The Green Report
April 10, 2012
Welcome to the second installment of the April green report. The plants are coming so quickly now! So many to encounter, learn about, and play with! I hope you had fun adding flowers to your salad last week. This week your challenge is to make a totally wild salad. There are so many sweet tender young leaves to choose from. Of course, identifying plants just by their leaves can be a bit tricky. And, as you recall, photos are not that reliable when it comes to differentiating poison look-likes from wild edibles. I have attempted to give you some safe look-alikes in this report, as well as a few poisoners you would do well to avoid. But the very best way to learn is by smelling and tasting the plants. There are Hands-on Herbs workshops at the Wise Woman Center every month. We hope you can join us for one or more classes where we will pick a wild salad, possibly made nettle soup, certainly prepare herbal remedies, and probably answer your questions too.
Baby dandelion (Taraxacum off.) leaves are smooth on the back. They are often confused with chicory, shepherd's purse, and wild lettuce.
Chicory (Chicorium intybus) leaves are hairy, and much bitterer; few like it in salads.
Shepherd's purse (Bursa capsella-pastoris) leaves taste like cress.
Wild madder (Galium mollugo) tips are yummy in salads.
Cleavers (Galium aparine) sticks to your tongue; wait a while, until it has seeds on it, then we will tincture some.
Cronewort (Artemisia vulgaris) leaves and roots are still mild enough for salads.
Baby burdock (Arctium lappa) leaves spring up from the overwintering root. Too bitter for me, and definitely not for salad, but they are served as a cooked green by some Italian-Americans.
DO NOT EAT marsh marigold (Caltha palustris). Just admire the beauty, soon gone, of another spring ephemeral.
Spring into Spring Salad
Combine garlic mustard leaves, wild madder tips, minced wild chives, chopped wild carrot leaves, chickweed, and cronewort shoots. Dress with garlic mustard root vinegar, olive oil, and tamari; toss. Garnish with at least three different wild flowers. Enjoy! www.susunweed.comMaking Dandelion Herbal Vinegar
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