Foraging Violets: Identifying, Harvesting, Drying and Uses 🌸

Spring is officially here! And that means it's time for some delicious wild greens (and edible flowers) to dress up your dinner table. Today we learn all about Violets: how to identify them, what lookalikes to keep an eye out for, how to harvest them, and how to prepare them. Have you tried violet greens or flowers before? What's your favorite violet recipe? Let us know in the comments down below!
👉 Original Article: insteading.com/blog/foraging-...
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Resources:
Ways to cook Wild Greens: insteading.com/blog/ways-to-c...
Samuel Thayer: www.foragersharvest.com
Chapters:
0:00 Intro
0:38 Identifying Violets
2:24 Lookalikes
3:00 Harvesting Violets
4:15 Drying Violet Flowers
4:58 Cooking With Violet Leaves
5:40 Cooking With Violet Flowers
6:22 Conclusion

[@tamara25252]

I've been researching lots of foraging videos, and I've always loved how violets looked. I had no idea they were edible. I'm looking forward to putting my new knowledge to use next spring.

[@lovaloo763]

Several different species grow in abundance near me, I had no clue they were edible. Thanks so much!

[@trevorsherwood4324]

Thanks for another informative video. All my food and drink is gonna be purple.

[@badxradxandy]

I have a lot of these but never thought about eating them

[@SuperBjanka]

I use vacuum seal and bags for long term storing of dry herbs

[@bryantfarms2691]

Thank you so much!

[@pamelab.4731]

Great info! Thanks

[@user-xg7op1kp1c]

Do you have any recommendations for medical plants that are easy for beginners and or resources to find them. Thank you for the great videos

[@juditrimble2604]

Do you recommend drying the violet leaves for medicinal tea?

[@Judith-iz7kw]

Is root editable

[@AmandaK399]

How do you clean your foraged plants in areas where lots of dogs urinate?

[@AmandaK399]

Never mind!! I heard it in the audio!