www.eattheweeds... Learn about wild food with Green Deane. In this video, we'll look at a salad green and pot herb found around the world, Chenopodium album.
If you mean Amaranthus retroflexus, yes it is edible. The only caution is that amaranth and chenopodiums can be high in nitrates, which if you are to avoid creates an issue. For most folks it is not an issue.
Hi Deane, I once brought in a large pile of compost in from somewhere, no doubt barnyard stuff, and left it to sit until needed. By the time I got around to spreading the stuff, there were pigweeds growing all over the pile, some with stems thick and woody enough to make a walking stick, most 5-6 foot tall.
I love this plant. It tastes way better than spinach and better for you. And it grows all around me l; like crazy. The leaf and plant size can be very small or very big.
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I've had some appear in my raised beds and have started eating it. Mine are shorties though. Some are going to seed at half a foot high. There isn't a lot so I've mixed it with my other steamed greens for now. I'm letting it reseed and I'll be waiting for a new batch. It's so good!
I go hunting for goosefoot a lot these days in The Netherlands. Yummy! Was curious to see if there 's any stuff on youtube about this edible plant. And wow, so much! Thanks Green Deane, am going to watch all your vids! Notice that the older and lower leaves typically look like the goosefoot, but the upper and young ones can be much more stretched and look different.
For my widowed grandmother during the depression raising 3 children, knowing which wild plants were edible was a matter of survival. There were times when that is ALL they had to eat. As a child, I remember my mother pointing out lambs quarters, plantains, etc. and telling me how to cook it. She always said she hoped it wouldn't be a necessity for me, but wanted me to know "just in case". Now I see it not as a necessity (yet) but as an adventure! And when it becomes a necessity, I'm ready.
EXACTLY!!! I checked your site... you even have the sorrel soup recipe!!! And in case you've never eaten (which you probably have) I can vouch that is just superb. Now I just have to go find some sorrel....
My mother grew up in the depression and Lambs Quarters, along with Plantain, and Crease Salad were staples of their diet. As kids, we feed Lambs Quarters to our rabbits, because they were so nutritious. Now I am trying to find some to transplant into my garden.
you are the coolest guy in the world , i love eating weeds ive got sumac trees lots of dandilion , pig weed , and even sasafras, now i even make pipes out of the sasafras trees. again your the best.
Hands down the most informative video about this plant I've seen. I have a few stalks of this stuff growing in my spice garden and was wondering what it was, after further research I found it is not only edible but it has good nutritional value. Thank you for the information and the cooking tutorial. I live in Alaska where the land is plentiful with wild nutritious plants like these, its just a matter of identifying the edible ones.
I was today years old when I found this channel. This plant i grew up with, and continue to cultivate and eat today. I can't wait to see some other videos and learn what else I can eat in my backyard!
I love how you use the magnifying glass to show the really tiny detail of the plant. That's a brilliant idea. Also, the method you use for getting the seeds is also great. I always wondered how people collected tiny seeds like that. Thanks! :)
I have a lot of lambsquarters in my yard so I have transplanted some across the road so I can get them out of my yard. and they take to transplant well.
I like Lamb's Quarters when they're very young but don't care for the older plant, gets tougher and stronger in flavor. Also, you might want to mention that due to its oxalic acid content, people with rheumatism, arthritis, gout, kidney stones or hyperacidity shouldn't eat it because the oxalic acid can aggravate those conditions.
Spinach has Oxalic acid as well. A little cheese with with the Lamb's Quarters keeps the Oxalic Acid out of your kidneys. Same rule goes with spinach - The perfect dish: lambs quarter dip - Prepare it like spinach dip.
Great if made with chopped bacon, red pepper flakes and chili seeds and chopped onion- easy on the salt. Remember to slightly boil and chop before frying
I live in southwest ontario and I displaced my veggie garden for a large lambsquarter patch. I love it! I also love purslane and borage flowers are awesome in salads. Thanks for the info!
I know this video is old, but, I had to add to it. The stem of Lambsquarters have vertical maroon/red lines. If it doesn't have it, put it down. Saute like you would spinach, or just dump in salads. Lamb's Quarters and Epizote are ancient foods, and you should be growing and eating them! Epizote have been growing since pre-Mayan times, and Lambsquarters have been introduced since the Spanish contact.
I remember my Mom went wild over seeing an old corral full of it. (in the '70's) I thought she was nuts, out there picking it until I sat down to eat. Wow! It was yummy! I had forgotten what it looked like so I googled it and ended up at your video. Can't wait to pick my own.
nice video. We grew up with lambsquarters. We used to use them in soups or stews, instead of spinach. like in egg-drop soup. it grew wild all over in kansas. And now i live in southern california and i have a few growing in my backyard. is it possible to dig up the root and transplant it to be a container plant? and does it only come back up by seed? or is its recurrance root-based? (not sure of the proper terms for all that).
This spring i thought i found a variant of goosefoot without the white dusting that had very pronounced wider leaves and thicker. I tasted one and it was a mix between a malabar spinach leaf and goosefoot. Are variants without the white dusting also edible?
First time I've watched a video of yours. Guess i'm hooked now. I have found lamb's quarter in between my flowers (in a pot) ... didnt know what it was so i pulled it out and in a few weeks, more appeared. They cant stay in my flower pot too long as my flowers are stunning and already a bit crowded so will be harvesting my pigweeds in a week or two. Interesting that its a cousin of quinoa.
And a relative to Quinoa too! Fantastic plants. Is it true that chickens love the seeds? There are several Fat hen plants growing close to where I live, albeit with smaller leaves than those in this video.
Thanks... yep, oil, vincegar, pepper and salt. Butter is good too but it is easier to show olive oil than butter. So, you have a lot of these frozen.... like a visitor?
There's apparently some evidence that consuming raw Lambs Quarters leaves in large quantities can cause photosensitivity, so use caution when eating raw Lamb's Quarters.
In the United States there are at least 18 different species of plant called "pig weed" some edible some deadly. This is why botanical names are important. Purselane (portulaca), amaranth (amaranthus) and lambs quarters (chinopodium) are all called pig weed.
I've been wondering why I can no longer find it in Florida. Yeah, a plant here or there, but not big disturbed ground sites loaded with Chenopodium album. C. Ambroisiodes yeah, but not C. Album. Maybe we'll find more this summer because of the light freezes we had this past winter. Here's hoping.
First video of yours that I've seen. I recently picked up a book called "Eat the Weeds" by Ben Charles Harris, which brought me to researching more content such as this.
Green Dean I managed to find some Lambsquarters while walking about. Do these plants fair well if transplanted to a new soil, in my garden parhaps... Have you ever tried growing 'em. Big fan, thanx for the video.
Good. It grows all over the place here. I've never been able to get past the smell of a fresh leaf. To me it smells just like spar varnish, but I know a lot of folks who use it in cooking.
I've been reading that conventional agriculture is failing due to round up resistant pigweed. I didn't realize that pigweed was also lambsquarters. I have some lambsquarters growing in my garden that I planted from seed. I going to use it for some of my green smoothies. Have you ever had a green smoothie?
One of the best-tasting greens I've ever eaten. I just steamed it thoroughly. I thought it had a slightly salty flavor, very nice. And it can be abundant in favorable locations so you can have a lot of it. Someday, I wanna try the species that was cultivated by eastern indigenous people, Chenopodium berlandieri, but I've heard it requires more cooking.
It's really a great plant to have around and it is disappointing that is not common hereabouts. The seeds of its relative have been a mainstay for many people for many years and these are just as good. They do have saponins so they do have to be soaked first. I would not be surprised that they are viable for many years.
Deane - enjoy your videos. Informative and entertaining! The leaves don't look like a goose (or swan) foot to us; different shape... (Name suggestion for your pal: 'Tim the Trumpeter'.) You mention the waxy/ powdery undersides of the leaves, but do not mention how that they have a silver-metallic appearance when submerged. Not certain if other plants in the same range do as well, but is seems to be a fairly distinctive feature. Thanks!
Well I just checked, and they've lost that purple tint. Still no white underside of leaves, and stems are rectangular to square. New leaves at top at all along the stem appear as if someone applied a fine dusting of mica powder. If you wouldn't mind, I could share a photo of it with you?
These seems to be this growing in huge abundance here (UK Fenland) especially around farmed land (disturbed soil) if it worth gathering these by choice rather than necessity? and what green would you most liken it to? love your videos! keep going. ~mors
I remember the leaf because I found it when I was a teenager - I grew beneath our willow oak in the side yard. The leaf was medium small, somewhat narrow, and bright green. It looked like an elongated arrow head. Maybe that attempt at describing it will help you. :))
Deane, I think I've mentioned before, I live in West Virginia. Well when I was a child we had this babysitter who made this delicious "sorrel soup" from a weed outside. I had a strong lemony delicious flavor and I want very much to make that soup now. Any ideas as to what plant that might be? Is it an actual sorrel relative?
I once saw a recipe for 'sorrel soup' using wood sorrel, a type of clover often in lawns and yards with yellow flowers. Others use it to make a reportedly tart and freshing beverage.
This is why the botanical names are important. I suspect three of the smelly ones in each genus are called the same name (Quelite) and used the same way as a spice. But the amaranth, coriander and chenopodium are three different genuses though amaranthus and chenopodium are distantly related. Coriander is not related at all. The smelly versions of Amaranthus and chenopodium tend to smell like spare varnish. Doesn't strike me as tasty at all. Look up Epazote.
It depends on the definition... if you mean velvety like a roadside Elivs painting on velvet, no. The leaves are soft, but I would not call them velvety.
@rayme4raw There has been some problems with a particular chinoposium in Georgia et ali that has grown resistant to Round Up. As for smoothies... I've never had one.
I just tried some from my backyard where I've been pulling it out for years. Your right, it does indeed resemble spinach. I live in a southern California high desert. I wish I hadn't pulled them up a couple of weeks ago. As a weed I prefer pulling it as early as possible, because it's amazingly deep rooted. It's one of the last weeds to emerge here. Mustard is the first. I submitted this video to a subreddit of reddit, a social news website like digg, but with a much better comment system.
There are plants in my flower bed that look very similar to the Lambsquarters but do not have white on the undersides and have purple coloring through the stems and base of leaves. Any ideas?
What is the best way to store wild greens if it will be a few hours before you get home (also assuming just taking clippings of leaves and not pulling out by roots)? Plastic bag?Best way to store in the fridge?
@EatTheWeeds A lot of raw fooders are becoming interested in eating the weeds. I loved Green for Life by Victoria Boutenko which explained very simply why everyone needs to increase the greens in their diets and why green smoothies are a quick, efficient and easy way to do that. I try to have a green smoothie every day.
Yes, it is a relative of spinach and should taste that way. And yes it is a hurdle, and each new plant will be the same way.... it is one thing to be ill from random chance, it is another to be ill because one made a mistake. So, be careful.
Very mild, I think better than spinach. Several species are edible but not all. Several are laced with strong oils, good for getting rid of worms. Some are spices. Epazote is, though they have put it in another family. I have an article on that on my website.
This is always growing in our garden, I knew what it was, but I did not know it was edible! I'll be sampling it this year instead of just pulling it out.
They just keep gett'n better all the time. Thanks for another enjoyable video. Okay, what's it taste like??? Spinach? I think it is related to it. There sure are a lot of types of Goosefoot. One species, goosefoot cornsalad here in Indiana, is an endangered species. Others are considered invasive. Are all "Goosefeet" editable, except the endangered one of course?
Sylvers Berry Veggie Saute' 1/4 cup raisins 1/4 cup Cranberries 1/2 small wild apple chopped 1/4 small red onion diced Heat 2 tbs Olive Oil & 1/4 cup water in pan add fruit & onion ~ simmer for 5 minutes. Add 1/2 tsp garlic, 1/4 tsp black pepper & 2 or 3 dash of sea salt. Add 1 or 2 cup Lambs Quarters ~ 1 cup Mallow including tender shoots, green 'cheese' pods & flowers - chopped. Add 1/4 cup of raspberry dressing (or Russian) steam until cooked. Sprinkle Parmesan cheese & serve
Do you know where I can get some? I tried seeding but it is not working too well. thanks any help to get purslane and lambsquarters would be great! Thanks for getting this fantastic info out..
Lambsquarters and pigweed are 2 different plants. Lambsquarters has yellow flower-kind of like a small sunflower look but the center is also yellow not black like a sunflower. Pigweed doesn’t have flowers-it gets the tops that look a little like quinoa. At least mine does! Both are very edible. They are some of the most common edibles.
Can the lambs quarters have white stripes and purple markings ? Is there a look alike like that? thxs for your help.. Afraid to eat the wrong thing.. :)
Does this plant have a variety that is a variegated color of leaf? I have them growing in my yard, they start out green like you show, but later in summer they get the white variations to the leaves.
If you mean Amaranthus retroflexus, yes it is edible. The only caution is that amaranth and chenopodiums can be high in nitrates, which if you are to avoid creates an issue. For most folks it is not an issue.
Hi Deane, I once brought in a large pile of compost in from somewhere, no doubt barnyard stuff, and left it to sit until needed. By the time I got around to spreading the stuff, there were pigweeds growing all over the pile, some with stems thick and woody enough to make a walking stick, most 5-6 foot tall.
I love this plant. It tastes way better than spinach and better for you. And it grows all around me l; like crazy. The leaf and plant size can be very small or very big.
It's my favorite green.. Goes well with potatoes, eggs and sauces.. I eat it fresh, raw, frozen and dried..
..... My Dad also called it horseweed..
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I've had some appear in my raised beds and have started eating it. Mine are shorties though. Some are going to seed at half a foot high. There isn't a lot so I've mixed it with my other steamed greens for now. I'm letting it reseed and I'll be waiting for a new batch. It's so good!
Wild Spinach is a must have favorite..! 🙂
I go hunting for goosefoot a lot these days in The Netherlands. Yummy!
Was curious to see if there 's any stuff on youtube about this edible plant. And wow, so much! Thanks Green Deane, am going to watch all your vids!
Notice that the older and lower leaves typically look like the goosefoot, but the upper and young ones can be much more stretched and look different.
For my widowed grandmother during the depression raising 3 children, knowing which wild plants were edible was a matter of survival. There were times when that is ALL they had to eat. As a child, I remember my mother pointing out lambs quarters, plantains, etc. and telling me how to cook it. She always said she hoped it wouldn't be a necessity for me, but wanted me to know "just in case". Now I see it not as a necessity (yet) but as an adventure! And when it becomes a necessity, I'm ready.
EXACTLY!!! I checked your site... you even have the sorrel soup recipe!!! And in case you've never eaten (which you probably have) I can vouch that is just superb. Now I just have to go find some sorrel....
My mother grew up in the depression and Lambs Quarters, along with Plantain, and Crease Salad were staples of their diet. As kids, we feed Lambs Quarters to our rabbits, because they were so nutritious. Now I am trying to find some to transplant into my garden.
you are the coolest guy in the world , i love eating weeds ive got sumac trees lots of dandilion , pig weed , and even sasafras, now i even make pipes out of the sasafras trees.
again your the best.
Hands down the most informative video about this plant I've seen. I have a few stalks of this stuff growing in my spice garden and was wondering what it was, after further research I found it is not only edible but it has good nutritional value. Thank you for the information and the cooking tutorial. I live in Alaska where the land is plentiful with wild nutritious plants like these, its just a matter of identifying the edible ones.
I loved this video. Very informative and fun to watch. Thank you.
First off thank you for taking the time to look at our video maybe the new video to you is a better one! Please take a look at it if you have time.
I was today years old when I found this channel. This plant i grew up with, and continue to cultivate and eat today. I can't wait to see some other videos and learn what else I can eat in my backyard!
I love how you use the magnifying glass to show the really tiny detail of the plant. That's a brilliant idea. Also, the method you use for getting the seeds is also great. I always wondered how people collected tiny seeds like that. Thanks! :)
Mista Gibbs The magnifying class was a good and inexpensive way with a cheap camera to get close.
Still people learning from you in 2021 man, thanks
I have a lot of lambsquarters in my yard so I have transplanted some across the road so I can get them out of my yard. and they take to transplant well.
I like Lamb's Quarters when they're very young but don't care for the older plant, gets tougher and stronger in flavor. Also, you might want to mention that due to its oxalic acid content, people with rheumatism, arthritis, gout, kidney stones or hyperacidity shouldn't eat it because the oxalic acid can aggravate those conditions.
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Spinach has Oxalic acid as well.
A little cheese with with the Lamb's Quarters keeps the Oxalic Acid out of your kidneys. Same rule goes with spinach -
The perfect dish: lambs quarter dip - Prepare it like spinach dip.
I have a weed like that growing every where here....but I'm not sure it's the same plant. Still I'm gonna check it out! thanks for the vid.
Great if made with chopped bacon, red pepper flakes and chili seeds and chopped onion- easy on the salt. Remember to slightly boil and chop before frying
I live in southwest ontario and I displaced my veggie garden for a large lambsquarter patch. I love it! I also love purslane and borage flowers are awesome in salads. Thanks for the info!
We grew up eating this plant from the harvesting in the yard. its very much like a spinach in flavor. Delicious in flavor, very healthy!
South Asian like Bangladesh, Indian Name "Bathua". One of our favourite dish 😋
I gathered a few bags and dehydrated it for adding to smoothies. Wow, did it stink while drying!!
I know this video is old, but, I had to add to it. The stem of Lambsquarters have vertical maroon/red lines. If it doesn't have it, put it down. Saute like you would spinach, or just dump in salads. Lamb's Quarters and Epizote are ancient foods, and you should be growing and eating them! Epizote have been growing since pre-Mayan times, and Lambsquarters have been introduced since the Spanish contact.
By the way, you don't have to cook it. I've made salads with goose foot, wild chives and baby dandelion leaves. Very very yummy.
This is called myeong-aju in Korean. Apparently, when lambquarters get very tall and woody the stalks were traditionally used as walking sticks
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I remember my Mom went wild over seeing an old corral full of it. (in the '70's) I thought she was nuts, out there picking it until I sat down to eat. Wow! It was yummy! I had forgotten what it looked like so I googled it and ended up at your video. Can't wait to pick my own.
nice video. We grew up with lambsquarters. We used to use them in soups or stews, instead of spinach. like in egg-drop soup. it grew wild all over in kansas. And now i live in southern california and i have a few growing in my backyard. is it possible to dig up the root and transplant it to be a container plant? and does it only come back up by seed? or is its recurrance root-based? (not sure of the proper terms for all that).
Damn it I've been pulling it out from the spud patch looks a lot like hauazontle I'm growing for the 1st time this year, good video 👍🏻
This spring i thought i found a variant of goosefoot without the white dusting that had very pronounced wider leaves and thicker. I tasted one and it was a mix between a malabar spinach leaf and goosefoot. Are variants without the white dusting also edible?
So cook like collards, cook and and fry in a little oil with seasoning. Can I add a lil bacon or side meat? Thanks for the video.
First time I've watched a video of yours. Guess i'm hooked now. I have found lamb's quarter in between my flowers (in a pot) ... didnt know what it was so i pulled it out and in a few weeks, more appeared. They cant stay in my flower pot too long as my flowers are stunning and already a bit crowded so will be harvesting my pigweeds in a week or two. Interesting that its a cousin of quinoa.
We have about 2 acres of the weed. It was about 4' high. Did not know people ate the stuff.
I thank you ... Gus... ah... Augusta thanks you.... You grew up in Maine, too. Where? I was in Freeport, LLBean town.
And a relative to Quinoa too! Fantastic plants. Is it true that chickens love the seeds? There are several Fat hen plants growing close to where I live, albeit with smaller leaves than those in this video.
thank you! I have so much growing in the outskirts of my own organic garden - score!
Thanks... yep, oil, vincegar, pepper and salt. Butter is good too but it is easier to show olive oil than butter. So, you have a lot of these frozen.... like a visitor?
There's apparently some evidence that consuming raw Lambs Quarters leaves in large quantities can cause photosensitivity, so use caution when eating raw Lamb's Quarters.
Any chance you can do a video on the piosonous copycat. I understand it has a resinous smell so its easy to tell the difference.
"Not insane ground". Love the humor. It's like the vinegar in the oil. Nicely done Deane. Thanks for everything.
I saw somewhere that goosefoot has a poisonous look alike. can you pls show us that for comparison?
thanks for showing us how to collect the seed. sometimes i am afraid of taking too much from the small forest we have in my area without replanting.
is lamb's quarter edible raw?
In the United States there are at least 18 different species of plant called "pig weed" some edible some deadly. This is why botanical names are important. Purselane (portulaca), amaranth (amaranthus) and lambs quarters (chinopodium) are all called pig weed.
Chenopodium can have some purple coloring but there will be white, particularly on young leaves at the top. One possibility is Solanum ptycanthum .
Thanks camboy.... the opening and closing bird is an American Goldfinch. All the other birds sounds are as they happen.
I've been wondering why I can no longer find it in Florida. Yeah, a plant here or there, but not big disturbed ground sites loaded with Chenopodium album. C. Ambroisiodes yeah, but not C. Album. Maybe we'll find more this summer because of the light freezes we had this past winter. Here's hoping.
First video of yours that I've seen. I recently picked up a book called "Eat the Weeds" by Ben Charles Harris, which brought me to researching more content such as this.
Green Dean I managed to find some Lambsquarters while walking about. Do these plants fair well if transplanted to a new soil, in my garden parhaps... Have you ever tried growing 'em. Big fan, thanx for the video.
Good. It grows all over the place here. I've never been able to get past the smell of a fresh leaf. To me it smells just like spar varnish, but I know a lot of folks who use it in cooking.
I've been reading that conventional agriculture is failing due to round up resistant pigweed. I didn't realize that pigweed was also lambsquarters. I have some lambsquarters growing in my garden that I planted from seed. I going to use it for some of my green smoothies. Have you ever had a green smoothie?
One of the best-tasting greens I've ever eaten. I just steamed it thoroughly. I thought it had a slightly salty flavor, very nice. And it can be abundant in favorable locations so you can have a lot of it. Someday, I wanna try the species that was cultivated by eastern indigenous people, Chenopodium berlandieri, but I've heard it requires more cooking.
Yeah... in the temperate north on good ground it can easily reach 6 feet.
If you go to my website and type rumex into the archival search window you'll get a lot of info. The particular plant is probably Rumex hastatulus.
It's really a great plant to have around and it is disappointing that is not common hereabouts. The seeds of its relative have been a mainstay for many people for many years and these are just as good. They do have saponins so they do have to be soaked first. I would not be surprised that they are viable for many years.
We have a TON of this growing in the midrows of the pepper fields at the farm where I work right now. You should come eat it all.
When will the goose foot in Southern Ontario be finished making seeds?
Deane - enjoy your videos. Informative and entertaining!
The leaves don't look like a goose (or swan) foot to us; different shape... (Name suggestion for your pal: 'Tim the Trumpeter'.)
You mention the waxy/ powdery undersides of the leaves, but do not mention how that they have a silver-metallic appearance when submerged. Not certain if other plants in the same range do as well, but is seems to be a fairly distinctive feature.
Thanks!
Well I just checked, and they've lost that purple tint. Still no white underside of leaves, and stems are rectangular to square. New leaves at top at all along the stem appear as if someone applied a fine dusting of mica powder. If you wouldn't mind, I could share a photo of it with you?
These seems to be this growing in huge abundance here (UK Fenland) especially around farmed land (disturbed soil) if it worth gathering these by choice rather than necessity? and what green would you most liken it to? love your videos! keep going.
~mors
i was looking for something about lamb's quarters after reading michael pollan's 'food rules'. i thoroughly enjoyed this. subscribed!
No, they are not bitter. Perhaps you tried a leaf of the Solanum Americanum
I do not know what zone you are in. Could you possibly do a foraging video for zone 9 here in Florida? If possible…. 🌿🕊😉😊
That video was shot in Central Florida (as are most of my videos.)
I remember the leaf because I found it when I was a teenager - I grew beneath our willow oak in the side yard. The leaf was medium small, somewhat narrow, and bright green. It looked like an elongated arrow head. Maybe that attempt at describing it will help you. :))
I have eaten lambs quarter, but never more than a few leaves. I will see if I can try them again, but in a more substantial amount.
Deane, I think I've mentioned before, I live in West Virginia. Well when I was a child we had this babysitter who made this delicious "sorrel soup" from a weed outside. I had a strong lemony delicious flavor and I want very much to make that soup now. Any ideas as to what plant that might be? Is it an actual sorrel relative?
I once saw a recipe for 'sorrel soup' using wood sorrel, a type of clover often in lawns and yards with yellow flowers. Others use it to make a reportedly tart and freshing beverage.
This is why the botanical names are important. I suspect three of the smelly ones in each genus are called the same name (Quelite) and used the same way as a spice. But the amaranth, coriander and chenopodium are three different genuses though amaranthus and chenopodium are distantly related. Coriander is not related at all. The smelly versions of Amaranthus and chenopodium tend to smell like spare varnish. Doesn't strike me as tasty at all. Look up Epazote.
Oxalic acid? I didn't know that, can't tell from the taste as you would with sorrel... Thanks for the info!
It depends on the definition... if you mean velvety like a roadside Elivs painting on velvet, no. The leaves are soft, but I would not call them velvety.
@rayme4raw There has been some problems with a particular chinoposium in Georgia et ali that has grown resistant to Round Up. As for smoothies... I've never had one.
I just tried some from my backyard where I've been pulling it out for years. Your right, it does indeed resemble spinach. I live in a southern California high desert.
I wish I hadn't pulled them up a couple of weeks ago. As a weed I prefer pulling it as early as possible, because it's amazingly deep rooted. It's one of the last weeds to emerge here. Mustard is the first.
I submitted this video to a subreddit of reddit, a social news website like digg, but with a much better comment system.
There are plants in my flower bed that look very similar to the Lambsquarters but do not have white on the undersides and have purple coloring through the stems and base of leaves. Any ideas?
Is that fiddle fingers growing behind you?
Another thorough video! Thank you!
The soaking water is a bit soapy, and can be used as said.
What is the best way to store wild greens if it will be a few hours before you get home (also assuming just taking clippings of leaves and not pulling out by roots)? Plastic bag?Best way to store in the fridge?
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Thanks... I had fun with that video but I think you're the first one to mention it. Much appreciated.
@EatTheWeeds A lot of raw fooders are becoming interested in eating the weeds. I loved Green for Life by Victoria Boutenko which explained very simply why everyone needs to increase the greens in their diets and why green smoothies are a quick, efficient and easy way to do that. I try to have a green smoothie every day.
Yes, it is a relative of spinach and should taste that way. And yes it is a hurdle, and each new plant will be the same way.... it is one thing to be ill from random chance, it is another to be ill because one made a mistake. So, be careful.
YEs! Fantastic! I am using your videos to reinforce stuff I learn on tours with Steve Brill.
Very mild, I think better than spinach. Several species are edible but not all. Several are laced with strong oils, good for getting rid of worms. Some are spices. Epazote is, though they have put it in another family. I have an article on that on my website.
Does all this plants supposed to have that powdery underneath?
This is always growing in our garden, I knew what it was, but I did not know it was edible! I'll be sampling it this year instead of just pulling it out.
They just keep gett'n better all the time. Thanks for another enjoyable video.
Okay, what's it taste like??? Spinach? I think it is related to it.
There sure are a lot of types of Goosefoot. One species, goosefoot cornsalad here in Indiana, is an endangered species. Others are considered invasive. Are all "Goosefeet" editable, except the endangered one of course?
so glad, today i found this in my yard. for sure the same thing. gonna study some more for a while to make sure before i try it.
Green Deane is the best teacher of edibles and how to cook after, which makes me hungry.
Sylvers Berry Veggie Saute'
1/4 cup raisins 1/4 cup Cranberries 1/2 small wild apple chopped 1/4 small red onion diced
Heat 2 tbs Olive Oil & 1/4 cup water in pan add fruit & onion ~ simmer for 5 minutes. Add 1/2 tsp garlic, 1/4 tsp black pepper & 2 or 3 dash of sea salt.
Add 1 or 2 cup Lambs Quarters ~ 1 cup Mallow including tender shoots, green 'cheese' pods & flowers - chopped. Add 1/4 cup of raspberry dressing (or Russian) steam until cooked. Sprinkle Parmesan cheese & serve
I think you send me a photo... (I get a lot.) And I couldn't tell what it was by the photo.
Do you know where I can get some? I tried seeding but it is not working too well. thanks any help to get purslane and lambsquarters would be great! Thanks for getting this fantastic info out..
@ManTheBush Midle to the End of summer, or early fall depending on the weather.
It was a fowl thing Gus did.
EatTheWeeds ÷÷÷ he threw de goose,,, unforgivable
Was that balsamic vinegar you added?
Lambsquarters and pigweed are 2 different plants. Lambsquarters has yellow flower-kind of like a small sunflower look but the center is also yellow not black like a sunflower. Pigweed doesn’t have flowers-it gets the tops that look a little like quinoa. At least mine does! Both are very edible. They are some of the most common edibles.
There are some 18 pigweeds...
Can the lambs quarters have white stripes and purple markings ? Is there a look alike like that? thxs for your help.. Afraid to eat the wrong thing.. :)
I understand this plant is similar to quinoa. Is that correct?
thank you so much for this beautiful video.
Does this plant have a variety that is a variegated color of leaf? I have them growing in my yard, they start out green like you show, but later in summer they get the white variations to the leaves.