27/03/2020
Part 2 of common wild EDIBLES found on yesterdays walk.β£
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Lesser Celandine (Ficaria Verna)β£
- Eat: the roots, which are like small new potatoes and should be cooked in the same way.β£
ID: heart-shaped leaves in clumps with eye-catching yellow flowers that have waxy petals. A lot of people see the flowers and assume it's buttercups, especially as they also grow in fields (see pic 7), but the petals are quite different on close inspection.β£
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Primrose (Primula Vulgaris)β£
- Eat: the flowers make a pretty, if not particularly nutritious, addition to salads. As with all wild flowers, only use a few. β£
- ID: very distinctive plant that looks like it belongs in a window box at your grandma's house. Crinkled green leaves and pale yellow petals with darker yellow/gold centre.β£
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Hawthorn (Crataegus Monogyna)β£
- Eat: the young leaves as a salad leaf. Later in the year the berries are good for making 'fruit leather'.β£
ID: Very common tree, most often as a hedgerow stalwart, and there's nothing else that you're likely to mistake for Hawthorn.β£
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Cleavers / Goosegrass (Galium Aparine)β£
- Eat: the tender tips are best steamed, although you can eat all parts including the wiry stem. β£
- Rich in Vitamin C (steam it lightly to retain as much goodness as possible)β£
- ID: it sticks to your clothes really easily!
@ Timsbury, Bath And North East Somerset, United Kingdom
