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Post by wheelgarden1 on Jan 21, 2018 23:11:48 GMT -5
My Granddaughter and Grandson had the same reaction at 4 years old that I did at 40 when I first tasted purslane: "Wow!...that's good!" Grown it ever since, with varying success. Fresh, tangy, almost lemony, almost cucumbery taste. Wife likes it (big plus, too)... I've not seen it growing wild here, and when I've grown it it doesn't re-seed, but I do keep growing it. Do you use purslane?
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Post by roxy on Jan 21, 2018 23:29:35 GMT -5
It grows wild here as a weed. I keep meaning to use it when it happens to grow in my plot, but usually just end up pulling it out and throwing it away. How do you use it, wheelgarden1? I've heard it's good cooked with eggs?
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Post by desertwoman on Jan 21, 2018 23:45:05 GMT -5
It grows wild here too. and would take over if I didn't weed it out. Like roxy, I keep telling myself to try eating it but never have. Yet. This post is motivating me. 2018 will be the year I taste it! I just need to know how to use it. Raw? Cooked?
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Post by Steve on Jan 22, 2018 0:12:48 GMT -5
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Post by desertwoman on Jan 22, 2018 0:28:28 GMT -5
Great article! Thanks Steve,
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Post by roxy on Jan 22, 2018 0:34:36 GMT -5
Steve this is most definitely NOT the same Purslane that I pull out as weeds.
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Post by roxy on Jan 22, 2018 0:37:11 GMT -5
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Post by desertwoman on Jan 22, 2018 0:42:51 GMT -5
I believe that the kind that grows here is called Portulaca oleracea. That's what grows here in New Mexico. It is still edible and considered a superfood.
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Post by binnylou on Jan 22, 2018 0:47:41 GMT -5
It volunteers like crazy in my garden. I think it rode in with some purchased "composted" manure. I would have been better off collecting cow pies at the neighbors.
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Post by Mumsey on Jan 22, 2018 6:29:06 GMT -5
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Post by lilolpeapicker on Jan 22, 2018 9:20:32 GMT -5
What a nice video. Thx, Mumsey
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Post by Steve on Jan 22, 2018 9:22:51 GMT -5
most definitely NOT the same Purslane Okay, my bad. But here's why: I spent years in pursuit of native plants of California. As an amateur botanist, common names are basically worthless because they change with regions, but scientific names are valid everywhere. Since I live in what is called Gold Country where the gold rush began, and the miners used the weed as a salad, the name miner's lettuce is accurate, but pirslane is somehow also associated! "Miners lettuce (Claytonia perfoliata) is also called winter purslane, Indian lettuce, spring beauty and miners green..." — Super Foods
It's worth noting that both of the weeds mentioned are in the Portulacaceae family. and share similar attributes, so common names add confusion. This is why I have always tried to promote botanical names, which not only make a specific (as in species!) plant understood in a conversation, but in fact the scientific names are just plain fun to learn for what they reveal about a plant! Example: Portulaca is from the Latin for "little doors", Ports, the covering of the seed capsules. Purslane Defined: any of a number of small, typically fleshy-leaved plants that grow in damp habitats or waste places, in particular. Word Origin: late Middle English: from Old French porcelaine, probably from Latin porcil(l)aca, variant of portulaca, influenced by French porcelaine ‘porcelain.’ So there was my mistake in not (yet) knowing that purslane was also a name for a different plant. <...Steve backs out of the room..>
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Post by davidjp on Jan 22, 2018 12:15:49 GMT -5
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Post by pepperhead212 on Jan 22, 2018 13:29:08 GMT -5
It grows as a weed in my garden, and I tried it, and liked it. I ordered some seeds for it, but that didn't grow any better than the weeds, so I didn't try again.
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Post by desertwoman on Jan 22, 2018 13:51:13 GMT -5
I see in catalogues they have bred an upright version that is perhaps easier to grow and harvest. And it looks like the leaves are bigger too. But the wild stuff here is so prolific and not at all difficult to grow (I wish it was!). And from what I am reading- has the same nutritional benefits.
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