Comments on: Wild Mustard Greens (Vrouves)

By: Lulu

Lulu — Wed, 27 May 2009 15:03:31 +0000

@21 Manju: I didn’t know you could eat mugwort! (I’m assuming it’s one of the artemisias.) Now you’ve got me curious, have you done any posts where you use it?

By: manju

manju — Wed, 27 May 2009 09:52:48 +0000

I’ll have to keep my eyes peeled for these, but I’ll have to take your photos with me so I’ll recognize them. We got lots of funny looks, too, while we were harvesting mugwort leaves in our neighborhood park. Some people just don’t appreciate what’s out there for the harvesting! : )

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By: Leonardo

Leonardo — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 15:07:14 +0000

You obviously know your stuff! Glad I found your blog.

By: Lulu

Lulu — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 03:16:41 +0000

That’s great, Daphni! I’m totally in awe of anybody with the stamina to pick bags to give away. Wow! Yes, these are the same all over the west coast, and elsewhere, I’m sure.

By: Daphni

Daphni — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 18:49:29 +0000

A friend at church just picked many bags for those interested, as he does every year during Nistia. I’m glad I found some directions to cook them and confirmation and recommendation to concentrate on the flower buds. I was thinking I should only boil the leaves. It looks like the same thing he found in the western part of San Diego. It’s amazing all those tiny spikes cook nicely. The water is boiling right now…

By: Lulu

Lulu — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 04:50:28 +0000

That’s okay, Costa, you have a very interesting story! I would love to try harvesting some snails. I don’t spray for them, so I have plenty.

By: costa piperakis

costa piperakis — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 20:39:57 +0000

my spelling and typing is terrible

By: costa piperakis

costa piperakis — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 20:36:06 +0000

when i was a boyin san francisco,my father would take me to the park and pick salingaria of the bushes(snails)he called them xosloos.he would pour a box of corn starch amoungst them to clarn them out.and he would have them in a stew.what we did not use he would send to his friebds back east.no snail back east.the snails were brought in from europe to satisfy the cravings of the spanish in the 1700s.if the ageraculture inspectors knew what we were doing ,big trouble.but now the park people spry to kill the snails.so… no snail stew anymore.

By: Lulu

Lulu — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 04:03:26 +0000

@11 Marc - I agree. You’re lucky you can get ramps and fiddleheads!

@12 Ivy - Definitely try them if you find them. They’re my favorite horta, at least, of the ones I’ve had.

@13 Nate - I also read recently of a guy in LA picking the young leaves of the wild mustard. Can’t remember the name of his blog though.

By: Nate

Nate — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 20:40:06 +0000

Very interesting. I’ve often wondered if there was any use for the wild mustard that grows in the fields around here. They start flowering in January here in Northern California, so the time has already passed to harvest any.

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