject: [NatureNS] Japanese knotweed
I just read on the =
internet=E2=80=94www.wildmanstevebrill.com=E2=80=94that Japanese =
knotweed shoots are edible, and very similar to rhubarb. Have any of =
you had experience with this? It would be lovely to discover that this =
is true.
Jane
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stayed on our menu. One that is very healthy and good is =
violets. We=20
put the leaves and flowers in salads every spring. We also love=20
chenopodium album. It freezes better than =E2=80=9Ctame=E2=80=9D =
spinach. When we lived in=20
Pennsylvania, we enjoyed poke shoots (phytolacca americana). Also, =
wild=20
persimmon. Thinking about knotweed made me go and find my old copy =
of=20
Euell Gibbons=E2=80=99 =E2=80=9CStalking the Wild =
Asparagus=E2=80=9D. I should have looked before=20
I wrote in. Knotweed is in there! Now, if we could just find =
a use=20
for goutweed.</DIV>
<DIV>Thanks, David and Jim.</DIV>
<DIV>Jane</DIV>
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<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, May 23, 2012 7:17 PM</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=3D2> I tried them once many years ago =
and,=20
perhaps by bad luck sampled a poor clone, but found them slimy, sour and =
disagreeable so never tried other patches.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=3D2> This is not uncommon with =
'edible' wild=20
plants, e.g. marsh greens I tried once were awful. But some are =
consistent=20
winners; e.g. Atriplex shoot ends as greens and Lathyrus japonicus =
young=20
pods when half grown. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=3D2>Yt, Dave Webster, Kentville</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=3D2>Yt, Dave Webster </FONT></DIV>
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Japanese knotweed shoots are edible, and very similar to =
rhubarb. Have=20
any of you had e