Culinary weeds they are free and fresh!

That's a really interesting blog Drc :)
The way food prices are going, it won't be long before we resort to supplementing our diets with "weeds!" I've got dandelions, nasturtiums, rose petals and a few nettles....should be able to make Sunday lunch out of that lot, lol ;)

They used just about everything you could find then Denise! Haven't even heard of some of them.

Plenty of "food for thought" there Drc.....thank you :)

I could have made the list miles longer. I do believe Fluff that everything that grows once had a purpose but we have forgotton most of it - progress!

I've heard some people call Japanese Knotweed 'wild rhubarb'. Now I know why.
My mother always said when she was little she would make sandwiches of Dandelion leaves. My Gran wasn't willing for her to do it .. lol
The sting of nettles is supposed to be good for rhumatism apparently. I know of someone who was made to roll in a patch of them when she was little in order to cure it. She never had it afterwards. I don't know if I would like to do that ... lol

We have started getting little pansy flowers in the bags of fresh salad leaves you can buy in the shops. They look very pretty on your plate (tasteless though)

I know what you mean Spindle perhaps they came from all those cleared roundabouts?

Chickweed and potato souffle was, believe it or not, one of the first things I remember makig the family for a meal when I was a teenager. The family loved it, and used to ask for it. Still have the recipe, may try it again. :-)

Sounds really tasty David

It is, really, tastes a bit minty (well, real mint does go well with potatoes, anyway). Must try this again, soon, but chickweed not so readily available now as was in our garden 30 yrs ago, and when we had pet rabbits! :-)

Greenthumb told me that Rosebay Willowherb makes a lovely veg! The young shoots taste like asparagus! He's right too! Really nice!! Thats my weed problems sorted then, thanks Denise!