What is Purslane? A Secret, Scrumptious Superfood!
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- Who knew? Well, foragers for centuries have known, but since discovering it, it has become my favorite Sidewalk Superfood! Purslane / Pigweed / Little Hogweed / The Buttocks of the Wife of the Chief . . . whatever you know it as, it is worth learning about and grabbing up to throw in your salad or muffins or such!
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It will be less bitter if harvested later in the day. The reason is that like many other succulents and cacti, it uses what's known as CAM photosynthesis (crassulean acid metabolism), whereby its pores are closed during the day to prevent water loss. It opens them at night to take in co2 and stores it over the course of the day as an acid. Therefore, picking it toward the evening gets you a slightly different tasting plant.
Thanks for the info!! This is a great tip!!!!
Cool!!!
I use it in my omelettes all through summer. Pros: It does give off some Dopamine so has a relaxing effect, if eaten regularly. There are a number of very mellow people who have consumed it on a regular basis, Ghandi, Thoreau etc. Parasites hate it, tapeworms especially. Cons: It can be high in Oxalic acid, so people who are prone to kidney stones need to not eat bucket loads of it. My garden is fenced off so stray dogs do not get to cock their legs on it. If you are in an area that is open to the public, grab some and replant, then use it next year it will self-propagate easily by seed. You will see small yellow flowers all over it if left to go to seed.
You are the first and perhaps the only person to comment on its high oxalate content. My mother loves purslane and she serves it as the primary green in salads. I wondered why my joints would begin to feel creaky after certain dinners at her home. People with kidney problems and gout should put it on their list of high oxalate foods to avoid.
My grandmother (Mexican indigenous) would take me purslane-picking (Texas panhandle) when I was young (6 -16). She had a simple recipe; Saute onions and garlic in oil or butter, add purslane (stem with leaves cut into ~ 2" long pieces) for 10 minutes. (Salt/pepper) Add fresh diced tomatoes and cook until tender. Serve on a hot tortilla. Delicious!
Delcielo9
Oh that sounds delicious! And what beautiful memories.
Delcielo9 My mother in law was from Lebanon and said they do the same thing. My grandmother and i would take a couple of shopping bags and go find wild grape leave vines and try and strip the hell out of them for dinner the next day. All these “weeds” are just free groceries!
Hahahaha, my mom and I use to do the same thing. I grew up and Wyoming and my mom made it the same way. There was another plantbwe use to pick, but I don't know the name in English. Both are very delicious!!!
My mom calls this plant Vergolagas. I remember the haughty neighbors would recoil at eating those WEEDS.
You could saute an old boot with onions and garlic in butter and it would taste great.
This “weed” took over my cucumber bed and I didn’t even know I could eat it. I’ve been throwing it away for weeks. Glad I came across this video, thank you!
I've also been 'weeding' it. And I love natural growing foods!
Purslane is so much healthier for you than anything you can grow! I just wish it was around all year round! It would be in everything I ate!
I’m actually experimenting with it in my garden as a ground cover/green mulch. It’s makes a lot of seeds but it’s not super aggressive or hard to get rid of so I don’t see it outcompeting much other plants. Bare soil is dead soil!
I hope those on weed find this the best replacement weed.
I put it in soup n salads I stir-fry it I make pesto out of it
Isn't it amazing the way Papa God provides for us? Can't wait to glean more of this wisdom from you. God bless you richly.
It's amazing that you had both plants side by side. Great to see ...Thank you!
I use purslane as a ground cover in my gardens. They get lovely yellow flowers on them in the fall. They help to shade the ground and preserve the moisture in my soil in our hot summers. I deliberately keep pots of them throughout the property.
All my edible weeds like purslane, amaranth, chickweed, sorrel & lambs quarters are used as a living mulch in my vegetable gardens to keep the soil from drying out & to keep out the useless weeds out. I harvest them when they're at their peak & we enjoy them immediately or I freeze some but I always leave a few plants to reseed themselves. Many of these "weeds" are natural soil amendments that add valuable nutrients back into the soil. They are friends of a permaculture garden.
Shirley J thanks, I will do the same grow in pots as I have no garden!
Not a good idea to keep it in your garden. It is extremely invasive and will choke everything else out. I've been battling it for decades.
Is this also known as rose moss?
@@kakea8403 possibly? It does get little yellow flowers that remind me of a tiny rose. Good luck getting an answer! Many blessings! 🙏🏻
Sitting with my morning Purslane & coffee! ❤😋❤
In Mexico is called Verdolaga, and there are even songs about it. The most famous dish in Mexico is "Verdolagas con Puerco," a kind of stew that uses these plants and pork ina green chilli gravy. It is also refereed as the humble "Verdolaga" because it grows wild as a weed.
I live in the Puget Sound area of Washington with few 90 degree days, yet I have purslane every year in my vegetable garden. I garden organically, so I know the "weed" is ok to eat. I generally eat it in salads and have been preaching the benefits of this superfood for years.
How wonderful, Phyllis!
Purslane is commonly used in my culture, Kurdish, we call it Perpeena. It is either roughly chopped along with stems, lightly blanched, then after it cools down, mix with thick natural yoghurt (like Greek yoghurt) and either chopped onions or garlic. It's kept in a large container in the fridge for weeks, and served as a dip, to be enjoyed with bread for a light supper.
Another recipe is to saute with onions and tomato puree, add chicken stock and seasoning, and serve as a stew served with rice.
In greece we use it in salads !
Love your information
That sounds like a great way to use it. I'd mix in about 1 teaspoon or 4 grams of capers per serving in the recipe because those add natural quercetin.
Do you know what it is called in Farsi?
Oh man that sounds yummy too! Another recipe to try!
Hi, I am from India. My grandmother used to cook purslane with lentils. She used to chop around a half cup with stems and let them boil with moong dal. It gives slightly okra like slippery texture but, it gives a sour punch to plain dal. Thanks a lot. It brings back memories. I have found some purslane in my rose bed. I am definitely going to try leaf salad. We have lockdown and this is nutritious and tasty.
When I lived in Illinois about 10 years ago, this "weed" grew like crazy in my yard. I would pull them up as fast as they grew. Fast forward a few years when I became interested in wild edibles and new what I had.. purslane, one of the most nutritious foods on the planet!
I had this over-run my garden a few years ago, like you ... I pulled it out like crazy. Just amazing to learn how nutritious this plant is. I've always questioned what is called a 'weed' ... who decided that? ;-)
Unfortunately most of my neighbors don't appreciate my viewpoint ... not using chemicals and letting what they call weeds grow. Ahh well ... a person is at peace, when they know they live in truth. 🌷
@@theblissfullone A "weed" is just a plant growing somewhere people don't want it to grow. I love sunflowers, but I dont let them grow in the grass under my birdfeeder: it's a weed there. If homeowners want a plant in a place where they didn't actually plant it, it gets called a "volunteer," like the tomato in my dill bed. 😄🌱🌻
Love purslane in a cucumber, onion, green pepper, radish salad with lime juice. I have also added chick peas rinsed well to the salad n called it a meal
Take the portulaca, wash it well, cook it in a pan with half vinegar and half water with some salt in it, after few minutes take it out from the pan and let it dry. Put it in a clean jar with some garlic and cover it with olive oil. That last long and it is delicious, my mum does it in that way. May God bless. Bye from Italy. ☺
Wonderful to learn this ... thanks for sharing.
I have a question about garlic, if you're still actively checking this thread.
@@theblissfullone ditto garic harbors minute traces of botulinum toxin and its not recommended to store garlic long term HOWEVER the acid in the purslane prep MIGHT kill the toxin🤔 thats my question?!?
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PiccoloMichela how you usually eat it or cook it? Do you use it in pizza or like salad after with garlic snd garlic? Thanks for sharing this
I can't believe that all these years, in Brazil and in USA, I always pulled this precious planta out and throw away treating as weeds 😊😮😔About 2 weeks ago my neighbor Sarala, from India, told me about the benefits of this plants. And I am learning more in this video. Thank you for the information. God bless you!🙏🏿🙏🙏🏽
planted a garden outside of a Chinese restaurant that i work at. The cooks freaked out when i weeded the purslane from the soil. Later on we ate what grew back in chicken broth and I became a fan
Ron Froehlich Thank you. I think the Chinese would add them in dumplings (i.e.: wantons) or some filled savoury grilled cakes. I know some Italians add them to their cheese fillings for ravioli.
We Assyrians cut them with the stem, add boiling water on, let cool. Or raw.Chop, add a little bit of onions,cucumbers and plain yogurt, salt to taste. Delicious!
Sounds great! I will try it that way, Helen. Thank you for sharing!
PREPSTEADERS oh yeah no problem. Forgot to mention drain after boiling water. I put them in a colander pour the water, let cool and use.
Lovely! Thank you. I throw some soaked almond, hemp and sunflower seeds into the vitamixer with water, garlic, lemon and spices and blend to a smooth, thick liquid. I toss the purslane leaves and tops in this mixture and spread onto parchment paper and dehydrate til crisp. Yum!
wow that sounds amazing! i do like hemp hearts. i may leave out the lemon as they are already lemony flavored and i try to avoid citrus because i don't have the best tooth enamel lol
I grew up in Massachusetts and it grew wild in the garden. We called it pigweed. My mother made a salad with it with just the leaves, diced onions, and a vinaigrette dressing....yum!! Just cam across your channel and am enjoying it. Keep up the great videos. Enjoy!!!
Thank you for this post!
I wish I watched this earlier...I just weeded my corn patch and this plant was 90 percent of the weeds I pulled and discarded. Now I will be harvesting them along with salad greens instead of discarding them. It's amazing how Jehovah in his infinite wisdom gave us plants like these that grow without our help...to insure the survival of the human race. So much to learn about HIS amazing creation. Thank you for the information about this amazing plant. I look forward to learning more from you.
Sara
Sara Tilus you could feed your hogs or chickens with it
There is a farmer who sell his weeds. Look him up. I can't remember his name. But selling weeds was in the title.
Sara Tilus I also weeded our veggie patch and there was tons of this plant!! Honestly had no idea it was edible
@@barbryll8596 prepare a big pot and every time you see a tiny purslane growing wild you take it to your pot and transplant it , I do this all the time and I end up with a big pot full of edible purslane that eat raw or mixed with scrambled eggs :)
I'm thinking your purslane grew back. :) It's really hard to get rid of. I eat the daylights out of it and sometimes fear I've "over grazed" but there it is again. Dandelion was my gateway weed and now I tend to eat more weeds than garden produce. All I have to do is harvest my weeds. They really do take care of themselves. I'm so thankful for them and I feel happy when I eat them. Peace.
I will look out for it thanx.
There are few perfect people in this world! You are one of them in every way!
Love it. Great video. Thank you :)
I make a stew of washed red lentil (1C), carrot (x2 large chunks), cauliflower (1/2 of whole), brown onion (1 medium), curry leaves (one stem - optional), fresh finely chopped ginger (1to 2t), ground turmeric (1t) - fry on medium in 1T canola oil. Add just enough water to cover (maybe 3-4 cups), bring to boil, cover, reduce to low, cook 30 mins. Add fair amount of (Maldon) salt to taste after 30 mins of cooking, followed by a sprinkle of 1/2t un-roasted curry powder (optional.) Handful of purslane (stems and leaves) can be stirred in at this stage to wilt a little. Has a bit of the slimy feel, but I don't mind it.
Optional but very tasty addition: In a small pan, heat 2T of (canola) oil. Add 1 to 5 dry red chilli (Omit chilli if not desired), 1t black mustard seeds, 1/2t cumin seeds. Place splatter guard over immediately while they pop and chillies darken slightly. Then still while it's hot, pour the entire oil mix over the lentil stew. It will sizzle and splatter. This adds a whole other dimension of smokey spicy flavour. Stir gently to incorporate, do not stir too much. Enjoy with rice or bread.
What is Maldon?
What is Maldon?
Kathy it is the name of a company that sells sea salt. They also make a smoked salt which adds a lovely flavour to food.
Cant wait to cook this!
Wow! Thank you for sharing these recipes! Many blessings! 🙏🏻
Wow, I have 2 planted pots of Campino Purslane on my porch and I used it as decorative plants. They bloom beautiful pink flowers. I had no idea it is a superfood.
It grows very good in Aruba and when i was young we grandmother used to prepare it for us . Here it is called "Bembe" and is not eaten nowadays due to lack of knowledge about the plant .
I grew some portaluce had beautiful flowers ranging from corals yellows all colors, the deer loved them.
here is a recipe for this awesome veggie
mix it with chopped onions cucumbers tomatoes reddish, dry mint chopped lettuce lemon juice, salt and olive oil to taste and top it off with oven-dried sliced pita bread or your favorite croutons one bite & you'll Envision heaven..😃
this is called Lebanese fattoush
Saeed~ Thank you for sharing your recipe! This sounds amazing and I can't wait to try it!
That sounds delicious! Thank you and many blessings! 🙏🏻
That does sound good. What mint would you use a strong one like peppermint or mild like spearmint?
You are the first vlogger/ blogger to show purslane's use in eating/ cooking. This is so helpful. Thank you!
As well as eating Purslane raw, I dehydrate lots of it as well as Lambsquarter. Then I vacuum seal it in Mason jars, or grind it into a powder to add to smoothies, soups & stews ~ all good ways to get those healthy greens - especially in the winter. I also make my own seasonings by mixing them with other herbs with or without sea salt. The possibilities are endless.
Anyone with chickens ~ they love purslane & lambsquarter.
Thank you. I was wondering if this could be dehydrated. A dry the Lambs Quarter too :>)
Do you dehydrate and grind just the leaves, or the stems too?
I dehydrate my extra cucumbers that are oversized and grind also.
@@garden333 what does dehydrated cucumber taste like? How do u use it? Ty 🤗💚
Ellen Fisher, Please demonstrate that on your channel along with a recipe? I'd love to see that on your channel.
try this with fried potatoes and onions it is so good a lady that lived by us showed us kids how to live off of weeds lol learning from older people is the answer to living longer.
This plant is all along all the roads in Kigali, Rwanda and yet nobody has ever touched them. Probably I am gonna be the first to try. When people see me picking them, they will think I have gone crazy.
fry in a little olive oil,a touch of garlic and a little salt and pepper
Have you tried them yet 😃
I wouldn't eat along the road, has and oil will contaminate it. Get some and grow somewhere else so chemicals won't get in it.
You could harvest and make superfood products...
@@denisecors7918 The roads there don't have ANY of that.
Dirt. Just dirt.
I live in the Pacific NW where the hottest day on record was 89 deg in 1956, but purslane grows just fine here. Heck, we're lucky to have 70 deg weather, and purslane is totally happy in cool weather.
Good to know, thanks for sharing!
This Herb is amazing ! I am Persian and my grandma made a special soup with this herb test was fantastic. Also is good for diabetics people. You can make tea with this herb. Also purslane make refinement the blood. And has potassium and calcium.
How do you make purslane as a tea? Fresh leaves?
Oh thank you for sharing this wonderful information! I wouldn’t have thought to make a tea with it! This is 2yrs later, I hope you still see this message?! Many blessings! 🙏🏻
I been watching TH-cam videos on gardening for a long time, today I came across your videos for the very first time! You are a keeper, I love your videos, thanks for sharing your ideas and wisdom.
What most call weeds, I call God's pharmacy & landscape.
May the Lord bless & keep u always.
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There is such thing as a weed, they are all wild-flowers.
And as you've noticed they advertise for weed killer on tv and the radio, hot and heavy.. I never used the stuff myself, i don't like to poison the ground..
I have this growing in my yard. I remember it being a beautiful flower, so, I transplanted it.
I had no clue it was a super food!!!!
This was awesome! Found purslane in our yard and spurge in our driveway. Thanks SO MUCH for that side-by-side comparison!🙏
As a Mexican I grew up eatting this. Called verdolagas in the morning saute with onions and scramble eggs. Later with a green sauce and pork cubes, or with beef or chicken with other sauces we used the stems too. I made them once in mole.
But I never tried it raw in a salad, I will soon. You can also buy it at a mexican markets, so you can see it touch it and make no mistakes.
An excellent informative post. I've been doing battle with that plant on my sidewalk since forever. Now I'm gonna eat the little SOB's! Thanks You For Posting.
Lol !
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What a lovely video and wonderful comments from all round the world. So positive and joyful. This is what humankind is really all about.
I was thinking the same.
@@kaydell321 agreed!
It grows in my vegetable garden.
Its helps keep other weeds down. I add it to salads & stir fry.
Thank you for your video! I came across this in my yard, today. I started removing it from my lawn, thinking it was just another weed. Fortunately, I took a picture and decided to look it up on Google Lens. Google Lens identified it as Common Purslane with some information about it. Next, I went to TH-cam and came across your video; I will now let it grow to enjoy, here, in Southern CA. Thank you, again! p.s. I subscribed to your channel, to learn more!
I add it to soups. It is especially good in lentil soup
So awesome to see them side by side. Amazing video. So simple but perfect.
I'm from Mexico we call it Verdolaga we cooked with green sauce and pork
Hello Do you know what they call Calites in English ?? Thank you
Another good plant. Thank you
thanks for this. i grow purslane but haven't tried it this way.
I purposely grow purslane in my yard. I refuse to use weedkiller. My neighbors have those "managed" yards. Not us. Weeds for the butterflies, bees and birds and for salads!
I to I don't even rake. I never cut my grass till summer cause waiting on my wild big delicious blackberries to turn..
Also my dandelion salad leaves and flowers. I got quit a few huge Rosemary bushes. Then later poke salad greens.
After seeing the difference I realized my yard had Spurge in it and not the Purslane growing out of the pot in our bed. Glad I noticed and just ripped out most of the spurge in my lawn. I expect them to come back but by then hopefully the new pasture grass will have had a chance to set and get a footing. Great video!
Good for you 👍🙏🏼
@@kidovthe1truekingahillbill586 I had planted a beautiful annual flower bed along my retaining wall but a few years ago I started to get these "pricker weeds" and I would yank them out and get torn up in the process. Thorny suckers. Well when I was going thru chemo, I didn't get out to the garden until mid summer and that's when I realized those pricker weeds were blackberries! So, I've taken on a whole new approach to that garden ... it's my blackberry patch. Best part is ... I don't have to do a thing! Now it doesn't present as a 'pretty' element of my yard, but after surviving cancer I realized that stressing over flowers was wasting energy. So I did the next best thing ... kinda. At my local dollar store, I picked up $20 worth of fake flower stems and stuck them in the ground in front of the blackberries. I admit that I got a giggle out of watching the local wildlife checking them out and scratching their little heads. Being on the east coast ... winters can get gloomy but my fake flowers retain their color and look stupendous popping out of the snow. I grew up on a farm and know the taboo that I'm commiting with the plastic plants....but ask me if I care. Haha.... I prefer the plants that literally give back!
Thank you Jesus for this wonderful woman. Please continue to look after her and keep her and her entire family safe. Bless her for her boldness as she spreds your word. In JESUS name AMEN. And thank you Lord for Purslane!!
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If Jesus was at the wheel, we all wouldn't have to be preparing for the disaster that is upon us. Thank humanity for this awesome source of knowledge and the scientists and innovators that brought us TH-cam.
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I was one of the early scientists and innovators who belonged to faith communities. Science and faith often confirm each other. My body has paid the price for exposures to innovative technologies.
Great video! Seeing the purslane and spurge side-by-side is very helpful.
Best prepping channel EVER! Your gentleness of spirit and love of God permeate all you share with us. I'm new to subject matter, partly motivated by the fact that this earth is not my home, and when my times comes, I'll be singing & shouting praise. If God chooses to keep me here, well then.....
One thought niggles at the back of my mind. 20 years of food storage? I'm investing my energies in learning to identify nutrition to supplement my 7 year store. There's a young man in Canada who does fantastic videos on eg. making tea from pine and cedar "leaves". When Europeans came over, scurvy was a scourge. Not among the indigenous people. Pine is extremely high in Vitamin C. It's sap makes a tasty gum. Don't even get me started on cattails...! I see so much energy & money being spent on preserving what we know, when a better mindset might be to learn to adapt to what is there. Proverbs 3: 5,6.
Dena, Thank you so much for your comments! If you haven't watched them yet, check out our video on forever foods. If I was just starting a pantry, I would want all of those in it! ...and I love Pine needle tea and did a video on that too. It is so wonderful to know of how we can use what is right around us like that! ...and cattails for sure!...and pine sap...and so many more!!!
My grandma taught me about Purslane when I was 10 years old. She boiled it and served it as a side dish the same as any other vegetable. Yesterday I tried some of it in my omelet. Good stuff!
my grandmother was a herbalist and I remembered this herb was amongst her herbs and in America I see it as just grass/ weeds growing around but thanks for bringing back my memory
I'll bet your Grandma and mine would have liked each other! Mine was a school teacher but we dubbed her "Grandma Nature" :) Thank you for your comment, Benorie! :)
I found the biggest patch of it by my local post office. I had the most lovely purslane and onion salad with seared tuna on top. I'm really looking forward to my trips to the post office now
Sounds good☺
Hi, In India we cook it with lentils and raw mango. It's one of my favorite curries or dal as we call it
Could you give the recipe?
VERDOLAGAS, in Spanish. My
Grandpa and l, would go out looking for it, every Summer. We'd take a brown paper bag, and it pops out very easily.
Wash well. Cut into 3" pieces, and saute with a little oil, about 1/2 of a white onion, chopped, and a fresh
tomato, chopped. After 6 minutes, add about 2 cups of water, and let simmer, until tender. Season with salt.
I loved making burritos: A flour
Tortilla, some refried beans, the
VERDOLAGAS, and some tomato
salsa. Delicious! More palatable than even Spinach, and way more nutritious.
It's now available at grocers, especially in areas where there is a large population of persons from
Mexico.
So good and so good for you!
When I was little, I'd think, One of these days, this will be a Common food, and available in grocery stores.
Only took 60 years, but, Better late,
than never!
Purslane is AWESOME and delicious! It's just one of the several, edible, "weeds" which appear every year in my garden. Along with purslane, come lambs quarters, wood sorrel (mistakenly called sweet clover), night shade, milkweed, and plantain, to name a few.
Purslane is, by far, the most delicious. I mean, it tastes really good.
My niece is from China and when she saw this growing in my flower garden she went wild with excitement. This superfood! I did not know at the time what she meant but boy I do now. thank you
Hello, in most cases the stems are just as taste, just as nourishing and are,chocked full of fiber. Later in the fall they will get a bit more woody and chewy. Ounce per ounce this plant has 7 times more beta-carotene when carrots and 5 times more vitamin E then spinach as well as omega-3 fatty acids like you mentioned it's also very high in fiber iron calcium and has chemical properties that help the body produce melatonin which is a chemical the body naturally makes to help us fall asleep
Awesome to learn this. 🌷
Thank you for great info. Do you have a channel of your own?
I just tried some raw fresh picked and it reminds me of pea or pea pod flavor like raw snap peas. I can’t wait to try them cooked.
These were the medicinal herbs and plants oyr ancestors used to dealing with various medical problems. They didn't take a pill, they drank a tea or tincture out of the plants.
Ha! That sounds good. I have a big one in my yard. Been watering it a little every day and it is just about ready.
I just found one growing in a planter of mine and I got so excited because I’ve wanted to try it! Now I’ll be growing it too 😎
In Lebanon it is a regular vigies that we eat as salad or filling for pastry. We call it Bakleh like.
Akram Rabah
I love Purslane! I spent an enormous amount of time changing the way I garden this past year...since I live in the high desert and had the best garden ever! Along with that, I decided to stop pulling 'weeds', because some of them I've been eating since I was a kid, like lamb's quarters. Here in Central Oregon, Wild Amaranth, lamb's quarters, mallow and purslane grow in and around my garden, so I just left them to grow and eat them all summer long and am in the process of harvesting the seeds to plant in another large yard outside my fence! I racked my brain all summer to come up with an idea to transform a side yard that has died into something that would be easy to maintain. so, I enlisted my neighbor's to throw their compost their and in the spring going to seed all my wild edibles and flowers their! Thanks for your lovely video!
My family all love raw Purslane in sandwiches. It is far better than lettuce. There is more flavour and crunch.
I gotta try that once I start growing my own!
Do they put the whole thing (stem and all) in their sandwiches or do they individually pluck off the leaves like Christa?
sounds good
good video
Us too
Purslane saved my garden from super hot soil temperatures. As it got hot this summer, and my soil is black, I stopped weeding it out, and it flourished without hurting my garden. It covered the ground and developed lovely loose rosettes that fattened up and absorbed the heat, stopping the soil from slow cooking shallow rooted veggies. I love this weed and other edible garden helpers.
We have this plant here in Jamaica we just know in last year at church that's it is good to eat and it as omega 3 in it
Yes! It really is a great plant to harvest!
@@PREPSTEADERS , please look up "purslane tea" on youtube. I learned about it on Facebook from a European herbalist woman. She said it was calming, besides the omega three benefits.
Yes, the rare plant with omega 3. A Jamaican friend also just turned me on to the nutritious callaloo.
Ty so much just picked 2 huge pots of it! Im freezing it for smoothies
Purslane makes really good pickled herbs, they are mentioned in the Bible and the Torah.
Pls give the verse details
Well before the time of Pliney, there is mention of purslane in the Bible. ... The prophet Job asks “Can that which is tasteless be eaten without salt, or is there taste in the slime of the purslane?” The 'slime' probably refers to the mucilaginous nature of purslane.
Toxic to cats.
Oxalate acid in seeds can harm people prone to kidney stones. Touted for high vitamin A and reduction of inflammation and scarring in liver.
Do your research and consult with your doctor.
Middle Eastern origin.
I love it, I know it from my childhood and last year I happened upon it on the sidewalk and immediately recognized it!
Usually i prefer it raw, but sometimes I sautee it or add it to vegetable soup, yummy!
Uncooked it tastes similar to lettuce with a nice sour aftertaste. And the stems are also yummy imo, not just the leafs.
Wild lettuce has that same excretion and it's a powerful medications
I was thinking the same thing when she mentioned the white milky substance. 👍🙏🏻
The nutritional value and health benefits of of this beautiful flowering plant will leave you speechless. Super superfood.
as a kid, my mom would cook them with scrambled eggs for breakfast or w/tomato with pork chops. so yummy!!! :)
I would like this recipe.....sounds good.
No pork,,,,but scrambled with eggs,,sauteed onions, tomato,and peppers,,throw in eggs,stir..and some sauteed potatoes.. yummy.
Ya, I love it in eggs with chopped chives & scallions.
Claro, en México, Verdolagas, delicious in the “espinazo”….
Thanks for the great description/ explanation and close-up view. Many of these types of videos don' t give a clear view of the plant. I subscribed. Plus I'm a believer in the King of kings....yay!
Mix raw tops and leaves with watermelon for an amazing salad. It does not keep well, but delicious while fresh
We have so much of that in our yard. I have been picking it roots and all and throwing it in the dumpster. When I get home I will pick some and try it Can't wait!
My parents always called it "cancer weed" because of how it spreads. I love this stuff! When I find it in my garden, I weed around it and treat it like my other garden goodies. :)
Good on you 😊
Perhaps your parents will find out about its benefits and call it BLESSING PLANT !
This plant is called Verdolaga. Mexicans have been eating verdolaga for EVER :)
This cure my lichen Planus skin disease.
I have purslane growing in my garden, I feed it along with the rest of my veggies, thank you for the info!!
Here in Memphis Farmer Markets purslane is sold by its Spanish name “VERDOLAGA”. The plant is of Middle Eastern origin and is known as Khorfa in Arabic and Farsi, and Korfa in Urdu. Anyway, let me share an Afghan recipe with you. You can cook a wonderful dish out of purslane by using the leaves only. The leaves are cooked with mung beans. The mung beans are put in water overnight to soften. Then boiled in water ( add small amount of salt) for 15 to 20 minutes to become edible soft. In the mean time prepare purslane as you said, cook it with some oil, salt and black pepper, then add the mung beans, and cook it further, It is ok that mung beans become mushy. Keep the recipe simple as far as spices are concerned. Black pepper and salt should do. A little amount of sautéed onion in the beginning would help the taste, where the leaves are put in the pot with the oil and sautéed onions, and cooked. When water is needed while cooking add beef stock. When cooked put some yogurt on top, eat with flat bread which Afghans call naan ( yes that name went from Afghanistan to India).
Hello from Munford TN
We call it Bakli in Lebanon. We use it to make pies
Wow! Thank you for sharing this wonderful information!!! Many blessings! 🙏🏻
Thank you for the video. We (literally) have a garden full of this growing naturally. Now I know it's growing right where it needs to be.😊
I love purslane, It is so delicious, I fry them like spinach with a lot of onion and garlic. yum!!
poke weed is a really delicious spinach but you have to boild it twice and throw the water out.
I just pickled a half gallon of purslane. Used a spicy pickle brine (pkg), and added half cup of sugar to the brine. Added some hot pepper flakes (my daughters earlier crop gift) to the brine. Layered the purslane with dill weed, and whole garlic cloves then poured brine over it. Delicious! My old aunt used to call this and lambs quarters "nature's vitamins"
I love Purslane, it grows in my garden.
Here I had been complaining about this weed taking over my veggie and rock garden; I had never seen it before, I've been gardening for over 40 years. I was filling bags and bags of it to throw away. Then my son sent me a pic of it just yesterday as he had a friend give him some purslane along with other garden greens. Now I am going to make a special area in my garden just for this natural nutritional 'weed'! I will add it to my smoothies, and scrambled egg for brekky.
May God add a blessing to his word. Amen!
My mother called it Verdolagas, in Spanish, and in English Purslane, back in the 1950's. Today I saute Verdolagas and add a clove of garlic and at times add it to my egg omelet. I absolutely love it.
I have tons of this growing in my yard!
Yes, Portulaca (Purslane/Verdolagas) is a fantastic addition to so many dishes. I love them fried with refried beans, onion, garlic, tomatoes, and chiles. My wife learned about them from her grandmother who grew up in Chico NM (back in the horse and wagon days).
My mother used to use the other plant to heal wounds, dry it and grind it and save it to put on wounds
Thanks for sharing about Purslane many people have no idea about the health benefits. I have very healthy fat Purslane that grows around my Moringa trees late summer. I usually chop them up and add them to a big pot of chili. I freeze the chili in smaller serving portions for meals to eat later.
Really like your channel, Thank you for all the info. I dont understand why your videos dont have over a million views already. Keep up the great work! God Bless!
Thank you for the comment S P! I appreciate your encouragement! God bless you too!
it's hard to get a million views if the content of the video does not include religious, government, Pokemon go, sexual immorality, murder, how to pick locks, and various videos including military warfare, grand theft auto and so on, oh do not forget the Kardashians.
It has traits of the succulent family and you can pull a wild one transplant it to your own planter let it go to seed . Now you have a lifetime supply.
Very nice in omelette or scrambled eggs too with some feta cheese
Wooo. Yes!
I bought a house which had. Lot of this plant growing out in my courtyard but not knowing what it was but a weed, I sprayed n killed them all. Now I am on the look out constantly for new growth.
Your channel gave me so much knowledge of Gods abundance around us. Thank you.
I love the unexpected ending of this video more than the topic itself, the "God bless you" part and the Bible verse reading (Don't get me wrong I also love the topic about Purslane. Many of those here, and I'll try them sometimes). I'm a Filipino expat in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Thank you and God bless you too.
Colossians 1:15-20 is very important to understand. Notice the word “all” is found 8 times in these 6 verses. As you read it, stop at every time you see the word “all” and ask yourself if “all” means All in each case 😉❤️
GOD BLESS YOU FAMILY TOO! THE LORD BE WITH YOU AND YOUR FAMILY ALWAYS!
Knowing I'm late to this thread, I still want to thank you for a lovely video! I have mercilessly pulled this poor plant from the ground for years thinking it a weed. Now I can't wait to eat some! And what great cooking ideas these commenters have shared...just wonderful. Blessings to all!
Purslane is great! Love the crunch and lemony flavor
Thank You, and GOD bless You Richly in CHRIST JESUS name!
God bless you...just found your channel and I am loving you. In Jamaica we called purslane pussle. As a child I searched it and fed it to animals. Now I am realizing it is a super food. Great information. Keep up the Lord's work.
Mexicans eat purslane with ribtips in salsa de tomatillo. IT'S SO GOOD!!
Thank you for the side by side comparison. I had finally learned the difference between the two plants but it would have taken me less time if I'd had seen this type of comparison sooner. Thanks again!