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brightmeadow
True Blue Farmgirl
2045 Posts
Brenda
Lucas
Ohio
USA
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 Posted - Jul 16 2008 : 8:59:39 PM
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I found a LOT of lamb's quarters (a weed) in our sweet corn field last week. I thought I remembered that it was edible, so after I weeded a while for composting I decided to taste it.
WOW! It tasted a lot like spinach, with maybe a milder flavor. I took some inside and cleaned the leaves only off the older plants and the tender tops of the younger plants - cooked it and served it for dinner.
I think you could use this anywhere you use spinach! Raw or cooked! And it was FREE! No seed cost, no work to plant, no fertilizer - and when I looked it up I found it was high in calcium, Vitamin A and the B-vitamins.
Of course, like any wild plant you want to be absolutely sure of identification before you taste - see my earlier post in Home Safe Home on wild hemlock..... don't want any nasty surprises.
You shall eat the fruit of the labor of your hands - You shall be happy and it shall be well with you. -Psalm 128.2
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Montrose Girl
Farmgirl Legend/Schoolmarm
1360 Posts
Laurie
Montrose
CO
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Posted - Jul 17 2008 : 05:11:51 AM
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Yes Lamb's quarter is edible. You do not want to eat it at every meal. It is known to be toxic from when it was eaten as a famine survivor. Cooking it, helps. two or three time a week is fine and people have eaten it for years like that. (There was an article in Backhome woods) I can it up for the winter too. Yup, I love that it is free.
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Wild Spinach (lamb's quarters)
